… Sweet Innocence is a medium hosta with light green leaves having a wide creamy white margin. It is a sport of H . 'Fragrant Bouquet' and bears fragrant flowers. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long-lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks called …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Titanic is a very large hosta featuring green leaves with wide chartreuse margins that become gold as the season progresses. It is a sport of H . 'Sum and Substance.' Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long-lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks called …
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… This hosta features small green leaves and is a vigorous grower. Hosta gracillima is notable for its late-blooming flowers, which are relatively rare among hostas. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long-lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks called …
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… Notable for the wide blue-green margins and yellow to creamy centers of its foliage, High Society is a small hosta that is a sport of H . 'June.' Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long-lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks called …
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… Captain Kirk is a large hosta with wide green margins around its gold centered leaves. It is a sport of H . 'Gold Standard' and makes a good specimen plant. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow and long-lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks called …
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… This plant is called an Orchid Lights azalea because the pink flowers are an orchid pink. This plant was one of a group that were developed to survive very cold winters and were called the 'Northern Lights' azaleas, so this one is the Orchid Lights. Orchid Lights … of about 3 feet and a width of about 4 feet. Like most azaleas, it prefers a partly shaded site with protection from afternoon sun, such as on a northerly or eastern frontage. It requires …
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… important factors to keep in mind when gardening in containers. Using an appropriate container is the first thing to be considered. Fancy containers without drainage holes can be tempting but … the material. This can result in stressed plants that require watering several times per day and should be avoided. Plants such as succulents, shade plants, or plants that don’t require as … it could carry disease or insects. Soilless mix should not be used because it is too light and does not retain nutrients. It is important to remember that the odds of successfully growing …
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… rose from June to frost, with an especially strong flush of flowers just before frost. This is a sport of the popular shrub polyantha rose 'The Fairy' and shares its vigor and disease resistance.The bright glossy green foliage is scaled with the flower size. Plant this …
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… Native to moors, swamps, and grasslands in central Eurasia, purple moor grass is a slow-growing plant that produces an erect cluster of arching green foliage 12-20 inches tall that turns yellow in the fall. Purple flowers bloom on 20- to 32-inch stalks in July and August. Purple moor grass grows best in full sun with regular moisture and is tolerant of …
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… Coral-and-white bicolored flowers are set against darker colored bracts on this nonhardy salvia, which is typically used as a bedding plant in Chicago area gardens. Well-branched and compact, this heat and humidity tolerant Salvia cultivar is a great selection for gardeners …
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