… derives from its medium-green foliage that turns an attractive heather purple to plum purple in winter. It is easily grown in average, moist, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. This plant functions well as a landscape specimen or as a hedge in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… bracts (the actual flowers are not showy) on top of a perennial plant growing to 3 feet in height by 4 feet in width. Green willowlike leaves that spiral out from the stems turn bright orange and yellow in fall. This species tolerates moist soil, and dry soil later in the growing season. Deer find …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Deep red bracts in a rosette are produced above the dark green leaves that are slightly curved. The bright gold flowers (cyathia) tucked within the center of the bracts are larger and last longer than in most varieties of poinsettia. Keep poinsettias in a brightly lit environment with good air movement and poke a hole in the bottom of the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Dark red spines protect this cactus from herbivores throughout the year and in spring the brilliant pinkish red flowers attract insects to the nectar, and in the process pollinating the flowers. Bright red fruit in fall are favorites of a number of small native birds with beaks long enough to reach the fruit …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Medium pink, tubular flowers festoon the tips of this hardy shrub's branches in June. It will eventually reach 10 feet in size if corrective pruning is not performed. Pink Cloud beauty bush is one of the species of … be controlled by removing no more that one-third of the older canes on an annual basis. Plant in full sun in moderately fertile soils, and water only during droughts once established. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… from June-July and new wood from August through October. Flower color is dependent on the soil in which the hydrangea is planted – blue in acidic soils and rose-pink in alkaline soils – and color will change as the flowers age. It is hardy to zone 4 so will …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Bullhead lily, also called yellow pond lily, is an aquatic native often founding floating in quiet ponds in the clearings of woods. Related to waterlilies, it has flat round leaves that float on the … globes atop a thick, upright stem. This subspecies is distinguished by having red markings in the throat of the flower - which you will probably not be able to observe unless you are …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… much-delayed flowering cycle that translates into more Genovese-flavored basil leaves to enjoy in the kitchen. Strong, sturdy plants up to 3 feet in height don't need staking when grown in moderately fertile, well-drained soils in full sun. Free of most insect and disease problems. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Rhododendron 'Rosy Lights' was developed in Minnesota to provide reliably hardy azaleas that can tolerate the often less-than-ideal soils found in the Midwest. Delightfully fragrant flowers in late spring are followed by intense orange and red fall color. Part of the key to success in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This is a deciduous shrub that is native to China and Japan. It can grow to 6’ in height and 9’ in width. It blooms in late spring with four-petalled white flowers that give way to jet black berries that ripen in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
