… a small bottle brush. In addition to the showy flowers, it has good fall color ranging from yellow to orange to scarlet. Dwarf forthergilla is a relatively unknown and underutilized …
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… and turns brilliant scarlet in fall when planted in sun. The bright pink blossoms that bloom from spring into summer are like beacons in the shade. This mounded plant spreads by rhizomes and …
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… flowers (and flower stalks) appear apparently overnight on this distant hyacinth relative from South Africa. Sunbirds - the equivalent of American hummingbirds - find the flowers …
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… Silver Dragon lilyturf gets its name from the silver stripe that runs along the leaves of this grass-like plant. In the late summer it …
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… touch. Like Festuca, its flowers are held in narrow, upright spikes high above the foliage from late spring to midsummer. The flowers emerge greenish yellow in color and then lighten to a …
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… intensely spotted with maroon. This cultivar is unique in that it blooms the first year from seed (all other species and cultivars are biennials and will only bloom the second year), …
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… moist sandy environments such as stream banks and forested bogs. The fern's name is derived from the toothed edges of each leaf which are complex but pretty in appearance. In the warmer …
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… moist sandy environments such as stream banks and forested bogs. The fern's name is derived from the toothed edges of each leaf which are complex but pretty in appearance. In the warmer …
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… semi-woody clump (4 feet tall, 4 feet wide) that blooms with fine-petaled rose-pink flowers from late summer into fall. It is tolerant of wet conditions and is mildew resistant. Pinch back …
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… clump (5 feet tall, 2 feet wide) that blooms with fine-petaled lavender-blue flowers from late summer into fall. It was named after the wife of garden writer Alan Lacy. It is …
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