… Lavender to purple daisy flowers 1-1/2 inches across with gold centers are produced in September atop stout stems ranging in height from 3 to 6 feet … range of soils. The lower leaves are up to a foot long; coarsely toothed and broadly ovate with a long winged petiole, the leaves become progressively smaller and more narrow up the stem. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Galphimia glauca is a small shrub native to Mexico and Central America, with the unmemorable common name of thryallis. As a conservatory specimen, it is valued for its non-stop blooming, as it is continually covered with dainty spikes of yellow flowers. In Mexico the leaves are used as a folk remedy for asthma …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… bred by Brent Horvath of Intrinsic Perennial Gardens. It blooms from early May to early June with apricot to orange flowers on top of 16- 18 inches high stems. The flowers are semi doubles, with shorter petals on top of full size petals giving the flower a layered look. The hairy, semi …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Pop Eye Orange Mum Like it's cartoon namesake, this mum is tough with strong stems that hold up well in heavy rains and high winds. Double orange flowers with a greenish-bronze eye begin early in the season (late August) and continue to the end of …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… bellflower is so named because of the bristly surface of its leaves. It is a perennial with green leaves and red stems. It does well in partial shade, where it will grow to 3 feet tall and produce blue bell-shaped flowers with long hairs along its edges in May and June. The stamens resemble bats hanging in a church …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… There’s everything to like about Pretoria canna. First, there’s the fresh orange of the flowers with their red throats, deigned to attract bees and hummingbirds (and, in the tropics, bats). Then there’s the foliage – a fresh light green, with finely drawn yellow striations. Cannas are native to Central and South America and they’re …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This tender (USDA Zone 7) evergreen, spineless prickly pear cactus can grow up to 4 feet high with full sun and low moisture conditions. From late spring to early summer it produces … glocides (very small spines) must be burned off the pads before cattle will consume them. With its mucilagenous texture, it is somewhat like boiled okra. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… tiny inconspicuous rosy-pink flowers. The bracts of 'Kirigami' are apple green flushed with red-violet and are produced abundantly. Native to Turkey and southwest Asia, in its native habitat, this species grows in rocky crevices with good drainage. After being established, they can take heat and drought. They are suitable …
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… Double yellow flowers with a faint tint of amber mature to pale cream; these flowers combine the hardiness of a rugosa rose with Old World rose fragrance. This cultivar flowers earlier than most other roses and then …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Walking on Sunshine™ floribunda rose ( Rosa 'Jacmcady') is a bright yellow floribunda rose with anise-scented flowers surrounded by glossy, disease-resistant foliage on a rounded plant. The blooms fade with time to a light yellow color that provides a nice two-toned effect. This is one of two roses …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
