… that looks like a spiny rosy-red artichoke, with sharp pointed bracts. It is rare and in the wild it grows in tropical rainforests along the border between Ecuador and Peru. The leaves are broad and drooping with long burgundy petioles; green in low light but lime green infused with coppery-red in bright light. Bromeliads in the tropical …
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… and 4,000 white-and- purple Dutch crocuses ( C. vernus 'Remembrance' and 'Jeanne d' Arc') are in spectacular bloom in the Evening Island meadow in April. This cultivar goes by many names, including 'Yellow Mammoth', 'Golden Yellow', and just …
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… is the sawblade plant. Dyckias are survivors. They're native to arid, rocky terrain high in the mountains of Brazil, so they're very drought tolerant, and more cold tolerant than any other Bromeliad. In fact, they're considered to have the most ancient lineage in the Bromiliad family. Dyckias need sandy or rocky fast draining soil. Though they'll tolerate …
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… Lovely semi-double, richly colored rose-pink flowers wave gracefully in the slightest breeze on Queen Charlotte anemone ( Anemone x hybrida ‘Queen Charlotte’). The … dark-green compound leaves that effectively smother out most weeds. This plant can be grown in full sun but prefers partial shade and soils that are well drained but constantly moist … leaves and foliage are deer and rabbit resistant. Queen Charlotte comes with her own what’s-in-a-name story. In the United States, she is most frequently sold as Queen Charlotte, while in …
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… culinary and medicinal purposes. The lemon myrtle is native to the rainforests of Queensland in north-eastern Australia where the Australian indigenous people used the leaves for their … and insect repellent properties. Although the lemon myrtle can grow to over fifty feet in optimal situations, in commercial situations it rarely exceeds fifteen feet. In the springtime it is heavily covered …
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… leichtlinii ‘Caerulea’ produces spikes of soft lavender-blue flowers up to 36 inches tall in late spring andearly summer. Each spike can carry between 20 and 80 flowers. It is one of the … few North American native bulbs that are widely available for gardeners to plant that thrive in moist to wet soils. Free of most insect and disease pests, this taxon will flower well in full sun or partially shaded conditions. The genus Camassia is derived from a Native American …
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… We know spring has arrived in northern climes when we see the cheery yellow blooms of the ubiquitous forsythias in April. Named after William Forsyth, one of the founders of the Royal Horticultural Society in the 18th century, forsythias are medium to large shrubs that produce four- petaled clusters of …
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… and white with white style arms. It stands 33 inches high with multiple blooms on each stalk in early to mid season. The flowers are quite large, measuring 6 inches in diameter. The name “Shirabyoshi“ means white dancing girl. This is a pseudata iris, a cross … Typically they have branched stems with multiple buds on each stem. Pseudata irises thrive in or near water but also do well in garden conditions. They are attractive to hummingbirds while …
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… to the golden shades above. At maturity the plant's mounded form reaches about 12 inches in height and 20 inches wide, the foamy spikes of creamy white flowers in mid summer increase the height to 24 inches. Heuchera 'Caramel' was introduced in 2006 by French breeder Thierry Delabroye, it was discovered by his wife, Sandrine. This …
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… an amazing variegated red hybrid Heuchera with large leaves patented by Terra Nova Nurseries in 2014. It is a smaller plant, maturing to a mound 9 inches tall and 12 inches wide. White flowers on dark stems appear in late spring to mid-summer, increasing the height only to 14 inches. The leaves are very large … pink spots. The spots become more noticeable on the older leaves. Works well as color accents in containers, massed as a groundcover or in the front row of a border. It is deer resistant, …
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