… mock orange is native to China, India, Southeast Asia, and Australia, where it is cultivated for its fragrant flowers that open prior to rain as a response to a drop in air pressure. In hot … hedge or screen and is pruned accordingly. However it can be grown as a tree or standard form for a specimen. It can grow to about 20 feet high and about 8 to 10 feet wide and prefers …
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… the mouth of the corona although the mouth itself is slightly expanded. 'Jetfire' is great for containers and forcing into early indoor bloom. 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 …
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… oak is a relatively recently introduced cross between the English oak and the bur oak notable for its pyramidal habit and yellow fall foliage. The genus Quercus includes more than 600 species … (biennial). Oaks are often imposing shade trees at maturity and provide habitat and food for a variety of wildlife. …
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… is a cross between the English oak ( Q. robur ) and the swamp white oak ( Q. bicolor ) notable for its columnar habit. The genus Quercus includes more than 600 species of the oak tree, of … (biennial). Oaks are often imposing shade trees at maturity and provide habitat and food for a variety of wildlife. …
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… in huge domed clusters, similar to hydrengeas. In full bloom, you can hardly see the leaves for the flowers. And once she starts blooming, she doesn't stop until frost. She's often used in … be grown as a climber reaching up to about 10 feet. She'll grow and bloom in light shade, but for best performance give her full sun. Keep soil moist (not wet); follow a regular program …
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… flowers a peony-like form. A thorny rose with mid-green petals, it grows 3-4 feet...just right for tucking into a sunny border. Like all roses, the more sun you give it, the more flowers … good idea, especially if you can't give it full sun or it's crowded too close to other plants for good air circulation. This rose is somewhat disease-prone. In addition, most growers …
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… Paeonia 'Ursa Minor' is an herbaceous peony suitable for smaller gardens. Its bomb-style bloom consists of tightly spaced raspberry cream petals and … than 2 inches below the soil surface. Deer resistant. Peonies are popular garden plants, known for their stunning flowers, their cold hardiness, and the huge variety of their colors, forms, …
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… outstanding cobalt blue flowers, which attract hummingbirds, moths, and butterflies looking for nectar. The lush green foliage, when crushed, smells like licorice (thus the common name "anise-scented sage" for the Salvia guaranitica cultivars). Salvia guaranitica can grow up to 5 feet tall in full sun, …
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… result of open pollination of the cultivar 'Carradonna'. Meadow sages are highly recommended for perennial gardens in northern climates. They are fully hardy and produce bushy little plants … is not liked by deer or rabbits. They need little care once established, but require full sun for the best blooms. The meadow sages were derived mostly from the Eurasian species Salvia …
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… the genus Plectranthus that are familiar to northern gardeners are small house plants valued for their colorful aromatic leaves. Being in the mint family, they have square stems and opposite … very different: a large shrub native to forest margins and streams of South Africa, grown for its huge sprays of blue-purple flowers that from a distance resemble lilacs. Each floret is a …
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