… when young couples (and those young at heart) — wore boutonnières and corsages when going out on dates. The Rubiaceae is the third largest plant family, with 611 genera and more than 13,000 …
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… Look carefully at the flowers on this plant and you'll see that each flower has five petals but the flower is symmetrical. If …
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… Geum rivale is commonly known as water avens. It is native to North America where it thrives on wet, boggy soils or swamps. It does well in in cool, wet areas where little else will thrive. …
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… favorite of bees. At the Garden, seeds are sown two winters before the display, and are grown on the first year in 5- gallon containers in the nursery. Carefully overwintered, the plants are …
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… brittle. From May to August, giant desert candle produces a spectacular spike of white flowers on 6- to 10-foot stems above bright green leaves up to 4 inches wide and 48 inches long. Plant …
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… and compound with medium green coloring and yellow splashes of color and are arranged spirally on the stems giving the appearance of a bamboo or palm although it is neither. Tight clusters of …
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… Spikes of dark maroon petals surround the bright lemon yellow central stigma and stamens on this native of the humid, hot lowland rainforests of southeast Asia. Growing in the …
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… a continuous display of brilliant yellow-orange and old rose flowers in profuse clusters on a trailing/mounding plant to 20 inches tall and 24 inches wide. Once established, it can take …
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… yellow into the form of a Japanese iris. Typically they have branched stems with multiple buds on each stem. Pseudata irises thrive in or near water but also do well in garden conditions. They …
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… with purple edges bleeding into the white; the signals are yellow. It blooms in mid season on stems that stand 36 inches high. The standards and falls are flatter than those of the bearded …
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