… Iris versicolor , commonly known as Northern blue flag, is native to the northern part of the United States and into Canada. The flower stalks stand 2 to … in average soil, but it loves the edge of a pond or stream where it can keep its feet wet. It is closely related to the Southern blue flag iris, Iris virginica . …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Castor aralia, native to Japan and eastern Asia, is an upright oval tree for the plant connoisseur with a taste for the unusual. The stout … and narrow. Because birds love to consume the fruit, the plant may reseed. Its fall color is a beautiful yellow. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… are good for cut and dried flowers. Deadhead to prevent self-seeding. Small globe thistle is an excellent, drought-tolerant, back-of-the-border anchor plant; it is also a favorite of bees and butterflies. Bee-ware of the prickly foliage. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… shrub during short days - periods of time when the nights are longer than the days. Sap is sticky and tastes so bad that it stimulates an almost immediate gagging reflex - which is why there are few causes of poisoning each year. Place flowering plants in bright sunny, warm …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This is a deciduous shrub or small tree that will grow to about 15’. It suckers and can form colonies. The compound pinnate foliage is deeply dissected, growing to 2' long, giving the shrub a fern-like appearance. Its green …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… in 1982 by Armstrong Nurseries, Inc., Gold Medal® grandiflora rose ( Rosa 'Aroyqueli') is a mildly aromatic, stunning hybrid whose peach-colored buds open to double, cupped yellow … shading on the tips of the petals. Growing to 6 feet tall with a spread of 3 feet, Gold Medal® is disease resistant with few thorns, and an upright, branching habit. Hardy from USDA Zones 6b …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… soil. Free blooming, deeply cupped, and delightfully perfumed, this red English Rose is a gift for the garden! A rare combination of very plush, fully double blooms and a very deep crimson color! The shade is reminiscent of old red Gallica roses. Heathcliff™ also demonstrates remarkable …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… George Vancouver shrub rose ( Rosa ‘George Vancouver’), like many other shrub roses, is blooming now, and you can see its clusters of cherry red flowers in the north perimeter bed in the Rose Garden. Growing about 3 feet tall and wide, ‘George Vancouver’ is winter hardy to Zone 2 and 3, like all members of the Canadian Explorer rose series. This rose …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Nyssa sylvatica is a beautiful shade tree native in all but the coldest parts of the eastern United States. … These are unpalatable to humans, but relished by birds and bears. Its cousin Nyssa aquatica is found in wetter habitats with a more restricted southerly range. The trees require moist, rich …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… and prairies of North America. Individual flowers last only one day or one night. 'Siskiyou' is a cultivated version growing 15 inches tall, covered all summer with a mass of 2-inch, … the wing of a butterfly and glows when backlit by the sun. Well suited to hot dry sites, it is ideal as a ground cover, in rock garden, or in containers. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
