… 'Cantab' has very small, pale blue flowers with lighter tips and deeper blue falls with a yellow blotch. It blooms in late winter or early spring with a mild fragrance. The flowers stand only 4 to 8 inches high and are perfect in a rock garden …
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… America. Kohleria ‘Ampallang’ was bred by John Boggan in the 1990’s. It has wine-red flowers with spotted throats. The leaves are dark green. Kohlerias are characterized by soft, ovate scalloped leaves and tubular flowers that are covered with soft fuzz. Related to African violets, the leaves are often suffused with purple or brown. The tubes, which are an inch or two long are inflated and flare out into …
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… plants in the gesneriad family native to tropical America. Kohleria has scarlet flowers with a hint of yellow in the throat. The leaves have dark purple veins. It was bred by Gunilla … are characterized by soft, ovate scalloped leaves and tubular flowers that are covered with soft fuzz. Related to African violets, the leaves are often suffused with purple or brown. The tubes, which are an inch or two long are inflated and flare out into …
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… 'Peridots Palenque' produces small densely hirsute orange flowers. The inside is white spotted with cherry red. It has small dark green leaves. Kohlerias are characterized by soft, ovate scalloped leaves and tubular flowers that are covered with soft fuzz. Related to African violets, the leaves are often suffused with purple or brown. The tubes, which are an inch or two long are inflated and flare out into …
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… Kohleria amabilis, native from Colombia to Costa Rica, produces small clusters of pink flowers with dark pink spots in the throat. Kohlerias are characterized by soft, ovate scalloped leaves and tubular flowers that are covered with soft fuzz. Related to African violets, the leaves are often suffused with purple or brown. The tubes, which are an inch or two long are inflated and flare out into …
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… With a fine rounded habit, it can grow to 35' or 45' in height. The foliage is a nice clean … in the fall. Autumn color is yellow. The bark is quite handsome -- it is a glossy burnt sienna with a hint of olive on some branches, and it exfoliates in long strips. One of the hardiest … cherries on the market, the Amur chokecherry is a lesser-known and grown flowering tree with four seasons of interest in the garden. Look at that bark! …
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… evergreen tree, has short needles and in the wild it has a strong pyramidal growth habit with pendulous lower branches that give it a very graceful appearance. This selection has a narrow form with mostly ascending branches and it can grow to 40 feet tall by 15 feet wide. The cones on the … They are used for timber and are valued as Christmas trees because of their short needles with good retention. …
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… to the United States, Stokes' aster has been refined by plant experts to produce cultivars with larger and more colorful flowers, making it a staple of the formal garden. It is a … producing cornflower-like flowers that bloom from early to late summer on erect stems with medium green leaves. 'Peachie's Pick' is a compact cultivar with blue flowers on erect stems, growing 12 to 18 inches tall. It is named after Peachie Saxton, …
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… 'Budlight' is classified as a lily-flowering tulip, with a narrow flower that flares out at the tips. Developed in the Netherlands, the flowers are sunshine yellow with white tips and they reach a height of about 20 inches. When planting, bulbs should be spaced … Protect from deer, rabbits, chipmunks, squirrels, and voles whenever possible by interplanting with bulbs from the onion or amaryllis families. …
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… This is a compact, deciduous shrub that will grow to a height of 6’ with a similar spread. It can maintain its rounded shape with very little pruning. It blooms in mid- to late May with clusters of white flowers that give way to red fruit in the fall. These persist through the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
