… grows 30 -36 inches tall and blooms from June to August with pale lavender flowers. It is attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds and is hardy in zones 4 - 8. The genus name is from the Greek word phlox meaning flame in reference to the many bright colors of some …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This cultivar is a conical evergreen conifer that can reach a height of 15’ and a width of 8’. It will tolerate a wide range of soil types as long as periodic deep watering is provided. It prefers full sun and partial shade. The scale-like foliage is mildly fragrant and stays green in the winter. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: This is a rare grassland sparrow that is seen only on migration at the Garden. …
Type: Birding
… 'Straussenfeder' is also known as Ostrich Feather. It has weeping coral pink plumes on arching stems. The thick, … which bloom in June and July. The stems are typically 24 to 36 inches high. The foliage is dark green and mounded. The leaves may be tinged with bronze when young. 'Straussenfeder' 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 …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… you have a hawthorn without any thorns? Maybe. This hawthorn tree has very few thorns and so is a good tree to plant where children might climb. Winter King hawthorn is a form of the green hawthorn that is native to the southeastern parts of North America. Winter King bears masses of fragrant white …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Ginkgo biloba 'Tit' is a lovely little multi-stemmed dwarf tree. It grows only to a height of 10 feet with full sun … leaves in summer followed by the Ginkgo's typical outstanding golden yellow fall color. This is a male clone and will not produce the distinctive strong smelling fruit in the fall. It is resistant to deer and is one of the most pollution-tolerant trees. Although this cultivar …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Ruffled Fan Palm is a native of Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands in the south Pacific where this small-statured … edges and bunches of bright red berries are suspended from the branches. The ruffled fan palm is a very slow-growing tree but can reach heights of up to fifteen feet , although ten feet is more typical. At full size the leaves form a pyramidal shape that is about six feet wide. As …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Nippon eulalia grass is a dwarf form hardy in USDA Zones 5 to 9. Rose to violet-red flowers emerge in late June and mature to silver plumes. Its mature size is a clump only 4 feet by 3 feet with slender leaves. Nippon prefers full sun but will tolerate light shade. The foliage has a bronze fall color and is decorative throughout the winter. The dry winter foliage and flowers should be trimmed back …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Narcissus ‘Hawera’ is in Division 5. It stands only 5 – 6 inches high and blooms in mid to late spring. Each stem … fragrant flowers. The petals are pale yellow and reflexed, overlapping at the base only. There is a distinctive point at the tip of each petal. The cup is a paler yellow, broad and shallow. Hawera is hardy in zones 4 – 9. It was named for a town on …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… × Citrofortunella mitis is commonly known as calamondin orange, and as the " × " in front of the genus name denotes, it is a hybrid between species in two different genera, an oddity in the plant world. Citrus … or lime juice. This hybrid of Philippine origin can survive a few degrees of frost, which is why it is featured in the Semitropical Greenhouse. All types of citrus grow best in full sun …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
