… Paulared is one of the earliest harvested apples (August) and is widely appreciated for both its fresh eating and cooking qualities. It is related to McIntosh. This cultivar … environment. Although apple fruit trees produce attractive flowers, hybridizing efforts focus on fruit characteristics such as taste, texture, and storage capacity and on disease resistance. Since apple cultivars are usually grafted onto a root stock, it is often …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… In the calm and cold of the new year, it's tempting to hibernate and rest up for the tilling and planting to come. But January is prime time for another kind of preparation: … beginners to certificate programs for professionals. The class that is right for you depends on your own knowledge and experience. A gardener who hasn't taken the prerequisite botany course is likely to be lost in an intense, weeks-long certificate-level class on small flowering trees, but will be enlightened by a two-hour-long class on "Success with Trees …
Type: Plant Info
… a closer look, you’ll notice signs of wildlife all around you, too. Their connection makes for the best kind of codependency. Killdeer, a shorebird that commonly nests at the Garden. Plants and wildlife are dependent on each other, and the bond between them creates a healthy ecosystem. Plants provide food for … Sometimes, nature lends a helping hand to protect the plants, too. Foxes and coyotes that visit the Garden on occasion chase away geese and voles, small rodents that damage the bark of …
Type: Blog
… Milk-white flowers are flushed with faint blue in early spring along the midribs on this hardy squill, ideal for planting in masses beneath large deciduous trees among groundcover. It almost never sets seed …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Spikes of bright red flowers in fall contrast with the yellow-and-green variegated foliage on this nonhardy perennial. Insect pollinators and hummingbirds are strongly attracted to the flowers. Plant this salvia in a sunny location for best coloration of the variegated leaves. It's insect and pest resistant. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… baby's breath cover the mounded green foliage in mid-summer. Easy perennial or container plant for full sun and well drained soils. The flowers are a strong pollinator insect attractant. Rabbits (and deer) despite the cultivar name, avoid nibbling on this cultivar. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Deep reddish black flowers with yellow edges to their petals are produced on long arching flowering stalks. The plant and flowers are small by Cymbidium standards. Like … larger cousins, it requires a distinct cooling period in fall in order to set the flower buds for winter blooms. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Red-orange blended, round pom-pom-style flowers are produced from July to September on this 3.5-foot tall cultivar. The long-stemmed flowers are ideal for cutting, and the shorter statured plant rarely needs staking. Plant this dahlia in full sun …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Bright red powder puff flowers are produced throughout the year on this dwarf rounded non-hardy shrub. Grow in full sun, well drained soils and provide iron chelate in high pH soils to correct for micronutrient deficiencies. The bright red flowers attract a number of different pollinators. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Small, yellow anemone-style flowers feature an orange center on this nonhardy mum. Plant this mum in full sun andn as early in the season as possible to permit the root system to become well-established before the plant comes into bloom for a prolonged flower display. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
