… Silver spike grass is an ornamental grass that grows to a maximum height of 5 feet. It requires full sun to partial shade and medium to wet moisture conditions. From July to February it produces showy …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Coral aloe ( Aloe striata ) is a succulent native to South Africa. Succulents originated in climates where rain is not … or predictable, and many are therefore drought tolerant—their leaves and stems can store water to tide them over during dry spells. Coral aloe's smooth, fleshy leaves form a tight rosette at …
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… Rodgers flowers in the podophylla group are native to woodlands in Japan and Korea. Unlike most Rodgersias they can tolerate boggy areas and naturalize over time. 'Bloody Wheels' foliage is particularly colorful. The leaves emerge bright red, then deepen to a bronzed purple before maturing to green. Fall color is also dramatic. The flowering spikes …
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… Mango Thrills daylily is a mango apricot blend with a green throat. The blooms are large, measuring 6 inches and appear in mid season. They have a delightful fragrance. This is a lovely addition to any garden. Although each flower lasts only one day, there are multiple buds on each stalk and … are several stalks on each plant. The buds open in series, so a single plant will continue to bloom for 2 weeks or more. It is easy to grow and does well in full sun to part shade. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This plant is a veronica. Veronica is named for St Veronica who comforted Jesus on his path to Calvary. Spike veronica has violet-blue flower spikes from early to mid-summer. It grows to about eighteen inches in height and about twelve inches in width and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Cestrum elegans var. smithii is a native of Mexico featuring pink tubular flowers at the ends of long arching flowering stems to 8'. Grow in full sun, moderate water and fertilization for best results. Like other members of … Solanaceae (Potatoe family), the leaves, stems, flowers and fruit contain poisonous chemicals to fend off predators. White flies are one of the few pests to have developed mechanisms to avoid …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Peking mock orange is a dense compact deciduous shrub that is native to China and Korea. It bears fragrant single creamy white flowers in May to June and grows to about six feet in height and width. While this shrub is adaptable to a range …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… As fall settles in, a gardener’s thoughts generally turn to removal—raking leaves, cutting back perennials, and pulling out the last of the vegetables. But fall is the season for addition as well as subtraction. In fact, for smart gardeners, fall is the best time of the year to add to and improve your soil. In the May 2015 edition of Smart Gardener , we talked about soil …
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… This perennial grows to a height of 94 inches with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has pink, coral, and apricot blooms in July and August. It is a specimen in a border and is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The European beech is a stately addition to any large landscape and in time becomes an imposing shade tree. The … is dark green and somewhat shiny. The beech nuts it produces in the fall are attractive to wildlife. Autumn foliage is golden bronze; in winter the handsome gray bark is prominent. A …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
