… Iris ‘Before the Storm’ is a Tall Bearded Iris which is near black in color, making it one of the darkest of the dark irises. The flowers are moderate … falls which flare outward. The stems stand 36 inches high with buds that open mid season. It is an excellent cut flower and is attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds while resistant to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Mariken' is a dwarf Ginkgo form. Its leaf size is in proportion to its size, making it appropriate for a bonsai or container. It is a male clone, which will not produce the distinctive smelly fruit, and will mature to small 3 …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Pendula' is a slow growing somewhat weeping form. This is a male clone and will not produce fruit. It has a broad spreading habit that is rather stiffly downward trending, producing an umbrella like shape. 'Pendula' matures to a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Black alder is an upright tree native to Europe and Asia. It can reach a height of 80 feet in the wild. It actually prefers wet conditions and is often found on riverbanks in its native habitat. Related to birches, it produces catkins in … leaves are glossy dark green and round, with a distinctive notch at the tip. While this tree is attractive, it does tend to reseed and is considered invasive. This species is slowly being …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Artocarpus altilis is the breadfruit tree and the one you see here is a hybrid with its wild ancestor, Altilis mariannensis. It’s native to Micronesia, but in the … world by European explorers (including Captain Bligh of "Mutiny on the Bounty"). This hybrid is not as widely grown as a food crop as Artocarpus altilis since its fruit is smaller, but in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Iris 'Raindance Returns' is a light blue violet with a white zone at the center of the falls. It blooms in late spring to … summer on stems that stand 14 inches high bearing up to 3 blooms each. It has no fragrance. It is an excellent cut flower and is attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds while resistant to rabbits and deer. Iris is the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Iris 'Summer Olympics' is a soft lime yellow tall bearded iris with ruffled petals. The centers of the falls fade to … with branched stalks and blooms in early season with a gentle fragrance. It may rebloom. It is an excellent cut flower and is attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds while resistant to rabbits and deer. Iris is the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Showy geranium really lives up to its name. From late May to early June, this mounded perennial is smothered with large violet-blue flowers with darker purple veins. The foliage is also attractive, with deeply-lobed leaves. The whole plant is densely hairy, including the clusters of flower buds. This is a sterile hybrid of two western …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Carin spotted Joe Pye weed is derived from a native perennial of the damp meadows of eastern north America. Carin has dark … heads that appear in late summer. This plant can grow to 7 feet in height although 5 feet is more common, and about 3-4 feet in width. This plant is popular with pollinators and is not attractive to deer. Because of its height this plant is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Q. I understand that a wonderful organic fertilizer for my vegetable garden is manure tea. How do I make this brew, and how much do I use on my crops? A. This liquid is used at transplant time and again every three weeks or so. Fresh, not aged, manure from horses, sheep or cows is "soaked" in water at the rate of one part manure to 10 parts water for several days to one …
Type: Plant Info
