… BUZZ™ Sky Blue Butterfly Bush From June to October Buddleja ‘TOBUD0615’ has blue flowers in shades from lavender to light blue. These blooms are loved by bees and attract clouds of butterflies. A …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… the growing season on this nonhardy, sterile, perennial that provides continuous flower from lateral flower buds if deadheaded. Plant this foxglove after danger of the last hard frost … passed in a sunny location. Compounds in the sap are poisonous and deter deer, rabbits, etc., from nibbling on this plant. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This mounded perennial produces a continuous display of violet-blue flowers with a white eye from late spring up to the first frost. It grows to a height of about 18 inches with a spread of … partial shade and moderate soil conditions. This sterile cultivar was vegetatively propagated from a chance seedling discovered in an English garden. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Venus' has flowers that open almost white and age to rose pink. It is separated botanically from florist mums and is now listed under Chrysanthemum x rubellum . It differs from standard mums in that it is fully hardy, with large, many-petalled daisy flowers with a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Hibiscus 'Plum Fantasy' has huge magenta red flowers with deep red centers. It blooms from mid summer to mid fall with flowers measuring 8-9 inches across. The petals have a puckered and crinkled look, quite distinct from other hibiscus. At maturity the plant stands 4-5 feet tall. It is hardy in zone 4 -9 and is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Light blue, lacecap-style flowers cover the dark, glossy green leaves from June to August on this cultivar of mountain hydrangea from Japan. With the shorter days and cooler temperatures of fall, the leaves turn a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… moist soil, where it will grow to 24 inches and produce brilliant red star-shaped flowers from July to August. It is highly resistant to powdery mildew. It is attractive to hummingbirds … phlox are the most magnificent, and there is a huge selection of colors and sizes to choose from. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Activities in 2014 saw the completion of a multi-year project that combined information from long-term fieldwork with DNA analyses to document the group's diversity, evolutionary … of ectomycorrhizal fungi. A final draft of the first in a series of manuscripts resulting from this work was completed. A study initiated in 2013 with colleagues from Australia and New Zealand to investigate the role of climate in shaping diversity and …
Type: Research
… vase forming leaves are grayish-green with black spines along the edge. This bromeliad comes from the American tropics where it thrives in the top of tree canopies deriving nutrition from the leaf litter that blows/falls into the water holding cup. Researchers have found a mini-world of organisms within these vases from frogs on down the bacteria and mosses. The flowers are long and tubular favoring pollination …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… almost invisible. What you see are the fuzzy hot pink spikes of flowers, and you'll see them from the beginning of summer into fall. Bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds will spot them too, and come flying. This sage comes from the edges of moist forests in the foothills of the Andes, so it's happiest in rich, loose … for the winter. In warmer southern climates, it can go in the ground, but it'll benefit from some shade. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
