… Nymphaea 'Gonnere' is a hardy waterlily with extra double flowers, 4 to 6 inches across. They are pure white with a cluster of yellow stamens in the center. Waterlilies are rhizomatous aquatic plants with about 50 species occurring in the wild, mostly found in the tropics of the Northern …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Iris 'Shirabyoshi' has white falls with cream centers and a bright reddish purple eyelash pattern around the yellow signals. The standards are small and white with white style arms. It stands 33 inches high with multiple blooms on each stalk in early to mid season. The flowers are quite large, measuring …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… plants in the gesneriad family native to tropical America. Kohleria ‘Marta’ has large flowers with tubes that are fuchsia on the outside and white on the inside. The lobes are covered with carmine spots over a cramy white background. It was hybridized by Gunilla Svenson of Sweden. … are characterized by soft, ovate scalloped leaves and tubular flowers that are covered with soft fuzz. Related to African violets, the leaves are often suffused with purple or brown. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ‘Weeping Willie’ is a weeping form with blue-green, almost turquoise needles with an open habit. It sends out narrow shoots that may be weeping or twisting outward in … its native habitat Douglas-fir, a native evergreen tree, has a strong pyramidal growth habit with pendulous lower branches that give it a very graceful appearance. The cones on the species …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… is a small, clump-forming perennial succulent that resembles a piece of greenish speckled rock with a straight cleft down the middle. The body of the plant consists of a pair of globe-shaped … the surface of the soil and can grow to 4 inches across. The leaves are grey green to brown with many conspicuous raised dark dots scattered over the whole surface. Large daisy-like flowers … from May through August. They are yellow to coppery-orange, or sometimes white or pinkish with a paler throat, and fragrant with a distinct smell of coconut. Splitrock is adaptable and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… root, it stores its food in fleshy, starfish-shaped roots, not in stem or leaf tissue as with true bulbs. In early spring, straplike leaves emerge and form a rosette at the base of the plant. The impressive flower stalks can reach to 9 feet ( E. elwesii and E. robustus ) with hundreds of dense ¾- to 1-inch white, pink, yellow, orange, or brown bell-like flowers that … Eremurus tubers in September in full sun and rich, well-draining soil. Supplement the soil with rotted compost or manure. To plant, open a 15-inch wide hole 6 inches deep in the prepared …
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… course *Class may be taken prior to fulfilling the Botany 1 requirement. Classes are formatted with CEUs. Example: 0.3 CUEs = 3 elective hours. Credits are recorded by attendance, no testing … course *Class may be taken prior to fulfilling the Botany 1 requirement. Classes are formatted with CEUs. Example: 0.3 CUEs = 3 elective hours. Credits are recorded by attendance, no testing …
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… to hold the soil together on the water’s edge. Traditionally, this problem is addressed with hardscape barriers like riprap and sheet piling, but these approaches create little-to-no … to hold the soil together on the water’s edge. Traditionally, this problem is addressed with hardscape barriers like riprap and sheet piling, but these approaches create little-to-no …
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… in an ecosystem? Students investigate the components of healthy soil and come face to face with common soil-dwelling critters. Each student will pot a plant to take home. NGSS: LS1.A, … in an ecosystem? Students investigate the components of healthy soil and come face to face with common soil-dwelling critters. Each student will pot a plant to take home. NGSS: LS1.A, …
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… New! In this two-day workshop, you will learn how to create compelling architectural images with an in-depth overview of composition. We will begin with a presentation, followed by putting those tips into practice with hands-on instruction photographing the architecture around the Garden. There will be a …
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