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  • … 'Darlow's Enigma', a rose with mysterious origins, is a climbing rose that is both shade tolerant and long blooming. It grows 6 to 8 feet tall and 4 feet wide, and flowers from May to September with fragrant clusters of single white flowers. 'Darlow's Enigma' also has a nice …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Kentucky wisteria ( Wisteria macrostachya ), the hardiest of the wisterias, greets visitors to the Bulb Garden with pendant racemes of lilac-blue flowers. Wisteria grows to 25 feet and requires proper pruning for the maximum number of flowers. It is a recommended alternative to Chinese wisteria ( W. sinensis ), which is on the watch list for …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Q. I noticed roots showing around some of my perennials. Is this normal? Is there anything that I should do about it? A. It is not uncommon to see perennials heaved out of the ground at this time of the year. Fluctuations in temperature during the winter and repeated freezing and thawing of soil cause some plants to heave or push themselves out of the ground, and expose the plant's roots to the elements, …
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  • … Introduced in 2013 as part of the LITTLE CUTIE™ Series, Heuchera 'Frost' is a miniature repeat blooming introduction from Terra Nova Nurseries. Frost Coral Bells has more … are a delicate pink. The silver covered leaves emerge more burgundy than green, and mature to dark green. This is a coral bells for full sun to shade and it will bloom all summer. It will attract bees and hummingbirds, and is deer …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … The Staghorn or Giant Staghorn fern is native to the lowland rainforests of north-eastern Australia where it is found growing in the … crown. Large specimens form a nest which catches leaves and other debris providing nutrients to the epiphytic fern. Large specimens are spectacular in form with attractive light green …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … for a range of insects, small mammals and birds, even bison. Blue Fountain switch grass is a very tall upright grass of about seven feet in height and about six feet in width. Foliage is a bluish-green and the prominent seed heads, which appear in late summer, appear to burst out of the top of the plant like water gushing from a fountain. Like most switch … Blue Fountain is extremely versatile and can cope with a range of soil types from sandy to clay and shade conditions although it prefers full sun. Because of its versatility it can be …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … shelter for a range of insects, small mammals and birds, even bison. Shenandoah switch grass is an upright grass of about four feet in height and three feet in width. Spring foliage is a … streaks by summer and burgundy by fall. The purple seed heads appear in late summer though to fall. Like most switch grasses, Shenandoah is extremely versatile and can cope with a range of soil types from sandy to clay and shade conditions although it prefers full sun. Because of its versatility it can be …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Angelique yarrow is a clump-forming perennial that grows to a maximum height of 2 feet. It requires full sun or … conditions. In late summer and early fall, the plant produces red blooms that are attractive to birds and butterflies. It is useful in a border. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … This plant is originally from Madagascar.  This clump-forming perennial needs full sun to partial shade and moderate soil conditions to reach a height of about 1 foot. Although it blooms year-round, the pink flowers are …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Veitch Boston Ivy is a creeping climber that reaches a maximum height of 45 feet. It requires full sun to partial shade with moderate moisture conditions. Although its blooms are insignificant, the blue-black fruit in the fall is attractive to birds. The plant can be for a screen. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant