… dry, mountainous regions of southwest North America. It bears highly fragrant white flowers with a maroon center in May to June. The Desert Mountain mock orange is a medium-sized deciduous shrub with narrow grayish-green leaves that are adapted to dry climates, growing to about six feet in height and width with gently arching branches and an open appearance. While this shrub is adaptable to a range of …
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… The cultivar 'Pleasures of May' has white standards with a lavender blush and pale violet falls with darker veins. The white signals are often marked with distinctive yellow and white patterns. It stands 30 inches high and blooms in early to late …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The cultivar 'Sea of Dreams' is a pale lavender blue with darker veining and a yellow center on the falls. The stalks are branched and stand 35 inches high with up to 5 flowers on each stalk. It blooms in early to mid season with a mild fragrance and may rebloom. The thin, grass like foliage remains a highlight …
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… This Asian native spirea grows to a height of 4’ with a similar spread. It blooms in late spring with clusters of white flowers. In fall the foliage turns orange red. The genus Spiraea consists of small to medium sized flowering shrubs with a fine-textured twiggy mounding habit. The small simple leaves are generally lance-shaped …
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… Tara Prairie Dropseed is a clumping warm season grass with bright green leaves and delicate flower panicles that appear in late summer and early fall. … by backlighting in early morning or late afternoon. This grass is a wonderful all year plant with bright green foliage in spring and summer, flower spikes in late summer, fall and winter, … the panicles to sway in the wind. This cultivar is a more upright version of prairie dropseed, with a more vase-like mature plant shape. …
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… The very large, silvery, felted leaves on a rounded shrub up to 7 feet make this an ornamental with all-year interest. In colder areas it can be grown in a container, but must be brought … a native of Brazil. Burle Marx transformed mid-century landscape architecture concepts with his dramatic, broad sweeps of tropical plants with colorful foliage and flowers, and his free-form water features. …
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… is found in shady margins of woods. The opposite leaves are lanceolate, broader at the base with a tapering point, and coarsely toothed, with a rough texture like sandpaper. The species name "urticifolia" translates to "nettle-like". … terminal and arising from the upper leaf axils. Hundreds of spikes may appear on one plant, with dozens of tiny white five-petalled flowers, which only bloom a few at a time. It is native …
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… and its bright pink spring bloom is just one of the reasons. It's the first true dwarf Weigela with variegated foliage. In shade, the leaves are bordered with white, and in full sun they're infused with various shades of pink. At just 12 to 18 inches high, you can easily tuck it into a …
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… beauties once the holiday festivities have passed and the decorations are packed away. Faced with the rather empty, bleakish winter months, we should welcome the presence of anything bright, … These bright little flowering plants are commercially propagated so their bloom now coincides with our colder months. Although the tiny flowers can range from yellow, orange, and pink, it is … to two months, move it back into bright light, resume watering, and fertilize twice a month with a dilute balanced fertilizer. If you want to move it outside to a part-sun location in …
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