… The Baldwin apple is sweet tasting and crisp. It can be eaten fresh or used in cooking or for juice and is noted as a good keeper. The Baldwin apple originated in the 17th century in Massachusetts. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Idared apple is a cross between the Jonathan and the Wagener apple varieties developed by the University of … Experiment Station in the 1940s. It is recommended for eating fresh or for cooking and has good keeping qualities. The difference between apples and crabapples is the size of the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Red Rome apple is tart with firm flesh and is highly recommended for cooking, both sauce and in pies. This variety originated in Ohio in the 19th century. The difference between apples …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This maple is native to Japan and is one of the "snake bark" maples. It can reach a height of 40 feet. It should be sited in full sun and is tolerant of a wide range of soil conditions (except wet ones) and types. Foliage starts as …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Woolly summersweet is a deciduous shrub native to the south-eastern US. It has white flowers that appear in mid summer and attract butterflies and hummingbirds, along with other insects and birds. The flowers are produced on woolly flower …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Sixteen Candles summersweet is derived from a deciduous shrub native to the eastern US. 'Sixteen Candles' has very fragrant white flowers that appear in mid-summer and attract butterflies and hummingbirds, along with other insects and birds. The flowers are produced on vertical flower …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Q: I would like to add stones around several large trees on my property. Is this a good choice? A: Stone is not a good mulch choice, although it is used often, for several reasons. First, it retains heat instead of keeping soil and plant roots cool. It will not decompose and will remain in the soil indefinitely. Stone is not a good choice for suppressing weeds. …
Type: Plant Info
… The Hedge Maple is native to most of Europe (in Scotland, it is the only native maple) and has been naturalized in North America and New Zealand. It is a slow grower and has deeply fissured, cork-like bark. The leaves have …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Dicentra Formosa 'Aurora' is also known as fern-leaf bleeding heart. It has white heart shaped flowers in late spring or … shaped flower there is an inner petal protruding out which is reminiscent of a drop of blood and gives the plant the name “bleeding heart”. The foliage is grayish green and fernlike. The plant is attractive to hummingbirds and butterflies while resistant to deer and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Ylang-ylang is a tropical tree that produces long-petaled flowers virtually year-round that emerge lime green and mature to lemon yellow. In its native Philippines, it is pollinated by moths and so the fragrance is most intense at sunrise. The highly prized fragrance is used in a number …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
