… SOMBRERO® Summer Solstice Coneflower SOMBRERO® series is a compact series with a collection of hot colors like yellow, orange, red, and pink. This series is more floriferous than traditional echinacea. It is great addition to the garden beds or large containers for a bright summer display. It has excellent landscape …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Pumila' is a dwarf cultivar that has a cone-like shape that reaches a height of 5’ with a similar spread. … foliage gets a brownish cast in winter. It prefers moist, well-drained loams in full sun to part shade. It is not fussy about soil pH but is intolerant of dry conditions. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The large yellow to chartreuse leaves of August Moon are heart-shaped and puckered, with good substance. It is a vigorous grower. This classic hosta is often used to brighten the shade garden. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long lived. Although …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Q. I noticed roots showing around some of my perennials. Is this normal? Is there anything that I should do about it? A. It is not uncommon to see perennials heaved out of the ground at this time of the year. Fluctuations in temperature during the winter and repeated freezing and thawing of soil cause some plants to heave or push themselves out of the ground, and expose the plant's roots to the elements, …
Type: Plant Info
… Bright yellow, semi-double flowers are produced from July to September on this daisy-like perennial that thrives in full sun and moisture-retentive soil. … are held horizontally on sturdy stems atop compact plants. The bristly "cone" in the center is dull orange. It was bred in the Netherlands and released in 2012. Protection from rabbits is … until the new plants are well-established in the garden. This echinacea is attractive to butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This is a perennial fern with ovate, lance-shaped, sterile fronds 2 to 5 feet tall with pinnate … fronds. The top of each fertile frond is a mass of cinnamon-brown sporangia (equivalent to seeds in more developed plants) from which it takes its name. It grows in moist, fertile soil, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Rudbeckia maxima has attractive oval, blue-green basal leaves that can be up to 18 inches long. The flower stalks rise high above the mounded foliage and are covered with … of golden-yellow, daisylike blossoms with black centers. Because this plant, which grows 5 to 6 feet tall, is bold-textured, it is best used mid-border because the leaves are low and the plant is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Odette's Moon is a cultivar of lady slipper orchid with uniquely colored flag, petals and cup featuring various combinations of white, light and dark green, chocolate, pink shading to rosy pink colors, blushes, spots and veins. Lady slipper orchids, in general, prefer the kind … is constantly moist but never soggy soil, bright light, relatively high humidity and moderate to cool temperatures. At the Garden this cultivar is featured in the carnivorous bog. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This hybrid yew cultivar is a cross between Japanese yews ( Taxus cuspidata ) and English yews ( Taxus baccata ). This cultivar grows to 4' tall with a spread of 6’. It will tolerate a wide range of conditions from full sun to almost full shade, a wide range of soils as long as they are well drained, but is intolerant …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Q. Is there anything that I can do to prepare my trees and shrubs for winter? A. The best thing that can be done to prepare your plants for winter is to make sure they enter the cold winter months with plenty …
Type: Plant Info
