… upright oval tree that can reach a height of 50 feet with a spread of 40 feet. The sugar maple is an excellent shade tree for lawns and parks. Tiny yellowish-green flowers appear in spring before the leaves emerge. The tree's winged fruit, or samaras, matures in the fall. Autumn color is orange. One of the best known trees of eastern North America, sugar …
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… Achillea 'Walther Funcke' has tiny brick-red flowers with yellow centers clustered together in densely packed, flat-topped flower heads. The stems stand 15 to 24 inches high with fragrant, … deeply cut foliage. This cultivar likes full sun and blooms from mid- summer to early fall. It is attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds anad resistant to deer, rabbits, and drought. This … is a favorite cut flower and is also excellent as a dried flower. The genus name Achillea is in reference to Achilles, hero of the Trojan Wars in Greek mythology, who used the plant …
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… flowers from late summer through fall on a perennial that tops out at 32 inches in height. It is best grown in shade to partial shade with room to spread over time. This cultivar is among the most heat and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… leaves. The thick, fluffy panicles are comprised of tiny, densely packed flowers which bloom in late spring to early summer. The stems stand 30” tall. 'Diamond' does well in shade to partial shade where it adds a welcome touch of color to a shady garden. It is generally pest free and tough, and is resistant to rabbits and deer. It is attractive to …
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… has unusual foliage texture that looks like the scales of a crocodile. This epiphytic fern is a native of the equatorial rainforests of south-east Asia and Polynesia where it enjoys … only filtered light. The leaves of this fern are long and strappy and can grow to 4 feet long in the wild, although 2 feet is more typical in most houseplants. Since the crocodile fern is epiphytic, care should be taken to ensure that …
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… Narcissus ‘Barrett Browning’ is in Division 3. It has white petals which have a touch of bright yellow at the base. The inner … the Greek word for narcotic and is tied to the myth of a young man known as Narcissus who fell in love with his own reflection. When he drowned in the pool where he had been admiring himself, …
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… The Australian fan palm is a native of Queensland, Australia and is the dominating species in the Licuala Rainforest. The … heights of up to forty feet. It usually has a single, straight, slender trunk 8-10 inches in diameter. As an understory plant it prefers bright shade and consistently moist humusy sandy …
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… Iris 'Thrice Blessed' has bright yellow flowers with pale blue beards. It blooms in very early to mid season with a mild fragrance and may rebloom. This is a standard dwarf bearded iris that stands only 10 inches high with light green sword like foliage. In 1984 Thrice Blessed was awarded Honorable Mention by the American Iris Society and in 1987 it …
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… Walmsley's Blue Aloe is a nice soft green and blue succulent. Lacking the ferocious toothed aspect of some aloe hybrids, this dwarf aloe has gentle soft leaves that grow in dense clumps of green and blue green. I reproduces by off-sets quickly and will provide a full green cluster quickly. This is a indoor succulent, the flowers are orange and appear in winter and spring. In full sun the leaves will also develop bronze tips and edges. The foliage …
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… The Pyrenees Star of Bethlehem is a native of rocky mountain hillsides from the Pyrenees in Spain right across southern Europe … flower spikes are edible and the plant was cultivated for this purpose near the city of Bath in England. It has six-petaled yellowish-green star-shaped flowers that appear in showy 1 foot …
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