… The Manchurian crabapple features white flowers followed by bright red fruit. This variety is one of the earliest to flower. Crabapples are small flowering trees that provide a showy display in the spring landscape for 1 to 2 weeks. In addition to the eye-catching buds and flowers, their …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The pink buds of Siberian crabapple open to fragrant white flowers, which are followed by yellow fruit with a reddish blush in the fall. This is the hardiest species within the Malus genus. Crabapples are small flowering …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Spotted Joe Pye Weed is derived from a plant native to eastern North America. The common name refers to the purple spots on the dark green stems of the plant. A tall, architectural plant, it grows to about nine feet in height and 4 feet in width. In late summer and early fall it bears purplish pink flowers on …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… An orchid linked to mythology Medusa orchids are named for the once-beautiful figure in Greek mythology whose wavy hair is turned into a head of snakes by the angry goddess Athena. …
Type: Plant Info
… The pale pink blooms of the Hiawatha lilac appear one to two weeks after the common lilac. It is one of the Preston lilacs. Preston or Canadian Lilacs were first hybridized for their cold hardiness in the early 20th century by Isabella Preston of Ottawa, Canada. These lilacs result from a cross …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Q. I have recently installed a soaker hose system throughout my garden. How long do I let the water run in order to water adequately? A. The amount of time a soaker hose should run depends on the length of the …
Type: Plant Info
… Pandora’s Box has rounded leaves with deep blue green margins and white centers. One of the miniature hostas, it is suitable as an edger or in a rock garden but really shines in a container where it can be viewed close up. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy-to-grow, and long-lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… large (2 feet tall by 4 feet wide) mound of corrugated, cup-shaped, thick blue-green leaves is the dominant feature of Blue Vision hosta. It blooms in summer with white flowers. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Waterlilies and lotuses provide a spectacular show in the summer. Gain inspiration from the rainbow of colors against the calm water as you draw outside in the Heritage Garden and then dedicate time to your art in the studio. Explore methods for effectively capturing water and perspective in …
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… is a lovely pink and silver Heuchera villosa hybrid introduced by Thierry Delabroye of France in 2008. It matures to a 12 inches tall by 14 inches wide mound of medium sized pink and silver leaves. New leaves emerge dark rose pink with a silver overlay and deep purple veins. The leaf color transforms to lighter pink shades, retaining the dark veins, and intensifying the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
