… This little plant that grows between three and a half and five feet tall should be planted in full sun. It features magenta purple flowers that sparkle … summer through early fall until a secondary bloom extends the show later into the fall. It is a magnet for bees, butterflies and hummingbirds attracted to its honey scented blooms. Cutting …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… untoothed, opposite, ovate leaves with a pleasant, spicy aroma. The flowers, blooming in May and June, have numerous overlapping petals and a fruity scent. This is one of a series of recent hybrids between our native Calycanthus floridus and Calycanthus …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Girl daylily has small flowers in soft blended shades of pink. The blooms measure 4.5 inches and appear early in the season. They are attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. Shy Girl is a lovely addition to any garden. Although each flower lasts only one day, there are multiple …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… has lemon yellow flowers in midseason. The delightfully fragrant blooms are 5 inches across and sit atop tall, 35-inch high stems. Tetrina’s Daughter is nocturnal. The blooms open up in the late afternoon and close the following morning. Although each flower lasts only one day, there are multiple buds …
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… Big Yellow Bird daylily is a striking addition to any garden, with huge 7-inch bright yellow blooms on tall stems with grass-like leaves. It blooms in mid season and may rebloom. The flowers are fragrant and attract butterflies. Although each flower lasts only one day, there are multiple buds on each …
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… Tsukomo false cypress is a miniature, globular evergreen shrub with light green needles of a very fine texture, growing in fronds. It prefers full sun and well-drained soil. Plants grow only 1 inch a year, rarely exceeding 18 inches, so do not prune unless necessary. These plants are good for rock gardens and miniature landscapes. In its native habitat in Japan, Sawara false cypress is a large …
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… Clematis 'Marie Boisselot', a vigorous deciduous climber, grows 8 to 10 feet and produces large, single, creamy white, 6 to 8-inch flowers with yellow centers in early summer to early fall. It flowers on old wood in the spring and then again on the new season's growth and is a member of clematis pruning group 2 or 3. A hard pruning in the late winter to early spring …
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… A very strange plant, the Chaya or Mayan Spinach tree is a tropical shrub native from Mexico to South America. A member of the euphorbia family, a milky sap is exuded by the stems and leaves. There are two forms. One has broad, maple-lobed leaves and stinging hairs. The Estrella form has more deeply-lobed, dissected leaves without stinging …
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… annual from June to September. This species enjoys bright sunny locations in average soils and can tolerate drier conditions. The flowers of globe amaranth, which is native to tropical America, have papery, dry bracts that form the showy part of the plant. The true flowers, which are tiny and yellow, protrude from between the bracts. They are good to use as cut and dried flowers. …
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… ninebark. it has attractive characteristics in all four seasons. Burgundy foliage in spring and summer is the perfect backdrop for the blush-white flowers that turn into red berries in late summer and early fall. The early frosts of fall bring out reddish tints in the leaves, and in winter, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
