… Flame zinnia ( Zinnia elegans 'Zowie! Yellow Flame'), a warm-season annual, grows 3 feet tall and slightly narrower, and blooms from July through a killing frost. Each 3- to 4-inch, semi-double flower has a cone-shaped center tipped in yellow and two-toned petals. Petals open magenta-pink with yellow tips and mature to orange-red with …
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… perennial plant that is derived from native North American plants. It has strappy green leaves and bears attractive three-petaled lavender flowers about 1.5 inches in diameter that appear from June until September. Each flower is open at most a single day, and in some cases, for only a morning. It grows to about eighteen inches in height and up to three feet in width. In an evaluation of spiderworts conducted at the Chicago Botanic …
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… a showy display in the spring landscape for 1 to 2 weeks. In addition to the eye-catching buds and flowers, their foliage, habit, and fruit make them attractive plants almost year round. They are actively hybridized for flower color, leaf color, fruit size/color, shape and, most importantly, disease resistance. Crabapple fruits are usually not eaten by humans but …
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… Muscari macrocarpum 'Golden Fragrance' is from west Turkey and the Aegean Isles. It stands 8 inches high and blooms in May with a fragrant, densely packed conical raceme that resembles an upside down … pink at first but become brownish or yellow. The flowers of Muscari macrocarpum are thinner and more tubular than the flowers of most other species of Muscari. Plant it in full sun to part …
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… in Division 2. It blooms in mid spring with roundish flowers. The petals are white, very broad and slightly reflexed. The corona is a deep apricot pink and bowl shaped. The bulbs are toxic and will not be eaten by deer or rabbits. The name Narcissus comes from the Greek word for …
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… Can you imagine that in olden times people would to grind up the leaves of plants and inhale them so as to make themselves sneeze? It's true, that's how this plant got its common … centers that are present from June through August.Derived from a sneezeweed native to Oregon and California, this plant like full sun and dryish soil conditions. This particular plant remains in a tidy clump only 2 feet high and …
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… blooming in mid to late season. The flowers are 5 inches in diameter with ruffled petals and deep veins. 'Count Radish Plus' vigorously blooms and reblooms continuously, adding a splash of color to any garden. Although each flower lasts only one day, there are multiple buds on each stalk and several stalks on each plant. The buds open in series, so a single plant will continue to …
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… has lovely canary-yellow flowers on tall 3-foot stalks. The blooms are 5 inches in diameter and are delightfully fragrant. It blooms mid to late season, attracting butterflies and hummingbirds. Although each flower lasts only one day, there are multiple buds on each stalk and several stalks on each plant. The buds open in series, so a single plant will continue to …
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… only 3 ½ inches. The flowers which appear early in the season have a delightful fragrance and attract butterflies. In milder climates the foliage is green all year round. Although each flower lasts only one day, there are multiple buds on each stalk and several stalks on each plant. The buds open in series, so a single plant will continue to bloom for 2 weeks or more. Miss Amelia is a prolific bloomer and may rebloom. It is easy to grow and does well in full sun to part shade. Archived Copy: This …
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… has lemon yellow flowers in midseason. The delightfully fragrant blooms are 5 inches across and sit atop tall, 35-inch high stems. Tetrina’s Daughter is nocturnal. The blooms open up in the late afternoon and close the following morning. Although each flower lasts only one day, there are multiple buds on each stalk and several stalks on each plant. The buds open in series, so a single plant will continue to …
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