… This species is native to São Paulo State in Brazil. The flowers resemble daylilies, with 4 to 5 crayon orange flowers per stem with a star-shaped yellow-green. The long orange filaments are tipped with white anthers. Patience is required to grow this species, as bulbs may take a long time to …
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… This perennial grows to a height of 18 inches with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. It has pink blooms with green bracts from May to October and belongs in a border. It is resistant to deer. …
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… painted fern grows to 18 inches tall. The 20-inch fronds are a soft grayish-green overlaid with silver with contrasting dark maroon midribs. For the best color, plant this fern in light shade. …
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… 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 …
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… 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 …
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… ‘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 …
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… 'Millenium' was bred for high-yielding, flavorful stalks. Asparagus is a hardy perennial with thick, succulent shoots that are harvested in April to early May, leaving younger shoots for … Asparagus is high in vitamin K and many minerals. It needs to be planted in well-drained soil, with careful selection of the site, considering that it will continue to grow for 15 to 20 years. It also makes an attractive perennial, with airy fine-textured foliage. The branches are covered with clusters of tiny short stems …
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… This species has a flowering inflorescens that looks like a spiny rosy-red artichoke, with sharp pointed bracts. It is rare and in the wild it grows in tropical rainforests along the border between Ecuador and Peru. The leaves are broad and drooping with long burgundy petioles; green in low light but lime green infused with coppery-red in bright light. Bromeliads in the tropical American genus Aechmea are called …
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… Crown-of-thorns is a slow-growing tropical shrub with a rambling growth habit. Plants can grow to 3 feet by 3 feet on this Madagascar native that … “cyathia” are surrounded by colorful bracts. 'Pet Mong Koi' is a cultivar from Thailand, with bright pink flowers. Its 5- to 6-sided fleshy, thorny stems are adorned with long leaves with purple undersides. At the Chicago Botanic Garden, crown-of-thorns bloom all …
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… 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 …
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