… In May, it was just a harmless-looking sprout with a few ferny leaves. Now this sprawling monster, barely contained by its cage, is overwhelming you with tomatoes. What are you to do with them all? Or with the rampant zucchini … on sandwiches, tossed with pasta, dribbled across tomatoes, or added to sauce. Freeze pesto in ice-cube trays and then keep the cubes in the freezer in a zipper bag for later use. Got …
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… It’s hard not to like a plant that needs little maintenance, is pest resistant, and is also attractive. “Its gray foliage and light blue flowers pair well with practically anything, … executive vice president and director. Give it full sun and well-drained soil. Russian sage is in the Heritage and Rose Gardens, among other places. …
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… stems make this plant a beautiful textural addition to the perennial garden, even when it is not blooming. However, in late summer, tall, sturdy stems arise from the foliage with huge clusters of buds that open … flowers. With its dramatic flower spikes, bigleaf goldenray Desdemona makes a bold accent, is an excellent pond-side plant, and is a bold, textural plant for shade. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Royal fern produces dense clumps of bright green fronds, some as tall as 5 feet. This fern is easy to recognize, with individual leaflets, or pinnules, up to 2 inches long. The brown or rust-colored sporangia (equivalent to seed), is produced at the tips, or tassel-like at the top of fertile ferns. The fibrous root stock is the source of osmunda fiber used in potting orchids. Royal fern has a wide range, native to eastern North America and Eurasia. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… of the Garden’s most enchanting and popular places. Step past the sleepy stone lion, breathe in the cowslip primrose, and listen to the water trickle into an eighteenth-century lead cistern. … lead Horticulturist Heather Sherwood to hear how she brings this garden to life. This event is only available to Garden members. Space is limited, each ticket is $10. …
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… produces fountains of bright yellow flowers resembling starbursts on a plant shorter in stature than the species. This plant prefers full sun and moist soil, and when provided with these conditions, it is insect- and disease-resistant. Bees and migrating butterflies swarm the flowers to obtain the … nutrient-rich nectar, while a number of small birds enjoy feasting upon the seeds. Goldenrod is deer resistant and is not responsible for triggering allergies. …
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… This is a dwarf, low-growing, spreading, evergreen shrub that typically grows tall with a 5' spread. … plants produce red, fleshy, single-seeded fruit instead of cones (these are poisonous). This is a cross between Japanese yews ( Taxus cuspidata ) and English yews ( Taxus baccata ). It prefers average, medium moist, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade, but can tolerate a wide range of soils as long as drainage is good. It …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This is a spreading cultivar that can reach a height of 6’, but a width of 20’. Female plants produce red, fleshy, single-seeded fruit instead of cones (these are poisonous). This is a cross between Japanese yews ( T. cuspidata ) and English yews ( T. baccata ).It prefers average, medium moist, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade, but can tolerate a wide range of soils as long as drainage is good. It …
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… Green spathes in early summer mature to red berries in late summer on this woodland plant that is native to damp locations. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This evergreen perennial grows to a height of 1 foot in partial to full shade and moist soil conditions. It is a specimen in a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
