… range in Canada. When migrating south in fall, the young of the year practice their songs with hoarse, wavering, unsure voices. Occasionally, an adult will answer with a more Pavarotti-like voice. You can hear the migratory white-throated sparrows sing from … sparrow. The adult male has a grayish body; a brown, striped back; and a chalky white throat with a bold, lemon-yellow patch above its eye. Its crown has alternating white and black lines, …
Type: Birding
… Carolina allspice, or sweetshrub, has untoothed, opposite, ovate leaves with a pleasant, spicy aroma. The flowers, blooming in May and June, have numerous overlapping … strap-like petals and a fruity scent. The flowers are usually an unusual shade of dark red with a hint of maroon and sit atop short branchlets. ‘Edith Wilder’, with more fragrant flowers and good yellow fall color, came from the Scott Arboretum in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… European gardeners. The cultivar Waldtraut produces masses of bronze-orange flowers splashed with yellow. The nectar is prized by bees and butterflies. Flowering begins in very late summer … watery eyes, runny noses, headaches and sore throats. Heleniums have evolved in conjunction with pollinating insects that prefer plants with lots of nectar. As a result, the pollen grains are fairly large and are adapted to sticking …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ‘Circus Circus’ is an herbaceous peony with unusual semi-double blooms consisting of twisted petals, streaked with raspberry and surrounding yellow pistils. Flowers are fragrant. Peony bloom times are … throughout the summer, then dies to the ground in the fall. Plant in sun to part shade with the eyes no more than 2 inches below the soil surface. It is deer resistant. Peonies are …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ‘Golden Vanities’ is tree peony with single blossoms of light yellow with pink shading and purple flares. Tree peonies often need to settle in for one to two years … in five to eight years. ‘Golden Vanities’ grows to 4 feet tall. Plant in sun to part shade with the eyes no more than 2 inches below the soil surface and protect from strong winds and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ‘Jubilee Pink’ is an herbaceous peony with stunning Japanese-style blossoms. Electric pink guard petals surround a generous yellow center interspersed with red tipped stigmas. Peony bloom time is classified as early, mid-, and late. ‘Ivory Victory’ … throughout the summer, then dies to the ground in the fall. Plant in sun to part shade with eyes no more than 2 inches below the soil surface. It is deer resistant. Peonies are popular …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… groups: herbaceous, which die to the ground in the fall, and tree peonies, deciduous plants with woody stems which they retain throughout the winter. A third category, the Itoh or … 1-2 weeks before those of the herbaceous peonies. ‘Miss Congeniality’ is an herbaceous peony with a refined Japanese style flower. Cerise pink guard petals surround an inner tuft of salmon pink with red stigmas. Peony bloom time is classified as early, mid and late – ‘Miss Congeniality’ is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… appear 1-2 weeks before those of the herbaceous peonies. ‘Murad of Hersey Bar’ is a tree peony with large single dark maroon flowers with yellow center stamens and strong medium-green stems and foliage. An early bloomer, it is … once established, grow to a mature size of 5 feet in 5-8 years. Plant in sun to part shade with the eyes no more than 2 inches below the soil surface and protect from strong winds and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… sold under the trademark name ‘FIRE LIGHT™’ This is a small shrub typically 4-6 ft. high with a spread of 4-6 ft. The large, conical flowerheads, which measure 12 to 16 inches, include a mixture of showy but sterile florets together with smaller, fertile but non-showy ones. The flowers emerge white and turn light pink, then a deeper pink as they mature. With new flowers continually emerging at the tip of the cone, the flowerheads are a lovely blend …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… little minor bulb that blooms in April. Electric blue, nodding, open bell-shaped flowers with six petals grow atop 4-inch scapes. There is usually only one to three flowers per stalk, but each bulb produces several stalks. This is a true blue, with a darker central stripe and with stamens of ultramarine. The leaves are narrow and slightly shorter than the flower stalks. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
