… Description: This is a rare sight diving on the lakes. …
Type: Birding
… Anemone Harmony Blue Large, periwinkle blue-purple petals surround the navy blue center on this marginally hardy poppy anemone. The mounded habit is comprised of finely dissected leaves, with the flowers on sturdy stems held well above. This anemone is recommended as a cool season annual in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Fragrant, deep blue flowers with golden throats are massed on long spikes at the end of each branch from late July up to frost on this half-hardy shrub that is usually killed back to ground level each winter. Plant this …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Golden flowers surround a central gold and maroon disk on Zimbelstern sneezeweed ( Helenium autumnale 'Zimbelstern'). Some of the petals may have a splash of red/maroon on the underside as well. This hardy perennial grows to 4 feet tall and prefers full sun and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Four to five large, snowy-white double flowers are brushed with soft salmon on the petals on this cultivar with stout stems. Typically, two flowering stems will be produced from each …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Fragrant white flowers are produced on pendulous panicles from November through April on nodding clerodendrum ( Clerodendrum nutans ), a large, non-hardy shrub native to the Himalayan …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Lavender flowers are flecked with purple spots in June on Wolong Chinese roof iris ( Iris tectorum ' Wolong'), a handsome selection made by Jim Waddick … mulch over the root systems. The common name references the fact that this species often grows on the clay tile roofs of older buildings in parts of China and Japan. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… grows up to 18 feet. From May to October it produces funnel-shaped flowers that are bright red on the outside and yellow on the inside. The flowers are pollinated by the ruby-throated hummingbird and provide it with …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… to lavender blue flowers are produced in clusters of two from late winter thru to early summer on this tropical vine native to Central America. In tropical climates the vines can get huge, making spectacular displays along roof lines, on arbors or trained up trees. In cultivation plants in large pots can be pruned to a more shrub …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… two- to three-foot stem, from July to September. In hot, humid weather, mildew may develop on the leaves. Garden phlox is perhaps the most popular phlox used in the perennial border. Today, there are many superior cultivars on the market. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
