… The orange jessamine or 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 climates, the fragrant coolness that …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This perennial grows to a height of 1 foot with full sun to partial shade and dry soil conditions. It has pink blooms that attract butterflies from July through October. It is a ground cover that is resistant to deer and is also attractive to birds. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Finale has soft mauve to lavender spikes of feathery plumes sitting on top of dark green lacy foliage. The soft fluffy spikes are comprised of tiny, densely packed flowers. This is a dwarf astilbe, only 12” in height. As the name implies Finale is one of the last astilbes to bloom in late summer to fall. It does well in shade to partial shade and will add a welcome …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Astilbe rivularis var. myriantha has very large white to near white plumes in mid to late summer. It is also known as Waterside Astilbe. This is a very tall variety, with stems reaching a height of …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Japanese wood fern is native to the woods and forests of eastern Asia where it thrives in the partial shade and … shield fern and its name is derived from the coppery color of the new fronds which deepen to a dark green with age. It is a medium-sized fern, growing to about 2 feet tall and a foot …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The barren strawberry is an ornamental groundcover that is native to the eastern part of the US. It has green leaves … of three and in spring five-petaled yellow-flowers appear. This plant is very hardy and able to withstand clay soils and is unattractive to deer. It grows to about six inches in height and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The horse chestnut is native to the Balkans. This cultivar is a dwarf form. It has panicles of white flowers that … water requirements. It should be noted that this is a taprooted tree which makes it difficult to transplant and will cause it to take a long time to get established. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Phlox glaberrima var. interior is native to midwestern United States and is also known as marsh phlox or smooth phlox. It grows from 1 - 3 feet high and blooms in late spring to early summer with pink to purple flowers. It likes full sun to part shade and is hardy in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… as Aloe aristata , was winner of the RSH Award of Garden Merit in 1994. It has been moved to its own genus, Aristaloe , where it is the only species. Recent genetic studies have shown that this species is actually not an Aloe … in an unheated greenhouse or outdoors in areas with a mild winter and tolerates temperatures to about 25 °F. This interesting succulent is indigenous to South Africa and has adapted to a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This is another snake bark maple that is native to China. It was discovered by a Basque priest named … in its species name, davidii , and its common name, PŠre David's Maple. The tree can grow to 50 feet with a slightly narrower spread and can be multitrunked. The bark pattern is pale …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
