… Narcissus ‘Pappy George’ is in Division 7. It blooms with 2 -3 fragrant flowers on each stem. The petals are yellow and the corona is orange. This cultivar was bred by Brent Heath and named in honor of his father. The bulbs are … not be eaten by deer or rabbits. The name Narcissus comes from the Greek word for narcotic and is tied to the myth of a young man known as Narcissus who fell in love with his own reflection. …
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… Narcissus ‘Passionale’ is in Division 2. It blooms in mid-spring with 4-inch flowers. The white petals are broad and spreading with a small point at the tip. The large corona is a light yellowish pink and funneled shaped. The bulbs are toxic and will not be eaten by deer or rabbits. The name Narcissus comes from the Greek word for narcotic and is tied to the myth of a young man known as Narcissus who fell in love with his own reflection. …
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… Narcissus ‘Petrel’ is in Division 5. It blooms in late spring with up to 7 or more flowers per stem. The petals are white, broadly oblong, and slightly reflexed. The corona is white and cup shaped with a straight mouth. The bulbs are toxic and will not be eaten by deer or rabbits. The name Narcissus comes from the Greek word for narcotic and is tied to the myth of a young man known as Narcissus who fell in love with his own reflection. …
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… Narcissus ‘Pink Valley’ is in Division 2. It blooms in mid spring with roundish flowers. The petals are white and very broad, while the soft pink corona is broad and bowl shaped. The corona fades to a pale pink at the rim. The bulbs are toxic and … not be eaten by deer or rabbits. The name Narcissus comes from the Greek word for narcotic and is tied to the myth of a young man known as Narcissus who fell in love with his own reflection. …
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… Narcissus ‘Pistachio’ is in Division 1. It blooms in mid season with yellow flowers. The petals are a light greenish yellow while the corona is also greenish yellow but slightly darker at the base and less green at the rim. The bulbs are … not be eaten by deer or rabbits. The name Narcissus comes from the Greek word for narcotic and is tied to the myth of a young man known as Narcissus who fell in love with his own reflection. …
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… The Pyrenees Star of Bethlehem is a native of rocky mountain hillsides from the Pyrenees in Spain right across southern Europe to Turkey and the Caucasus mountains. It is also known as Bath asparagus as the flower spikes are edible and the plant was cultivated for … flowers that appear in showy 1 foot tall flower spikes in May and June. The common name is after the star of Bethlehem that appeared in the biblical account of the birth of Jesus. It …
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… Paeonia suffruticosa, ‘Yae-Zakura’ is covered in double soft pink flowers up to 9” across. This cultivar can eventually reach 7’ x 7’ in size but is slow to establish. Young plants should be planted 4” – 6” deeper than they were previously grown – one of the few times planting ‘deep’ is recommended. The extra depth provides the woody part of the peony to produce its own roots. …
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… Opening Night™ ( Rosa 'Jacolber') is a tall-growing hybrid tea rose—to 4 feet—featuring clear, fire-engine red, 5-inch blooms with just a hint of fragrance. This cultivar produces 16-inch long stems and is perfect for cutting and bringing indoors. The parents of this cultivar are two of the best red hybrid tea roses, 'Olympiad' and 'Ingrid Bergman'. Site this heat-tolerant cultivar toward the back of the flower bed to accommodate its height. …
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… in the center and are produced on disease-resistant plants with glossy deep green leaves. This is an offspring of the famous Carefree Wonder rose; the first of the disease-resistant roses that … so easy to grow, they are referred to as landscape roses. This plant attracts pollinators but is not fragrant. It needs full sun, and fertile, well-drained soils, and space around it to encourage good air movement. This is one of a very few, if not the only, deep red roses in the landscape group. …
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… that open to double golden-yellow petals, shading to orange at the center of the flower. This is another of the really tough shrub roses to be released by Iowan and noted breeder Griffith … fungus and mildew on a bushy habit that reaches 4 feet high by 3 feet wide. This color range is more typically found in hybrid tea roses and is a real treat for USDA Zone 5 gardeners (like those in the Chicago area) who prefer not to …
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