… daylily has vibrant golden-apricot double blooms. The flowers measure 4½ inches in early to mid season and may rebloom. Although each flower lasts only one day, there are multiple buds … and several stalks on each plant. The buds open in series, so a single plant will continue to bloom for 2 weeks or more. It is easy to grow and does well in full sun to part shade. Condilla has won …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… daylily is a vibrant dark red with a light yellow throat. The 5½-inch flowers bloom in early to mid season, and may rebloom. Although each flower lasts only one day, there are multiple buds … and several stalks on each plant. The buds open in series, so a single plant will continue to bloom for 2 weeks or more. The plant is easy to grow and does well in full sun to part shade. In 1986 …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 6 inches and appear in mid season. They have a delightful fragrance. This is a lovely addition to any garden. Although each flower lasts only one day, there are multiple buds on each stalk and … are several stalks on each plant. The buds open in series, so a single plant will continue to bloom for 2 weeks or more. It is easy to grow and does well in full sun to part shade. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The creamy yellow double flowers are 8 inches across with a subtle fragrance. The plant grows to 2 to 2 1/2 feet, taking on a shrubby appearance throughout the summer, then dies to the ground in … than 2 inches below the soil surface. Deer resistant. Peonies are popular garden plants, known for their stunning flowers, their cold hardiness, and the huge variety of their colors, forms, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This balloon flower cultivar typically grows to only a couple of feet tall (about two-thirds the height of the species). Unique, puffy flower … double, blue, upward-facing, bell-shaped flowers with five pointed lobes. Oval, dentate leaves to 3" long are well spaced along the upright stems. Blooms from the summer solstice to early fall and is pest- and disease-free for most gardeners. Attracts a number of pollen- and nectar-feeding insects to the garden. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… larvae hidden in branches. These golden-crowned kinglets seemed fairly tame as they searched for food, giving the observer a chance to see their bright golden heads, and even the red color atop the male's head he flares when … what well-renowned author and scientist Berndt Heinrich discovered when he studied kinglets to see if, as he speculated, they slept in squirrels' nests at night in winter. He found no …
Type: Birding
… narrow-leaf zinnia (Z. angustifolia ) and Haage’s zinnia (Z. haageana ), often referred to as the Mexican zinnia—are also precursors of modern-day plants. Over the past two centuries, … garden offering a very long season of bloom. One common name, “Youth and Old Age,” refers to plants that sport young flower buds as well as mature, finished blossoms that retain their … with a height between 8 and 18 inches with a compact, mounding form making it suitable for front of the border and containers. Zinnia haageana (Mexican Zinnia) Zinnia haageana offers …
Type: Plant Info
… Native to North America, this giant agave can be found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Century Plant is a hardy survivor, tolerating both heat and drought for long periods of time. Growing roughly 6' by 8-10', this desert gem has gray-blue succulent … a height of 20-30 feet, with horizontal branching structures ending in panicles of 3-4" green to pale yellow blooms. After blooming, the plant dies, leaving offsets or 'pups' at the base, …
Type: Plant Info
… Cardinal is one of the more popular cultivars of the native redosier dogwood and is notable for the coral or cherry red of its stems in winter. In late spring it produces small white … -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, varies among the species. Dogwoods are native to cooler temperate areas of North America and Asia. The genus includes 45-60 species, divided …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Bailey dogwood is a cultivar of the native redosier dogwood and is notable for its bright red winter stems. It does not have the stoloniferous (spreading) habit of the … -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, varies among the species. Dogwoods are native to cooler temperate areas of North America and Asia. The genus includes 45-60 species, divided …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
