… wet and dry soils, salty water, and cold winter temperatures. For best results, plant in full sun and rich soil, and protect from cabbage loopers. In medieval Europe, gardeners used to cover the plants with clay pots in early spring to blanch the new foliage and then prepare the creamy white leaves as they would …
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… and the Cockspur hawthorn. It is a medium tree with a rounded crown (30 feet x 30feet). In spring, fragrant white flowers bloom in clusters and give way to glossy, red fruits that ripen in fall and remain throughout the winter. Birds find these attractive. This tree also has …
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… central white petals are produced per flower, with between 41 to 58 flowers per spike in bloom for an extended time in mid-summer. A complex hybrid, in the making for 20 years, this cultivar is sterile and produces no seeds, meaning the life span …
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… fragrance and elegant pyramidal form. This curious mutation found at Edwin Carstens Nursery in Germany is a miniature evergreen best used in a rock garden. The tightly packed spiky branches bear very short needles adorned with brown buds during the winter. It will not exceed 20 inches in height and grows very slowly. It needs good rich soil to thrive and will need to be watered …
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… This pyramidal evergreen conifer can reach 30 feet in height with full sun and moist soil conditions. The flat needles curve upward and are a … a fine specimen for a lawn. This slow-growing cultivar originated as a chance seedling found in France in 1929. The white fir withstands city conditions better than any other fir and is more resistant …
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… the ground. It has deeply furrowed, corky bark . Though Miyabe maple is listed as endangered in its native habitat in Japan, several cultivars are considered hardy, adaptable urban street trees. The dark green leaves turn golden in fall. RUGGED RIDGE® Maple has exceptionally furrowed bark and was introduced by J. Frank …
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… reach a height of 8 feet with a similar spread. Its lustrous dark-green leaves emerge bronze in the spring and are composed of 5 leaflets. Beautiful, vivid, red-flowered panicles 3 to 6 inches long bloom in May. The brown seeds that mature in October look like the eye of a buck. Its fall color is another attractive feature of red …
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… white-flowered form of Allium stipitatum, native from Turkey to the Tien Shan Mountains in Central Asia. Flower spikes grow to 4 feet tall and feature white flowers with a dark … plant comes into flower. The key to keeping this and many other ornamental onions long-lasting in the garden are soils that do not stay wet in summer. …
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… resembles the foliage of the edible asparagus plant. Although it produces white flowers in mid-summer followed by red berries, it is grown mainly for its arching foliage that can reach 4 feet and turns yellowish-gold in the fall. Grow it in full to part sun where it will add texture to the garden and flower arrangements. …
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… out for the elaborate coloration of its foliage. The new leaves unfurl from wine-red canes in brilliant stripes of yellow, red, pink and green, all edged in burgundy. Then the flowering stalk rises, opening into the rich golden orange bloom. It’s hard … a species, Canna indica , that was once grown primarily for its rhizome roots, a food source in the ancient civilizations of Central and South America. …
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