… moisture conditions. It has pink blooms that attract butterflies from March through June. It is a specimen and is also attractive to birds. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… soil conditions. From May through August it has pink blooms that attract butterflies. It is a ground cover that is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Nordmann fir is native to the mountains west and east of the Black Sea. It has bicolored needles that are dark green on top and blue green on the underside. It is favored as a Christmas tree for its shape, and color of the blunt needles, which remain on the tree longer than average. It is also valued as a landscape tree and has won the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… good fall color varying from orange to bronze, russet-red,or red. This small ornamental maple is highly valued for its lovely dense growth habit, interesting trifoliate leaves, and cinnamon-brown bark. The peeling bark, one of the tree's best ornamental features, is accentuated during winter snows. It is a superb small maple with wonderful bark. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The black maple is native to the upper midwest, northeast United States and to southern Canada. It can reach a … the leaves emerge. The tree's winged fruit, or samaras, matures in the fall. Autumn color is highly variable, ranging from yellow or orange to red, but it is always outstanding. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… moist soil in a slightly shaded setting. The plant will slowly clump up over time if it is moderately satisfied with the site you have selected. It will rapidly increase clump size if it is very satisfied with the location. Unsatisfactory locations result in a swift death; this is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Baby Joe Pye weed is a cultivar of a native plant of the eastern parts of North America. As its name suggests, Baby Joe is a diminutive form reaching only 2 feet in height and 3 feet in width. It bears lavender-rose … and not flop over. This plant requires consistent soil moisture and prefers full sun. It is an excellent plant for a border and will naturalize freely. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… moist soils in a slightly shaded setting. The plant will slowly clump up over time if it is moderately satisfied with the site you have selected or will rapidly increase clump size if it is very satisfied with its location. Unsatisfactory locations result in plant death; this is not …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ( Filipendula koreana ), a 3-foot-tall perennial from eastern Asia. The attractive foliage is palmate and resembles large maple leaves. It is similar in appearance to its American cousin queen-of-the-prairie ( Filipendula rubra ) but smaller in stature. Its new growth in spring is orange-ish in color. Moist soils in sunny locations are ideal for this species, which has been …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… False sunflower ( Heliopsis helianthoides ) is a native of the tallgrass prairie, and it makes a wonderful addition to a sunny perennial garden. It is fairly large and upright when grown in full sun, growing 4 feet wide and up to 6 feet tall. It … 2 to 3 inches in diameter, appearing in late summer and early fall. As with all sunflowers, it is a magnet for butterflies, honeybees, and hummingbirds. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
