… Lamprocapnos spectabilis ‘Gold Heart’ is a golden-leaved form of the common bleeding heart. It has greenish gold foliage and grows 2 to 3 feet tall. It blooms in late spring with rose pink, heart-shaped flowers that … protruding from the bottom of each heart-shaped flower that is reminiscent of a drop of blood and gives the plant the name “bleeding heart.” The flowers are attractive to hummingbirds and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Love™rose ( Rosa 'Jactwin') is covered with high-centered, scarlet-red flowers featuring white on the reverse of the petals. Its fragrance is described as light and spicy. The ultimate size for this disease-resistant cultivar is 5 feet high with a 4-foot spread, and it is known for having very thorny stems. This variety was released in 1980 by Jackson & …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… of swamp white oak( bicolor ) refers to the two-tone appearance of the leaves - the upper side is dark green and glossy while the underside is whitish and fuzzy. Acorns ripen annually in the fall. Leaves usually turn yellow in the fall, but there …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This perennial grows to a height of 1 foot with full sun to partial shade and dry soil conditions. It has pink blooms that attract butterflies from July through October. It is a ground cover that is resistant to deer and is also attractive to birds. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Artocarpus altilis is the breadfruit tree and the one you see here is a hybrid with its wild ancestor, Altilis … since its fruit is smaller, but in Micronesia the tree is valued for its wood, latex-like sap, and the medicinal qualities of its leaves as well as the fruit. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Q. What is fish emulsion? A. Fish emulsion is an organic condensed liquid derived from fish solids and fresh fish remains. It retains many of the micro- and macro-nutrients present in live fish and, as such, is used as an all-purpose, low-dosage …
Type: Plant Info
… This is another snake bark maple. It is native to eastern Russia, northeast China and Korea. At maturity it can reach a height of 35 feet and a width of 25 feet. While its vase-like habit is beautiful, its most striking feature is its …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The stems stand 2 to 3 feet tall with fragrant, silvery green foliage. 'Coronation Gold' is sterile and will not crowd out its neighbors like other yellow seed-grown varieties. It is attractive to butterflies while resistant to deer, rabbits, and drought. This is a favorite as a cut flower and is also excellent as a dried flower. In 1993 …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Red Racer hellebore flowers around Easter (early spring) with abundant large red flowers so it is commonly known as the Lenten Rose. Red Racer is a very hardy plant that produces abundant 3-4 … dark wine-red flowers that gradually fade to dark green. The dark green foliage is evergreen and overall the plant can form a mound about 18 inches tall and up to two feet wide. It prefers moist cool shady conditions, so is well-suited to understory …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Q. When is the best time of the year to spray my garden for insects? A. Before you consider using any … beneficial. Beneficial insects are important for many different reasons. Some are predators and perform natural pest control. Others are crucial pollinators. Another consideration to be … kill the insect that is damaging the plants, but will harm beneficial insects, such as bees and butterflies. Furthermore, the chemical is most likely toxic to humans and harmful to the …
Type: Plant Info
