… The Manchurian birch is a variety of the Asian white birch; it is native to Korea, Japan and northern China. The … ornamental feature of birch trees is the bark. Many of the common names of birch trees refer to the color of the bark -- white, gray, yellow or red. Another signature bark characteristic is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The English oak is native to Europe and can be a very imposing, majestic tree at maturity. In cultivation in the U.S., it is unlikely to reach the 75 to 100 feet scale often seen in Europe. Its wood has been used to build ships, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Narcissus ‘Itzim’ is in Division 6 and blooms in early- to mid-spring. There is only one flower per stem and it … while the corona is a deep reddish orange and cylindrical. Each bulb will produce one to two offsets each growing season, allowing individual bulbs to produce small clumps over time. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Rosy Returns daylily is a rose pink blend with a rose purple band above a yellow throat. The edges of the petals are … The flowers are small, measuring only 3.75 inches, and sit on top of low foliage only 12 to 14 inches high. It blooms extra early in the season and is delightfully fragrant. Although … and several stalks on each plant. The buds open in series, so a single plant will continue to bloom for 2 weeks or more. It may re-bloom. It is easy to grow and does well in full sun to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Paeonia 'Ursa Minor' is an herbaceous peony suitable for smaller gardens. Its bomb-style bloom consists of tightly … cut flower. Peony bloom time is classified as early, mid-, and late. 'Ursa Minor' is a mid- to-late season bloomer. It grows to 30 inches tall, taking on a shrubby appearance throughout the summer, and then dies to the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Blue sage is a clump-forming perennial that grows to a maximum height of 5 feet. It requires full sun and dry to medium moisture conditions. From July to October the plant produces showy blue flowers that …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… In the face of increasingly unpredictable winter weather, what is remaining constant, what is changing, and how is nature affected? Use winter-based phenomena to drive investigations around these questions. Create tools to measure and graph the position of the sun. Track weather changes, observe animal signs and …
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… This is a large, deciduous shrub that can slowly grow to 16 feet high and 10 feet wide. It blooms with panicles of scarlet flowers that appear in late spring to early summer. These provide a contrast with its dark green foliage. It is not fussy about soil …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This plant is called a shooting star because its flower is shaped like a comet or a shooting star with the petals trailing behind the head of the plant. Aphrodite Shooting star grows to about 18 inches tall and about 12 inches wide and is tolerant of a range of soils but prefers shady locations. Aphrodite bears deep pink flowers in late spring to early summer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Also known as the ladyfinger banana, this is the cultivar that once covered thousands of acres in lowland Central America before the arrival of a disease. It is now confined to high elevations or locations around the world currently free of the disease. At 17 feet in height, this is a cultivar more suited to commercial production than for use in the tropical home landscape. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
