… This perennial grows to a height of 2 feet with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has yellow blooms from May through August and is a ground cover. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… members receive a 20 percent discount Garden Conservancy members, call (847) 835-8261 to receive the registration discount Register Now This event is co-sponsored by the Garden Conservancy. Kirstenbosch is a name that resonates across the … epicenter of the famously rich Cape Floral Kingdom, Kirstenbosch has been admired by visitors to the Cape for more than 200 years. Since it was established in 1913, it has been the flagship …
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… with her daughter Keira, age 5, when another young child at the airport got upset and started to shout. Other travelers stared as the child became increasingly distraught; Keira asked her mom … was having trouble because traveling wasn’t going smoothly. Keira responded, “Oh, they need to get her some music.” Keira had just wrapped up her school year at the Garden’s Nature … “She had tools in her toolbox to be kind to other children.” For these preschoolers, the logic is simple: Different people need different things, and if you can help, you help. Nature …
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… Named for its brilliant fall color, 'Flame' Amur maple is a small, vase-shaped, multi-trunked tree that grows to 20 feet tall by 20 feet wide. Adaptable to adverse conditions and cold-hardy to zone 2, it prefers full sun to part shade and moist …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Mike is a large blue leaved hosta named to honor Michael Stringer. Proceeds of the limited sale of this hosta went to the Michael Stringer Memorial Endowment for the benefit of orphaned children in Russia. Hostas …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… sun but will tolerate light shade. It has a mature size of 5 feet high and 4 feet wide and is hardy in USDA Zones 5 to 9. The red-bronze flowers emerge rather late in the fall. The dry fall foliage and flowers are … throughout the winter, but should be trimmed back before the new spring growth appears to avoid damaging the new leaves. Native to east Asia, this species has done so well that some …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Looking at it, the common name of featherleaf Rodger's flower is hard to explain. Its leaves are as big as most hostas' and heavily textured...anything but feathery. There is, however, a feathery quality to the spikes of flowers rising 2 feet above that foliage in shades of pink to rosy red. In the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… New England aster is one of the most wide-spread and recognizable native asters, found in all but the warmest and coldest areas of North America. It grows 2 to 4 feet tall, and starts blooming in August, continuing into November. The leaves are lanceolate, up to 4 inches long, with distinct lobes at the bases. The flowers are among the largest of our …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Thevetia peruvaniana , also known in the U.S. as yellow oleander, is native to South America where it can grow to 30 feet tall, blooming all the while. The long narrow leaves give the branches an almost …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… my lilac bloom in the spring? A. There are several possible reasons why your lilac fails to bloom. The most common cause is lack of adequate sunlight. Lilacs (Syringa) need to be planted in a location that receives at least six hours of strong, direct sun per day. They …
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