… the finely cut foliage in June. Ideal for moist soils and shady conditions. This cultivar is smaller in stature than either of the parents and so is suitable for smaller gardens. The flowers are similar in shape to Astilbe but airier. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Step into the heart of our thriving fruit and vegetable garden. This behind-the-scenes tour is a guided journey through how we grow our plants from seeds to harvest. Follow our horticulturist Riley Finnegan-Carrion and discover how each plant is nurtured from the ground up. …
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… This is the product of a crossing of the Korean Maple and Japanese Maple. It grows upright to a height of 20 feet and then starts to spread outward to 24 feet. Its foliage is a rich green which turns to bright orange-red and deep red in the fall. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Angelique yarrow is a clump-forming perennial that grows to a maximum height of 2 feet. It requires full sun or … and early fall, the plant produces red blooms that are attractive to birds and butterflies. It is useful in a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 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
… conditions. In May and June it produces showy, coppery, orange-red and yellow blooms. This is a ground cover or an understory and is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… and August. Flowers and stems are ideal size and strength for the cut flower industry. This is the first sunflower that is downy mildew resistant - a breakthrough in plant breeding! …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This plant is originally from Madagascar. This clump-forming perennial needs full sun to partial shade and … height of about 1 foot. Although it blooms year-round, the pink flowers are inconspicuous. It is useful in a summer border or as a terrarium plant. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Wetlands Invader Ever wonder what that tall plant with a feathery-tufted top is that you see growing along our roadside ditches? It’s called common reed ( Phragmites … can be very densely populated, and has a tenacious rhizome (underground stem) network, it is a threat to native wetland vegetation and ecosystem function because it physically excludes … Looks can be deceiving—the common reed appears innocuous enough; in fact, to the naked eye, it is almost identical to native Phragmites that have been part of the North American landscape for …
Type: Plant Info
… In much of modern life, time is abstract. We measure it through calendars, meetings, project deadlines, and fiscal years. But in a garden, time is embodied. We see it in dormancy and bud swell, in growth and senescence, in leaf drop and … nearly everything we do. Gardeners do not control the seasons; we respond to them. Our work is an act of stewardship more than ownership. We care for plants and spaces, guiding them gently …
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