… Muscari azureum is native to Turkey. It grows 4 – 8 inches tall and blooms in March - April with blue flowers in a conical raceme that resembles an upside down bunch of grapes, hence the common name of Grape Hyacinth. Each flower is bell shaped with an unconstricted mouth. Most of the flowers are fertile, but the smaller, paler flowers are …
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… Dozens of lavender flowers with white eyes form rounded masses at the tips of the flower stems in July and August. With a clove-like fragrance, it is a strong attractant of butterflies and hummingbirds, as well …
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… Scarlet red tubular flowers with yellow throats are attractive to hummingbirds, butterflies and humans alike. This non-hardy … Can be dug up from the garden and held indoors during the winter months if a bright light with good airflow location is available. …
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… is a dwarf iris that stands only 4 inches high and blooms in late winter or very early spring with a mild fragrance. The flowers are deep purple-violet. In the center of the purple falls there is a narrow, bright yellow line with white spots on the side. Iris is the name of the Greek goddess of the rainbow. The classic …
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… This is an extremely adaptable iris with foot-long, strap-like, arching, attractive gray-green leaves. The 6-inch-wide lavender-blue blossoms with dark blotches are somewhat flattened. The plant gets its common name, Japanese roof iris, …
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… required. Cherry plums are hybrids of any number of cherry species crossed with various plum species. This tree grows to a height of 8 feet with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. Its white blooms in May and June make this an …
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… It has nice glossy green needles and a strong pyramidal growth habit with pendulous lower branches that give it a very graceful appearance. Use it as a specimen … West Coast; in the Pacific coastal regions, it can attain heights of up to 250'. An evergreen with grandeur …
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… bright orange flowers resemble small squash blossoms are widely scattered along the long stems with tendrils of this Central American native vine with close evolutionary ties to longwing butterflies ( Heliconias species). These butterflies …
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… Red-Spike Mexican Hats an erect perennial, sometimes grown as a biennial, with pinnate greyish green leaves. It blooms from early summer to early autumn. It has long, thin, daisy-like flowers, and prominent, unusual, cone-shaped flower heads, with yellow ray flowers, that are good for cutting. The cone-shaped center is green, then brown …
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… yew that retains a tight columnar form growing to thirty feet in height and ten feet in width with the dark green needles that are typical of Japanese yews. The female trees bear red drupes … in the fall. This yew is very tolerant of even deep shade but cannot tolerate poor drainage. With its columnar form and tolerance of shade it is suitable as a screen or hedge or street tree. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
