… Grape Gumball Beebalm Grape Gumball beebalm is developed from a native beebalm and grows to about 2 feet tall and 2 feet wide. As befits its name, it bears fragrant 2 to 2.5-inch bright magenta flowers in mid-summer. It was developed to be a more low-growing and neater clumping beebalm for smaller … gardens. Beebalm grows in sunny or partially shady areas. If you gently rub your finger across the leaf, you'll be pleasantly surprised by its fragrance, as beebalm is used to scent Earl Grey …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Q. Please advise on the correct time and procedure for dividing iris. A. If you want to divide bearded iris, do so after it flowers, but before August. With a sharp, sterilized … fan that faces away from the planting circle. Siberian iris ( I. sibirica ) can be divided in July by digging up the entire clump with a sharp shovel and then separating the clump into as …
Type: Plant Info
… Peonies are popular garden plants, known for their stunning flowers, their cold hardiness and the huge variety of their colors, forms and habits. They are divided into two main groups: herbaceous, which die to the ground in the fall, and tree peonies, deciduous plants with woody stems which they retain throughout the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Manchurian lilac features aromatic pale violet-purple flowers in late May or early June. Its dark green foliage often turns a reddish purple in the fall. … tubular in form and are borne in large panicles. While the common name of the plant has come to define a shade of pale purple, some species and hybrids have pink or white blossoms. Lilacs …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Krasavitsa Moskvy (Beauty of Moscow) cultivar of the common lilac was developed in Russia, where it was named, in 1943. It produces showy double white blooms with a pinkish … tubular in form and are borne in large panicles. While the common name of the plant has come to define a shade of pale purple, some species and hybrids have pink or white blossoms. Lilacs …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Paul Thirion cultivar of the common lilac was introduced in 1915 in France. It produces fragrant lavender pink blooms that attract pollinators and are … tubular in form and are borne in large panicles. While the common name of the plant has come to define a shade of pale purple, some species and hybrids have pink or white blossoms. Lilacs …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… tall by 12 inches wide) mound of wavy, narrow, lance-shaped, chartreuse leaves. It blooms in July-August with racemes of funnel-shaped, purple-striped flowers on 18-inch scapes. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks called scapes, they are grown primarily for their foliage and neat …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Fried Bananas' is a large (20 inches tall, 40 inches wide) hosta with oval to heart-shaped chartreuse leaves. These become more yellow as they mature and if they are given bright light. It blooms with fragrant, white flowers in late summer. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy-to-grow, and long-lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks called scapes, they are grown primarily for their foliage and neat …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… dark-green, cup-shaped leaves of good substance with a somewhat upright habit. It blooms in mid-summer with pale, bell-shaped, lavender flowers. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks called scapes, they are grown primarily for their foliage and neat …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… mound of thick, blue-green leaves with a somewhat upright habit. It blooms with white flowers in mid summer. It is a sport of Hosta sieboldiana 'Elegans.' Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks called scapes, they are grown primarily for their foliage and neat …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
