… This species is a shrubby succulent threatened with extinction in its native Tanzania due to habitat loss. The … age, covered in spines in clusters of three. The thick leaves are crinkly, with white veins and edged with red. In midwinter it produces nodding greenish-white blooms that grow in pairs at the tips of the shoots. It needs full sun and dry moisture conditions. This succulent is one of about 2,000 species in the euphorbia …
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… Native to New Zealand, brass buttons is a rhizomatous, mat-forming ground cover that grows to only 2” tall but spreads indefinitely by runners. It features button-like yellow flowers and fern-like green leaves. ‘Platt’s Black’ is a cultivar in which the unusual near black foliage is the real attraction. Delicate, fern-like leaves (to 2” long and to 1/2” wide) are obovate. Foliage will tolerate some foot traffic. Dark gold flowers bloom …
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… by American botanist Luther Burbank from three species of European daisies. Each flower is 3 inches across and has pristine white petals surrounding a yellow button disk. Snowcap Shasta daisy ( Leucanthemum × superbum 'Snowcap') is short and compact with a uniform size, and it blooms abundantly from late spring to midsummer. Plant …
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… MUNSTEAD WOOD™ rose is named for Gertrude Jekyll's home, where she wrote many of her influential gardening books. Its … by 3 feet, making it appropriate for the front of the border or even a container on the patio. And care isn't complicated. Give it full sun (6 hours or more a day), regular water, a pruning in winter, and fertilizer once in the spring and again in the summer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Narcissus ‘Ice King’ is in Division 4. It blooms in mid spring with double flowers. The petals are ivory white and arranged in multiple whorls. The corona is yellow with a broad band of white at the rim. The inner whorls of petals are clustered within it. The bulbs are toxic and will not be eaten by deer or rabbits. The name Narcissus comes from the Greek word for …
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… Narcissus ‘Jenny’ is in Division 6. It blooms in early to mid season with 3 ½ inch flowers. The petals are white, separating and reflexed. The corona is cylindrical, opening yellow but maturing to white. The flower has a scent which may be considered unpleasant. The bulbs are toxic and will not be eaten by deer or rabbits. The name Narcissus comes from the Greek word for …
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… Narcissus ‘Pink Charm’ is in Division 2. It blooms in mid spring with 3½ flowers. The petals are white and the corona is yellowish white with a broad band of coral pink at the rim. It was listed with the International Daffodil Register in 1977 by De Jager & Sons. The bulbs are toxic and will not be eaten by deer or rabbits. The name Narcissus comes from the Greek word for …
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… Narcissus ‘Pueblo’ is in Division 7. This is a dwarf narcissus that blooms in mid to late spring with 2¾ inch flowers. The petals are white and the corona opens yellow but matures to white. There may be multiple flowers on a single stem. The bulbs are toxic and will not be eaten by deer or rabbits. The name Narcissus comes from the Greek word for …
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… Narcissus ‘Queen of the North’ is in Division 3. It blooms in mid to late spring with 3 inch wide star shaped flowers which face … downward. The petals are white with a tinge of yellow at the base. The corona is cup shaped and pale yellow with a straight mouth. The bulbs are toxic and will not be eaten by deer or rabbits. The name Narcissus comes from the Greek word for …
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… Narcissus ‘Smiling Twin’ is in Division 11a. It blooms in mid to late season with 2 flowers per stem. The flowers are 3 inches wide with very broad, white petals. The corona is light yellow and split to the base with the 6 segments closely overlaying the petals. The bulbs are toxic and will not be eaten by deer or rabbits. The name Narcissus comes from the Greek word for …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
