… This creeping plant is a Waterperry Blue veronica. Veronica is named for St Veronica who comforted Jesus on his path to Calvary. Waterperry Blue veronica has lavender-blue flowers from spring until fall. It grows to about six inches in height and eighteen inches width. Dead-heading will encourage reblooming. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Native to the Midwest, red trillium—also called bloody butcher—is a woodland plant that is easy to grow in rich, well-drained soil in part to full shade. A spring bloomer, it produces leaves, …
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… This bulb grows to a height of 2 feet with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. It has lavender and purple blooms in May and June. It belongs in a border, is resistant to deer, and is attractive to birds. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This perennial grows to a height of 1 foot with full sun to partial shade and moist soil conditions. It has lavender blooms that attract butterflies from May through August. It is a ground cover and is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This evergreen ground cover grows to a height of 5 inches with partial shade to full shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has purple blooms in May and June. It is also an understory and is resistant to deer. …
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… Argentina Skies' anise-scented sage ( Salvia guaranitica 'Argentina Skies') is noted for the sky-blue flowers produced atop this 5-foot, nonhardy perennial. Like other salvias, this cultivar is a favorite of hummingbirds and butterflies. The scented foliage is disagreeable to deer. Once established, this plant is heat and drought tolerant. …
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… several areas of crabgrass. How should I deal with this? A: Crabgrass (Digitaria sanguinalis) is an annual weed that germinates in midspring and gradually colonizes bare spots in the lawn … crop of seeds and dying off in the late summer. The first line of defense against crabgrass is to minimize the opportunities for it to proliferate by maintaining a healthy lawn through appropriate mowing, fertilization, and …
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… Iris graminea is a reddish-purple beardless iris with purple standards, purple style arms, and violet falls … stand 8 to18 inches high, each bearing 2 buds in June. It has a sweet plum-like fragrance and is sometimes called the plum-scented iris. The foliage is grass like, forming clumps which may … gave Iris graminea the prestigious Award of Garden Merit. It is native from central Europe to Russia and the Caucacus region. …
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… This large shrub is called a mock orange because its white flowers are like the flowers on an orange tree. ROMANTIC KNIGHT™ Mock Orange is a large shrub that grows to about twelve feet tall and wide. It has a clumping growth habit with long branches that arch … spring it is covered with flower spikes that carry numerous scented white flowers that are up to two inches in size. Once the flowers have faded this shrub is a useful green backdrop for …
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… Masses of small, double pink flowers cover this nonfragrant polyantha shrub rose from mid-June to frost, with an especially strong flush of flowers just before the season ends. This is a perennial favorite for bridal bouquets. Suitably named for its small stature, the mature size of The Fairy rose ( Rosa 'The Fairy') is 1 to 2 feet tall. The bright glossy green foliage is scaled with the flower size and is disease …
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