… Ginkgo 'Shangri-La' was patented by Willet N. Wandell in 1984. This cultivar was selected for its compact growth, a uniform arrangement of branches forming a full crown, and rapid growth. It is a male cultivar, will not produce the distinctive smelly female Ginkgo fruit, and has the … well as a shade or street tree. It is one of the most pollution-tolerant trees and works well in the city. Ginkgo is sometimes called the maidenhair tree due to its beautiful fan shaped …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… anything else? Gardening can be approached with a similar mindset, by growing vegetables in neat, rectangular plots and flowers in their own beds. This approach implies flowers are to look at and vegetables are to eat. And fraternization is frowned on. But things are changing. To see what's happening in today's gardens, one has only …
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… Korean spice viburnum ( Viburnum carlesii 'J. N. Select') shows off pale pink-white blooms in early spring. Korean spice viburnum ( Viburnum carlesii ) The distinctive scent of Korean spice viburnum can stop you in your tracks during an early May stroll: sweet, rich, and complex with a hint of cloves. You … Grows program chosen for more reliable fall color, among other good qualities. Arrowwood is a big shrub, often reaching 10 feet high and wide, so give it lots of room. Wayfaring tree …
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… In the face of increasingly unpredictable winter weather, what is remaining constant, what is changing, and how is nature affected? Use winter-based phenomena to drive investigations …
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… This tree is another snake skin maple that is native to China. It can grow up to 30 feet high with full sun to partial shade and moderate … and white stripes which contrasts beautifully with its fall colors of yellow, orange and red. In the spring it produces insignificant yellow and green blooms. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This is a small to medium sized tree (25 feet tall with a similar spread). It blooms with small panicles of yellow flowers in the spring. Unlike many buckeyes, this cultivar is resistant to summer leaf scorch and has deep maroon fall coloring. It prefers full sun to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This plant is called a shooting star because its flower is shaped like a comet or a shooting star with the petals trailing behind the head of the plant. Aphrodite Shooting star grows to about 18 inches tall and about 12 inches wide and is tolerant of a range of soils but prefers shady locations. Aphrodite bears deep pink flowers in late spring to early summer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Venus' has flowers that open almost white and age to rose pink. It is separated botanically from florist mums and is now listed under Chrysanthemum x rubellum . It differs from standard mums in that it is fully hardy, with large, many-petalled daisy flowers with a yellow eye, and has a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Pink Fountain is a deciduous shrub with an arching, fountain-like habit. It can grow to a height of 4 to 5 feet … Between July and October it produces pink and violet or lavender-colored flowers. The plant is mainly used in a border. Pink Fountain is fairly drought tolerant once established. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This species is a compact, upright plant reaching up to 2' tall with coarse, arrow-shaped leaves. Numerous spikes of red-purple flowers appear in early summer and continue until September. The flower color is less intense and lighter than that of most cultivars of Salvia x sylvestris. This …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
