… panicles that mature from a light, delicate green to blond. This is a grass that moves with the slightest breeze, and a setting sun can turn those panicles into a cloud of gold. It can be a beautiful contrast to native prairie plants with strong structure, such as rudbeckia, achillea, and cone flower. Mexican feather grass is …
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… ® Japanese snowball viburnum is a dwarf cultivar that maintains its neat, compact round habit with little pruning. It blooms with showy white spherical clusters in May and offers burgundy fall color. The flowers are …
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… Compact yellow-fruit cranberrybush viburnum will reach a height of 6’ with an equal spread. It blooms in May with showy white, flat-topped clusters of flowers. These give way to yellow fruits in the fall. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Compact American cranberrybush viburnum will reach a height of 6’ with an equal spread. It blooms in May with showy white, flat-topped clusters of flowers. These give way to edible red fruits in the …
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… <p>In late spring, 'Boskoop Glory' is an 8-foot mass of salmon pink, with flowers lining the length of the branches. Once it recovers from its initial effort, it'll … on and off through the summer if you hard prune it after that first wave of bloom. </p> <p>With today's <em>Wiegelas</em>, you have almost as much color choice in the foliage as in the …
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… <p>In spring RAINBOW SENSATION™ <em>Weigela</em> is completely covered with flowers in varying shades of pink, giving the entire bush a rainbow-like effect. Green leaves, edged in white give it a bright crisp appearance, and along with the tinge of pink in the foliage keep some fresh spring color in the garden up until …
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… of the large, old-fashioned varieties that popularized Weigela . The long arching canes lined with clusters of pink trumpet-shaped flowers from mid to late spring, combined with its relative hardiness and easy care made it a favorite in American gardens. Bees, …
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… This wisteria is native to Asia. It can grow to 25’ in length with an 8’ spread. It blooms in May with 6-12” long racemes of fragrant, blue-violet flowers. Flowers bloom simultaneously on each …
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… In a world awash with crocuses, daffodils, and early tulips, we can easily forget there are other bulbs in the … is related to the shy, charming checkered fritillary ( Fritillaria meleagris ), with its gingham-patterned nodding bells hugging the ground in moist, shady places. Both are … She has hers at the edge of a rain garden, fronting the taller prairie plants, mingling with the edge of the grass and thriving in the overflow from a sump pump. These flowers are …
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… . Now he is finishing up a massive trial of asters (or plants known as asters) – beginning with 180 different plants. He was happy to share the scoop before he finishes the official report … nurseries, garden centers, catalog companies, and even garden writers have yet to get on board with the new names, I'll give both, as well as the common names. In Hawke's trial, the clear … plant was aromatic aster ( Symphyotrichum oblongifolium , formerly Aster oblongifolius ). With sky-blue flowers on stiff 1- to 3-foot stems, it flowers prolifically into October or even …
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