… of Verbenaceae family, molecular data now suggests this genus is really more closely allied with the Lamiaceae, or mint, family. In subtropical climates this plant can reach 10 feet in … by sending out root suckers that can be controlled by hand pulling (or by running over them with a lawnmower, as one gardener recommended). The distribution of this plant is odd, being …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… once established, will grow to mature size in five to eight years. Plant in sun to part shade with the eyes no more than 2 inches below the soil surface and protect from strong winds and … herbaceous, which die to the ground in the fall; and tree peonies, which are deciduous plants with woody stems that they retain throughout the winter. A third category—the Itoh or …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… groups: herbaceous, which die to the ground in the fall, and tree peonies, deciduous plants with woody stems which they retain throughout the winter. A third category, the Itoh or … making it subject to early season frosts, then grows to 28” tall. Plant in sun to part shade with eyes no more than 2” below the soil surface. Deer resistant. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… in mid to late spring. The petals are white and the small corona is a pale creamy yellow with a band of bright orange near the rim. Noted narcissus hybridizer J. Gerritsen and Son made … word for narcotic and is tied to the myth of a young man known as Narcissus who fell in love with his own reflection. When he drowned in the pool where he had been admiring himself, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… species, the flowers contain six tepals (3 in each of 2 whorls) that look like petals, with the actual petals fused into a cuplike structure called the corona or perianth tube. In Greek mythology, the youth Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of water and was turned into a lily by the gods. The genus name …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… bulbicodium var. conspicuus is in Division 13. It stands only 4-6 inches high and blooms with fragrant yellow flowers. The six petals are very small but the funnel shaped corona is very … and rodent resistant. Named after the mythological Greek youth Narcissus, who fell in love with his own reflection in a pool and was transformed into a flower, these plants are …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Tatiana neoregelia has brilliantly colored foliage with newer leaves being a brilliant pinkish-purple and older leaves being darker green with purple striations. Tatiana grows to about a foot tall and up to two feet wide. Neoregelias …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Berry Timeless Alumroot has attractive light green foliage frosted with silver and a repeat blooming habit that supplies lovely two tone pink and rose flower plumes … remain attached and dry as an attractive plume. The leaves form a compact light green mound with a silver overlay, the leaf color complementing the pink and rose flowers. Berry Timeless …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… are impressively large, have a rich dark color, and present as slightly upwardly cup shape with moderately lobed edges. This cultivar is well named, the mix of black, green and purple … and adding interest. Carnival Black Olive Alumroot one of ten Carnival Alumroot cultivars with diverse foliage colors, uniform size and good heat tolerance. The Carnival Series was …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The leaves are large, oak shaped and purple-bronze. In addition, the leaves are highlighted with a silver sheen, and enhanced by a ruffled edge that exposes the contrasting red colored … in 2008 by Luc Klinkhamer of CNB Greenteam, Dark Mystery Alumroot combines vigorous growth with desirable characteristics from its suspected hybrid parents: Heuchera `Frosted Violet`, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
