… has a unique flower in a rainbow of colors that resemble ice cream cones. The overall habit is strong, upright and mid-sized for a middle layer in the perennial garden. Minimal maintenance, fertilizer and watering is required once established. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ‘Murale’ is an evergreen perennial that grows to a maximum height of approximately 3 inches. It likes dry to medium soils under full sun. It produces showy white blooms in late spring and early summer. The plant is resistant to deer and can be used as a ground cover. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: This flycatcher, which can be spotted by its bobbing tail, is the first to arrive in the spring after the snow melts, and is the first to leave in the fall. …
Type: Birding
… The popularity of agave-based drinks like tequila and mezcal is at an all-time high in the United States. And that is bad news for agaves. As Hector Ortiz, Ph.D., plant conservation scientist at the …
Type: Blog
… A large wading bird walks in the shallow waters, can be seen looking for snails and mussels. In appearance, they can look like a cross between a crane and rail. Their plumage is brown with white streaks and speckles. Limpkins have specialized bills that allow them to cut …
Type: Birding
… Climbing Aloe, or Aloe ciliaris appears as either medium sized shrub, scrambling, mounding, and branching over shrubs, or as a vine running up trees. According to one source it may be the only true climbing aloe and it is the fastest growing. Some stems can reach 30 feet long. The inflorescences are a simple or …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Weeping Wonder Ginkgo, know as the Ginkgo 'Mutant Weeper' in Europe, is an interesting dwarf weeping Ginkgo. It remains shrub size, 10 feet tall by 6 feet wide, and would be suitable for small gardens, containers or bonsai. It has an upright leading branch that may require staking, and side branches that trend horizontal to weeping. It is considered a reliably weeping Gingko …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Spotted Joe Pye Weed is derived from a plant native to eastern North America. The common name refers to the purple … green stems of the plant. A tall, architectural plant, it grows to about nine feet in height and 4 feet in width. In late summer and early fall it bears purplish pink flowers on flat flower heads. The flowers are a magnet for …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Native to Asia, climbing hydrangea is a vigorous perennial vine that clings and climbs to almost any surface; it requires a sturdy structure and will cover trees, walls, rocks, and pergolas, and can reach 20 to 40 feet tall. ‘Skyland …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… nonhardy perennial. Landmark™Yellow lantana has great tolerance for heat, drought, and humidity, and is insect- and disease-resistant. It does not produce many viable seeds, instead focusing on …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
