… ‘Sharonii’ is one of the more rewarding Heliconia . The brilliant red-orange “lobster claw” flowers go from … exclusively by hummingbirds in South America. The dark green leaves, with their red midribs and maroon undersides are attractive in their own right, and help the colorful flowers stand out even more. For home gardeners, ‘Sharonii’ is more …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Among the most blue of hosta cultivars, Hadspen Blue is medium sized with foliage of good substance that is slug resistant. Many consider it a classic hosta. It is one of the Tardiana group. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks called scapes, they are grown primarily for their foliage and neat habit. Hostas are actively hybridized for leaf color, size, shape, and texture; natural …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Rodgers flowers in the podophylla group are native to woodlands in Japan and Korea. Unlike most Rodgersias they can tolerate boggy areas and naturalize over time. 'Bloody Wheels' foliage is particularly colorful. The leaves emerge bright red, then deepen to a bronzed purple before …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Desert Mountain mock orange is native to the dry, mountainous regions of southwest North America. It bears highly fragrant … grayish-green leaves that are adapted to dry climates, growing to about six feet in height and width with gently arching branches and an open appearance. While this shrub is adaptable to a range of conditions including drought, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Salvia leucantha 'Midnight' is a Mexican bush sage featuring dark purple calyces (bracts that surround the flower) and purple flowers on a plant that can reach up to 5 feet in height and width. This cultivar is drought tolerant once established. Chemicals in the leaves repel deer …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This clumping perennial grows to a height of about 1 foot with partial shade to full shade and dry to medium moisture conditions. In May and June it produces showy, coppery, orange-red and yellow blooms. This is a ground cover or an understory and is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This mat-forming shrub grows to a height of about 8 feet with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has white blooms that attract butterflies in May and June followed by red and black fruit. It is a ground cover and is attractive to birds. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… “My autumn pick is Fireworks goldenrod,” says Kris Jarantoski, executive vice president and director. “The … showiness of this plant is not overpowering because of the light, open nature of the flowers. And, it’s low maintenance, tough, elegant, and gorgeous.” …
Type: Plant Info
… Deep burgundy to almost black leaves grow to a height of 6 inches in full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has showy violet blooms in May and June and is resistant to deer. It is a ground cover. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This shrub needs full sun and dry to medium moisture conditions to reach a height of 5 feet. From September to October it produces showy lilac-purple blooms that attract birds and butterflies. It is a specimen in a hedge or a border and is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
