… above the white, spotted foliage. 'Sissinghurst White' is an ideal plant for shaded locations with moist soil and cool summer temperatures. Trim back the foliage in late summer to remove …
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… perennial capable of covering large areas. The foliage of 'Buttered Popcorn' is yellow-green with blotches of frosty pale green. It produces small yellow flowers in mid-spring. Its best use …
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… specimen can attain heights of 30 to 50 feet. It is a stately, pyramidal-shaped evergreen tree with pale, flat, bluish-green needles. The white fir withstands city conditions better than any …
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… This maple is native to Taiwan and parts of China. Its smooth bark is green with thin, waxy, white stripes. The leaves are broadly palmate. It can grow to a height and width …
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… This tree matures to a height of 8 feet with a similar spread. Its lacy foliage emerges bright cherry red in spring on purple leaf …
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… century plant. Despite the common name, flowering is more frequent when the plant is supplied with adequate moisture and nutrition. Pollinated by bats the flowers have a musky scent. Full sun …
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… bulb that grows to a maximum height of 30 inches. It requires full sun and well-drained soil with dry to moderate moisture. In May it produces long lastig globes of 6- to 10-inch lavender …
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… without chrysanthemums. Near the Visitor’s Center, striking Pumpkin Pie Orange mums rub elbows with Intenz Classic celosia, Japanese forest grass, asters, Autumn Colors black-eyed Susan, … Pink mums, and Strawberry Blonde calendula share the spotlight in the Graham Bulb Garden with 120 blue-flowered Mystic Spires Improved salvia, a pollinator and hummingbird favorite. The … and blue ornamental cabbages, onions, radishes, red and green leaf lettuce, and spinach grow with Natacha chicory, Dragon carrots, Karina peas, Candy Orange snapdragons, and Bright Lights …
Type: Walks
… a dwarf-pseudobulb member of the large-flowered group of Cattleyas . Its compact habit, along with its strong, wonderful fragrance, and free-flowering nature are the most distinguishing … rivers in the dense jungles around the Gran Sabana in the southeastern corner of Venezuela, with humid summers and autumns and dry winters and springs, the Cattleya genus was named in 1824 … in Georgetown, British Guyana. The orchid family consists of a large number of genera, each with its own unique characteristics. A common characteristic, however, is the basic form of the …
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… thing, there are several wild species of Rudbeckia growing in the region and several cultivars with bigger and/or fancier flowers that have been developed for people’s gardens. My favorite, … the familiar common black-eyed Susan is a short (about 1 – 2 feet), often annual or biennial with simple leaves, whereas sweet black-eyed Susan is a much taller (3 – 5 feet) perennial with three-lobed leaves. Also, sweet black-eyed Susan begins blooming when common black-eyed …
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