… 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 …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Christmas carol. This tree was named after this 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 twelve feet after fifteen years. It has dark green needles that have a bluish cast …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Enchantment Moroccan toadflax ( Linaria maroccana 'Enchantment') is one of many charming cultivars of toadflax. The miniature snapdragon flowers of the toadflaxes combine elegantly with spring bulbs and other early spring annuals. If summer temperatures are not too hot, they can flower up to the first frost. There are 100 species of perennials and annuals in the genus Linaria native to the northern temperate zones, with a center of …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Narcissus ‘By George’ is in Division 2. It blooms in mid to late spring with pale yellow petals and a large yellow corona. The corona has a white band at the rim and a band of pink just below the white. The bulbs are toxic and will not be eaten by deer or …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Narcissus ‘Replete’ is in Division 4. It blooms in mid season with 4 inch double flowers. The petals are white and arranged in multiple whorls. The corona segments are reddish pink and are interspersed among the inner whorls of petals. The bulbs are toxic and will not be eaten …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Narcissus ‘Texas’ is in Division 4. It blooms in mid spring with double flowers. The petals are yellow and arranged in multiple whorls. The bright orange corona segments are shorter than the petals and are interspersed among them. The bulbs are toxic and will not be eaten by deer or rabbits. …
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 3 feet tall, each with 3 to 5 blue flowers in May and June. The flowers have a prominent yellow blotch and a white area with purple veins at the …
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 …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… skirt. This disease-resistant cultivar bears its blooms above clean, glossy green foliage and dark red new growth. Growing 3 to 4 feet tall with a 3-foot spread and a rounded, bushy habit, this is not a fragrant bloomer, but some report the flowers have a very slight scent of fresh-cut …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… While Charlie's stromanthe ( Stromanthe 'Charlie') is prized primarily for its striking green and white variegated leaves, it also puts forth flowering stalks in the spring and summer. Buds, protected with showy orange calyxes, open to display white blooms. This …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
