… Native to east and central North America, this multi-stemmed shrub with a rounded top tends to become leggy at the base. Use this shrub at the edge of a property, … or along a waterway. Male yellowish-brown catkins 1-1/2 to 3 inches in length appear along with rich-red female buds in early spring. Edible brown nuts, which are set inside downy, notched …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Bright red bracts form a cone that is augmented with orange flowers that seemingly 'pop' out occasionally throughout its long flowering season … the winter. Most homes have low humidity in the winter, and this plant will need to be misted with water periodically to keep spider mites at bay. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… by the American Dahlia Society. At maturity, the plant will reach about 5 feet in height with a spread of 2 feet or more, depending on how it is staked. Plant this dahlia in full sun, … fertile, moisture-retentive soils. Stake it to keep the plant upright in strong winds (and with the weight of the flowers). …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Hibiscus 'Mocha Moon' has white flowers with a crimson eye that bleeds outward onto the overlapping, slightly ruffled petals. It blooms from mid summer to fall with huge flowers measuring 7-8 “ across. The leaves are very similar to maple leaves in shape. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… leaves which give the effect of lightning bugs. It reaches an average length of 40 feet with flat white flowers in May and June. It is most valued for its striking foliage of dark green contrasted with bright yellow. It does well in full sun to light shade and is moderately drought tolerant . …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Lustrous dark green leaves contrast with the lighter color of the new growth on this hardy groundcover. In harsh winters with no snow cover the leaves will be burned but will flush new growth in the spring. English ivy …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Green Flutter daylily has miniature 3-inch canary-yellow flowers with a pea green throat. With slightly ruffled petals, it blooms in early to mid-summer. In milder climates the foliage is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… rose contains plants that produce creamy white, rose, and purple (almost black) flowers, often with purple dots on the sepals. The showy parts of the "flower" are actually sepals, and they … range, a number of color forms can be found that can (and often do) hybridize freely with each other in garden settings, producing a wonderful array of flowers. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Lycoris longituba known as the white spider lily is a large handsome plant from China with flower stems reaching to nearly 3 feet. The large, regular, lily-shaped flowers are variable … to USDA Zone 5 and is a vigorous and fertile diploid readily producing seed and hybridizing with other fertile species. It is believed to be one of the parents of the sterile triploid, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… <p><em>Muscari armeniacum</em> ‘Superstar’ stands 9 inches tall and blooms in March – April with fragrant periwinkle blue flowers. The flowers are urn shaped with a thin white line around the rim and are densely packed in a conical raceme that resembles …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
