… that are the shape of a turtle's head. It's also a plant that likes to grow around ponds and bogs where you might find turtles. TINY TORTUGA is a form of a wildflower native to the eastern US where it likes shady moist areas around bogs and streams. The dark pink flowers that appear in late summer are attractive to hummingbirds and other pollinators. This plant will grow to about sixteen inches tall about a foot wide and …
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… Pique assiette, or “broken plate,” mosaics incorporate a blending of color, form, and texture. This folk art can be found in many cultures and is popular today to remake a favorite piece of china or broken heirloom into something beautiful. Learn how to expertly cut dishes and incorporate glass, mirror, tile and jewelry into your mosaics. Whether you want to work on …
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… Pique assiette, or “broken plate,” mosaics incorporate a blending of color, form, and texture. This folk art can be found in many cultures and is popular today to remake a favorite piece of china or broken heirloom into something beautiful. Learn how to expertly cut dishes and incorporate glass, mirror, tile and jewelry into your mosaics. Whether you want to work on …
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… early spring-blooming, fragrant reticulata-type dwarf iris features bluebird-blue standards and royal blue falls with a white-edged yellow blotch. The triangular-shaped leaves elongate after flowering to 12 inches in length and go dormant near midsummer. Over time, each bulb will produce offsets resulting in showy … This cultivar was created when Iris reticulata was hybridized with Iris histrioides var. major and has received the Award of Merit and a First Class Certificate from the Dutch Royal Bulb …
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… with large bicolor flowers of burgundy with white tips. The throat is greenish white and it has orange pollen. The flowers are trumpet-shaped, and up- to out-facing. An Asiatic hybrid, the flowers grow in panicles, like candelabras, and the plants grow to a height of 2-3 feet. The stems are clothed in densely-clustered narrow …
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… The toothed wood fern is native to northern Europe and north America where it is found in woodlands and other 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 …
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… flowers featuring white on the reverse of the petals. Its fragrance is described as light and spicy. The ultimate size for this disease-resistant cultivar is 5 feet high with a 4-foot spread, and it is known for having very thorny stems. This variety was released in 1980 by Jackson & Perkins and was an All-American Rose Selection award-winner. Like all roses, this cultivar grows best in …
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… It was hybridized in 1998 by John Carruth, as a hybrid of 'Carrot Top', a double orange rose, and 'Little Artist', a single red rose. This hardy rose resists black spot and matures at 18 inches in height and width, with flowers smelling lightly of apples. Grow this rose in full sun and moderately …
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… Nor’easter poplar is a deciduous oval-shaped tree that grows to 70 feet tall and 45 feet wide. A fast-growing tree with heart-shaped leaves that turn yellow in the fall, it can survive 60 years and it is extremely adaptable, tolerating disease, wind damage, drought, and urban pollution. Plant Nor’easter poplar in full sun where it will provide shade and serve as …
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… Phlox ‘Amethyst Pearl’ grows 16 – 20 inches tall and blooms in spring to early summer with fragrant, mauve lilac flowers in loose panicles. This … found on the cultivar ‘Minnie Pearl’, which is believed to be a cross between Phlox maculata and Phlox glaberrima that was found in Mississippi. It is attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds and is hardy in zones 4 - 9. The genus name is from the Greek word phlox meaning …
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