… are speckled with dark purple, almost black spots. Strong flowering spikes are produced from the laterals buds on this monopodal (single growing point) orchid that thrives in full sun, … (USDA Zones 9-11) and have epiphytic roots -- meaning they derive moisture and nutrients from the air and support from another plant; few orchids grow in soil. Orchids usually prefer a diurnal temperature …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… had the best day ever at the real-world Chicago Botanic Garden recently. On a break from promoting her hit movie, she fell head-over-heels (don’t tell Ken) for our summer blooms … stopped to smell the perfectly pink roses. 💗 Barbie Visits the Chicago Botanic Garden from Chicago Botanic Garden on Vimeo . A special thanks to Pamela Burnet for casting and …
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… forsythia by removing one-third of the oldest canes. Prune out all ground-level sucker growth from crabapple, apple, plum, peach or apricot trees by cutting out growth below soil level. Prune out weak, green but very fast-growing water sprouts that grow vertically from branches of fruit trees, redbuds, or other ornamental flowering trees. If necessary, boxwood …
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… From June until the first hard frost, lavender-blue, button-shaped flowers cover Pineapple … flower ( Centratherum intermedium 'Pineapple Sangria'). This mounded, nonhardy perennial is from Brazil. Named for foliage that smells like pineapple, it repels deer, but the flowers …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… When mature, the katsura tree can reach heights of 40 to 60 feet. Its habit varies from oval to wide-spreading, making it a fine tree for a large space. The beautiful rounded … with a tinge of orange, an observant gardener may catch the scent of cotton candy coming from the changing leaves. Native to China and Japan, the striking leaves of the katsura are …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… orange. Each stalk bears an umbel of 20 to 60 flowers that fade to pale green tips. When grown from seed, this species takes at least 6 years or more to flower, but each plant can live many … whose family name was Clive and whose garden at Syon House, just across the river from Kew, was famous at that time. …
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… Striking round heads of snowy white cover this annual from June to September. This species enjoys bright sunny locations in average soils and can … that form the showy part of the plant. The true flowers, which are tiny and yellow, protrude from between the bracts. They are good to use as cut and dried flowers. Songbirds love the seeds …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… of sneezeweed. Tip Top sneezeweed has large yellow flowers with brown centers that are present from June through August.Derived from a sneezeweed native to Oregon and California, this plant like full sun and dryish soil …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… bright orange stigma. It was bred by noted Dutch hybridizer G. H. Hageman and has won awards from Dutch and English Bulb Societies. Plant 'Blue Pearl' in full sun and well-drained soils, and protect it from chipmunks and squirrels. The parental species is known as the snow crocus, in recognition of …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… grows 9 – 14 inches tall and blooms in the spring with pink heart shaped flowers that hang from long, arching, leafless stems. The each flower has an inner petal which protrudes from the bottom and is reminiscent of a drop of blood, thus giving the plant the name “bleeding …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
