… Montrose Ruby Alumroot is used primarily for its striking foliage. At maturity it will form a leafy mound 15 inches … leaves are a dark red to purple and frosted between the veins with a silver cast. The foliage is prone to bleaching in full sun and would be most attractive in full to part shade. The white … red stems and the colorful foliage will remain decorative all winter in milder climates. It is attractive to bees, birds and resistant to deer. Montrose Ruby Alumroot would work well in …
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… or butterfly that stops by to sample the flower's nectar. BLUES FESTIVAL™ St. Johnswort is a cultivar of a north American native plant that thrives in hot dry conditions. It has bright … foliage and it grows to form a low mound about three feet high and wide. This plant is tough and can handle, deer, salt, and drought and yet requires practically no maintenance. All it asks is full sun and very well-drained soil in return. …
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… but carry attractive mostly red berries that are attractive to birds. Southern Gentleman is male pollinator, required for females to produce fruit and is the recommended pollinator for the Winter Red and Winter Gold female cultivars. A rounded … and afternoon shade, it grows well in moderate soils but poorly in alkaline soils. The plant is best placed in a hedge or a border close to the female plants. …
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… This plant is called an Orchid Lights azalea because the pink flowers are an orchid pink. This plant was one … to survive very cold winters and were called the 'Northern Lights' azaleas, so this one is the Orchid Lights. Orchid Lights azalea is a small multi-stemmed shrub that grows slowly, … of about 3 feet and a width of about 4 feet. Like most azaleas, it prefers a partly shaded site with protection from afternoon sun, such as on a northerly or eastern frontage. It requires …
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… Each of the ball shaped trusses can contain up to 20 individual flowers. This cultivar is widely grown because it is more heat and cold tolerant than many of the other evergreen Rhododendrons. There are … of Rhododendrons in the world found in cool moist environments on acid soils. Roseum Elegans is a cultivar of Rhododendron catawbiense, a species native to the mountains of North Carolina …
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… Each of the ball shaped trusses can contain up to 20 individual flowers. This cultivar is widely grown because it is more heat and cold tolerant than many of the other evergreen Rhododendrons. There are … of Rhododendrons in the world found in cool moist environments on acid soils. Roseum Elegans is a cultivar of Rhododendron catawbiense, a species native to the mountains of North Carolina …
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… Though its common name is Panama rose ( Rondeletia leucophylla ), this plant is actually a native of Chiapas, Mexico. This large, bushy, 5-foot-tall shrub produces massed … after the sun goes down, suggesting that it also may be pollinated by moths. This feature is an added bonus for those who sit in the garden in the evening, where they can enjoy the Panama …
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… This thorny shrub is called a Fallgold raspberry as it bears golden raspberries in the fall. This shrub grows to a … will rot in wet soils, so raised beds may be necessary in areas with heavy clay soil. Fallgold is an everbearing raspberry as it bears fruit in the fall on the upper part of the fruit canes in … fruits again in the following late spring on the lower part of those canes. Since each cane is biennial they need to be pruned back at the end of the second fruiting season. …
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… Schrenk mock orange is native to eastern Siberia, China and Korea where it grows on wooded hillsides and open stream … banks. It bears large fragrant single creamy white flowers in May to June. In general it is a medium-sized deciduous shrub, growing to about six feet in height and in width with gently arching branches, but can sometimes reach ten feet in height. While this shrub is adaptable to a range of conditions, it prefers sunny locations and consistently moist soils, …
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… leaves of this plant and you'll see that they have sharp toothy edges. That's why this plant is called T.Rex! T.Rex stonecrop bears reddish-pink flowerheads in later summer and early fall and it is customary to retain the flowers heads over the winter months, cutting the plants back in early … to maintain or access. it also performs well in sunny borders and rock gardens where it is loved by hummingbirds, butterflies and other pollinators but not favored by rabbits. It grows …
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