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  • … Native to the eastern and midwestern United States, loose-headed bracted sedge is a perennial plant that grows 12 to 40 inches tall and is commonly found in forested areas and wetlands in the wild. The sacs holding the seeds are teardrop shaped. It can be used effectively as a …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Sugar Shack™ buttonbush is a compact form of buttonbush growing to only about 4 feet high and wide. It requires consistently moist soils so is useful in wet areas. From early summer, it bears fragrant, white, rounded button-type flowers that are sought by birds and pollinators. Prune it back in late winter as it flowers on new wood. …
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  • … mound 6 to 8 feet tall featuring gracefully drooping finely textured branches. The foliage is gray-green accented by white on the inside. It is easily grown in average to medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Use as a specimen plant to add a unique accent to the garden. …
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  • … This low-growing, creeping evergreen shrub reaches about 2 feet in height with full sun and dry moisture conditions. It is non-flowering, but it produces showy black and blue fruit in the winter that is attractive to birds. Resistant to deer, It can be used for erosion control …
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  • … Geum coccineum ‘Cooky’ is also known as Geum coccineum ‘Borisii Strain’. It stands 20 inches high and blooms from early … orange-yellow stamens. The flowers are upward facing, measuring 1 ½ inches across. Plant it in full sun or partial shade. It is hardy in zones 4 - 9. …
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  • … This ground cover is tougher than it looks in that it will tolerate light foot traffic. It isn’t picky about soil … or stay constantly wet. It can tolerate light conditions from partial shade to full sun. In the spring it is covered with tiny white flowers. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … We know spring has arrived in northern climes when we see the cheery yellow blooms of the ubiquitous forsythias in April. Named after William Forsyth, one of the founders of the Royal Horticultural Society in … of bell-shaped flowers in the axils of the stiff, rough branches. Forsythia x intermedia is a cross between Forsythia viridissima and Forsythia suspensa var. fortunei. It was found as a …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … The jade plant ( Crassula ovata ) is native to South Africa. A member of the stonecrop (Crassulaceae) family, it is a popular, … tree. Two-inch oblong, fleshy, shiny evergreen leaves may acquire red tints when grown in direct sun. Tiny white-to-pink flowers may appear from midwinter to spring, but rarely on indoor plants, which should be planted in a well-drained, loamy potting mixture. Jade plants are intolerant of moist, poorly drained …
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  • … Thailand Giant elephant ears is a massive herbaceous plant with enormous broad heart-shaped green leaves that was found in the jungles of northern Thailand. Thailand Giant can grow to nine feet in height and about 6 feet in width with single leaves reaching five feet long. It bears scented …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Ostrich fern is an upright perennial deciduous fern that grows 2 to 6 feet in medium to wet soil in full to part shade. An elegant plant, its name is derived from its feathery fronds that …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant