… The Comspur Arkblack apple tree is a compact tree that produces abundant fruiting spurs, so a relatively small tree an bear a … produces Arkansas black apples, a tart variety that originated in Arkansas in the 19th century and is used for eating, cooking, and cider. The difference between apples and crabapples is the size of the fruit. If the fruit is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Jonadel apple is a cross between the Jonathan and Delicious apples developed by the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station in the 1920s. It is reported to have the eating and cooking qualities of the Jonathan combined with the longer storage capability of the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… in large flat-topped flower heads 2 to 4 inches across. It blooms starting in early summer and continues into the fall. As the flowers age, they fade to buff yellow. This is a compact plant 18 to 24 inches high with gray- green, fernlike foliage. It is a member of the SEDUCTION™ Series from the Netherlands. It is attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds and resistant to deer, rabbits, and drought. This is a favorite cut flower and …
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… Harla aloe, or Aloe harlana is named after its location, Harla, Ethiopia. It is a stemless aloe that is usually found as solitary rosette or in groups formed by offshoots. The leaves are 20 inches long and a glossy dark green with pale markings and dark marginal teeth. The inflorescence appears in the summer and fall and is up to three feet …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Aloe jucunda takes its species name from the Latin world for "nice", "jacundus". It is a lovely aloe and is frequently kept as a houseplant. It is a stemless aloe that suckers freely and creates large groups of rosettes. Its miniature size, rosettes only 3 to 4 inches across make …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Narcissus ‘Jetfire’ is in Division 6. It stands 12 inches tall and blooms in early to mid spring with 3 inch flowers. The petals are bright yellow and strongly reflexed. The corona is bright orange and cylindrical. There is a constriction near …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… September Beauty summersweet is derived from a deciduous shrub native to the eastern US. 'September Beauty' has prolific … appear later in summer than most other summersweet clethras. The flowers attract butterflies and hummingbirds, along with other insects and birds. The flowers are produced on vertical flower spikes about 6 inches long that protrude …
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… This is the true, ancient pearl onion, but is seldom grown today. Its German name is perlzwiebel. This bulb is composed of many bulblets of varying sizes and compares in size with a head of garlic. Bulblets were pickled in Germany, Holland, and Italy. Bulblets are solid, unlike the current pearl onion, which is A. cepa with tunicate …
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… Heuchera richardsonii , or Prairie Alumroot, is native to the Midwest. Its usual habitat is prairies and savanna woodlands, tolerating full to partial sun and a wide range of soil moisture conditions. It typically produces green to white flowers from …
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… Ohazuki Ginkgo is a female selection that will produce fruit. This selection is slow growing and will mature in … a small sized tree 6-13 feet tall with a broad spreading habit. This Ginkgo has large leaves and beautiful yellow fall color, and being a female tree, if pollinated, it will produce the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
