… Iris ‘Aichi-No-Kagayaki’ is a light yellow with a distinctive brown eyelash pattern surrounding the bright yellow signals at the base of the falls. The standards are quite small relative to the falls. This is a Peusadata iris, a cross between a Japanese iris ( Iris ensata) and Iris pseudacorus. These …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Iris 'Silverado' is a white to icy blue tall bearded iris with lovely ruffled petals. The beards are the same … and the Dykes Metal in 1994. The Dykes Medal, given annually to just one tall bearded iris, is the highest award an iris can receive from the American Iris Society. …
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… Alice oakleaf hydrangea, selected from parents native to the southeast United States, is a deciduous shrub with lobed leaves that resemble oak leaves. The flowers of the oakleaf … leaves in spring and summer give way to burgundy-red fall color. The oakleaf hydrangea is a shrub with four seasons of interest, unique leaves, interesting flowers, fall color, …
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
… 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
… One of the world’s most popular and spectacular palms, wild date palm is often used on golf courses, city boulevards, and on the grounds of luxury homes. It has a single trunk, swollen at the base, marked by a diamond pattern created by leaf scars. It is dioecious—having both male and female plants; when fertilized, the female plant produces small …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… moist potting medium and strong sunlight for no more than 4-6 hours per day. This plant is a hybrid because it is illegal to possess the straight species outside of Peru. Hybrids like this one are being …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… carol because it has the perfect shape and size of a Christmas tree. The Tannenbaum mugo pine is a slow-growing mugo pine that eventually reaches a height of fifteen feet and a width of … ground adding to its desirable form. This tree requires a sunny spot and well-drained soil but is a tough reliable plant once established, although it should be watered in hot weather when …
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… Mayapple, also called "umbrella plant" (along with a dozen other unrelated plants), is a cute woodland plant native to east and central North America. Each 15-inch plant produces a … where the two leaves meet a single two-inch wide-open white flower appears in May. This is followed by a single oval-shaped fruit, not toxic when fully ripe but not palatible either. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… October and November. A long stamen protrudes from the long lilac upper lobe. The lower lobe is deep purple with a white spot in the throat. The attractive foliage is arrow-shaped and coarsely toothed; as a member of the mint family, 'Shi Ho' has square stems. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
