… Smoke tree is a small ornamental, deciduous tree or large bush that is grown for its attractive foliage and plume-like panicles that appear in the summer and look … Red has ruby-red foliage that turns a deep red-purple in the fall. At maturity it will reach 6 to 8 feet in height and can be grown in full sun or partial shade. It can be used as a specimen …
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… Cleopatra Desert lily grows to 8 feet tall and blooms with a beautiful orange flower. Take care in planting, and protect … it starts growing, watch out for slugs. Protect this tall plant from hungry deer, because it is a member of the lily family./p> Mulch the plant over winter, and stake it if it is in a windy site. This beauty lights up your garden. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… has a decidedly pyramidal growth habit. Reaching more than 50 feet tall at maturity, it is easily recognized by its bright green needles, which suggest a feathery appearance. This tree needs a large area. The foliage changes to a pretty reddish-brown color in the fall. Mention should be made of the interesting history of … this tree, which was known only from fossil records until its rediscovery in China in 1944. It is a noteworthy deciduous conifer. …
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… Have you ever eaten strawberry-rhubarb pie? The thick red stems of this rhubarb plant are used to make pie as well as many other kinds of jams and desserts. Cawood Delight rhubarb has very thick, dark red stems and is an exceptionally hardy rhubarb for colder climates. It is fast-growing reaching a height of two -four feet and a width of three-four feet. It prefers …
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… This low-growing, creeping evergreen shrub reaches about 12 inches in height and can spread to 6 feet wide with full sun. It can grow in a number of different soil conditions but cannot tolerate wet soils. It is non-flowering, but it occasionally produces berry-like seed cones. It has spiny, bluish-green foliage that may become tinged with purple in the winter. This is another deer-resistant juniper grown primarily as a ground cover. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This plant is a shrub rose with a trailing habit and glossy dark green leaves. It often blooms out of season and is useful as a pillar rose. The flowers are cupped, fully double, magenta, and scented. It blooms in early summer and again in fall. As a shrub, it grows to 4 feet high, but because of its trailing habit, it can be used as a 10-foot climber. The …
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… petals are soft creamy white with a pale lemon base. Introduced in 2003 by Tom Carruth, this is a hybrid cross between 'Sunset Celebration' and 'St. Patrick'. The buds are sharply pointed and have a hint of green. The flowers measure up to 5 inches across. The foliage is dark green and disease resistant. …
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… plants produce red, fleshy, single-seeded fruit instead of cones (these are poisonous). This is a cross between Japanese yews and English yews T. baccata. ; It prefers average, medium moist, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade, but can tolerate a wide range of soils as long as drainage is good. It can also tolerate full shade and considerable pruning. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… plants produce red, fleshy, single-seeded fruit instead of cones (these are poisonous). This is a cross between Japanese yews ( T. cuspidata ); and English yews ( T. baccata ). It prefers average, medium moist, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade, but can tolerate a wide range of soils as long as drainage is good. It can also tolerate full shade and considerable pruning. …
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… This is a clump-forming perennial which can reach a height of 5' with a 4’ spread. The foliage is lacy and fine-textured resembling columbine or maidenhair fern. It blooms with tiny, double … staking or other support. It prefers rich, humusy, well-drained soil in light, dappled sun to part shade. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
