… The Winesap apple has sweet, crisp flesh and is considered good for eating fresh, baking, or making cider. It is reported to keep very well in cold storage. The difference between apples and crabapples is the size of the fruit. If the fruit is 2 inches or greater, it is considered an …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This wild apple is native to Europe and is thought to be an ancestor, or relative, of the domesticated eating apples raised as crops today. The difference between apples and crabapples is the size of the fruit. If the fruit is 2 inches or greater, it is considered an …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Hydrangea macrophylla 'Sadie Ray' is a deciduous shrub that grows 3 to 6 feet tall and wide. It features dark green leaves and large clusters of flowers which are either lacecap or mophead in structure. Sadie Ray is a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This tree has small leaves, can attain heights of 40' to 50' and is usually rounded or oval in shape. It is a good specimen plant or shade tree, and it makes an excellent bonsai plant. Fall color can be purplish or yellow. Caution! Sometimes …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This maple is native to Japan and China and is another snake bark maple. It is not common in the wild and very rare in the trade. It can grow …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Rosea summersweet is derived from a deciduous shrub native to the eastern U. S. Rosea has prolific, fragrant, light salmon-pink flowers that appear at the height of summer and attract butterflies and hummingbirds. The flowers are produced on vertical flower spikes up to 8 inches long that …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Ruby Spice summersweet is derived from a deciduous shrub native to the eastern U.S. Ruby Spice has prolific, fragrant, pink flowers that appear at the height of summer and attract butterflies and hummingbirds. The flowers are produced on vertical flower spikes up to 6 inches long that …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Merlot sweetspire is a cultivar (cultivated variety) of Virginia sweetspire which is native to the moist … areas of the south-eastern United States. Merlot is named for its fall color which is dark red and persists into winter. It is also an attractive plant in late spring and summer when the long racemes of fragrant white flowers hang gracefully and attract …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… RSH Award of Garden Merit in 1994. It has been moved to its own genus, Aristaloe , where it is the only species. Recent genetic studies have shown that this species is actually not an Aloe … it will overwinter in an unheated greenhouse or outdoors in areas with a mild winter and tolerates temperatures to about 25 °F. This interesting succulent is indigenous to South Africa and has adapted to a variety of habitats. It is an attractive plant, the lace referred to in the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Jonamac apple is a cross between the Jonathan and the McIntosh with texture and flavor qualities of both parents. The difference between apples and crabapples is the size of …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
