… turn an attractive deep purple in the fall. White flowers appear in May and June, giving way to white berries on showy red stems in late summer. The pinkish pedicels remaining after the … Members of the genus Cornus , commonly known as dogwoods, are welcome in the home garden for their multi-season interest -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… the reddish orange winter stems of newer growth. White flowers appear in May and June, giving way to white berries on showy red stems in late summer. The pinkish pedicels remaining after the … Members of the genus Cornus , commonly known as dogwoods, are welcome in the home garden for their multi-season interest -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… stitching directly from your observations of the garden. Use basic embroidery techniques to capture elements of summer through interpretation. You will work from plants, light, color, and organic forms, using stitch as a way of drawing and mark-making on fabric. The focus is on texture, rhythm, and atmosphere rather …
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… with or a variety of Clusia rosea , a native of Florida and tropical America. It has found its way into the trade, however, useful as a nice background shrub or hedge plant, with a nice upright habit. The glossy leaves are obovate --broad at the tip and tapering down to the petiole -- and stiff and smooth. It rarely flowers. …
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… Get ready to wiggle, jiggle, and giggle as you sing and dance along with Jodi and the Jigglejam … while silliness abounds. Through a wide range of musical styles from folk, rock, and country to calypso, boogie, and blues, the Jigglejam Band will keep the whole audience jammin' along! Please note: You are encouraged to bring your own chairs, as the Garden has a limited supply available each evening. …
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… water requirements. It should be noted that this is a taprooted tree which makes it difficult to transplant and will cause it to take a long time to get established. …
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… cactus from Peru and Bolivia features long white hair-like modified spines in profusion to help retain heat during the cool nights. Like the saguaro cactus, it produces branches with age and can reach 21 feet in height. This is a night blooming species adapted to bat pollination and produces white or purple flowers. Very slow growing. Grow in full sun, exceptionally well drained soils and repot in larger containers as it starts to get top heavy. …
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… Japanese tree lilac is a versatile and trouble free small to medium tree. It blooms with showy, fragrant panicles of creamy white flowers in late spring to early summer. The flowers give way to loose clusters of brown capsules that provide winter interest. Younger branches feature … Members of the genus Syringa , commonly known as lilacs, are shrubs or small trees prized for their showy and fragrant blooms in late spring. The individual flowers are tubular in form …
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… orange, gold, and vermillion leaves. But winter offers its own spectacular scenes, according to Robin Carlson, the Garden’s photographer. “The display gardens here are irresistible in the … the Garden in winter is the branch patterns and the silhouettes of trees," she said. "The best part of photographing the Garden this time of year is that there’s always something to see, something different.” Bundle up, grab your camera, and come for a visit. Composing a winter photo is a lot like writing. There’s a story that you tell with the …
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… in swampy sites and stream margins in the eastern United States. Jim Dandy is a slow grower to about 6 feet high and 8 feet wide. It is the male cultivar for the female Berry Heavy and Berry Nice cultivars and must be planted within 50 feet of those plants for effective pollination. Prune in spring for shape. While best suited to moist sites with morning sun and afternoon shade, it grows well in moderate soils …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
