… that are not the same as the weedy honeysuckles in the genus Lonicera, but they are related to weigelas. They can be recognized the opposite, toothed leaves along slender twigs and clusters … of tubular yellow flowers with long stamens and pistils protruding from the flowers. The fruit is a dry capsule with long filaments. Diervilla sessilifolia , native to the Southeast, named for the very short petioles on the leaves, is also distinguished by four …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… oils that are extracted are useful for culinary and medicinal purposes. The lemon myrtle is native to the rainforests of Queensland in north-eastern Australia where the Australian indigenous … shown their antimicrobial and insect repellent properties. Although the lemon myrtle can grow to over fifty feet in optimal situations, in commercial situations it rarely exceeds fifteen …
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… Galaxy Alumroot is an amazing variegated red hybrid Heuchera with large leaves patented by Terra Nova Nurseries in 2014. It is a smaller plant, maturing to a mound 9 inches tall and 12 inches wide. White flowers on dark stems appear in late spring to mid-summer, increasing the height only to 14 inches. The leaves are very large and are …
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… Caribbean copper plant is a tropical American plant with foliage that provides a burst of rich burgundy red color to a garden. Outdoors in warmer climates it is a large shrub or small tree reaching 12 feet high, … take full sun or light shade, and are drought-tolerant. The species name "cotinifolius" refers to Cotinus , the genus for our native smoke bush, which it resembles from a distance. This is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This clump-forming perennial grows to a maximum height of about 18 inches with full sun and dry moisture conditions. In late summer it produces red and purple flowers that are attractive to butterflies. The plant is resistant to deer and is successful in a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This beautiful shrub grows up to 6 feet high with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. From May through August it produces fragrant white blooms that attract birds and butterflies. It is a specimen in a hedge or a border and is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This mat-forming shrub grows to a height of about 6 feet with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has white blooms that attract butterflies in May and June followed by red fruit. It is a specimen ground cover and is attractive to birds. …
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… 'Mayfield' is a larger, strongly columnar, form selected in Ohio around the 1940's. It is a male clone, which will not produce the distinctive smelly fruit, and will mature to tall 15 foot by 4 foot narrow tree in 10 years. Good for planting in rows or as an accent. The … this tree coexisted with the dinosaurs. Ginkgo is sometimes called the maidenhair tree due to its beautiful fan shaped leaves that resemble a maidenhair fern frond. It is one of the most …
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… Tatting fern is a clump-forming fern that grows to a maximum height of 12 inches. It requires partial to fulll shade with moderate moisture and is mostly used as a ground cover, an understory, or in …
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… Native to Europe and Africa, horsemint is a wild, fast-growing herb that reaches about 1 foot tall. Leaves of the plant are long and narrow and vary from green to gray while small white-to-lavender flowers appear at the end of the stems from July to August. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
