… Alice oakleaf hydrangea, selected from parents native to the southeast United States, is a deciduous shrub with lobed leaves that resemble oak leaves. The flowers of the oakleaf … leaves in spring and summer give way to burgundy-red fall color. The oakleaf hydrangea is a shrub with four seasons of interest, unique leaves, interesting flowers, fall color, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Iris ‘Aichi-No-Kagayaki’ is a light yellow with a distinctive brown eyelash pattern surrounding the bright yellow signals at the base of the falls. The standards are quite small relative to the falls. This is a Peusadata iris, a cross between a Japanese iris ( Iris ensata) and Iris pseudacorus. These …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Iris 'Silverado' is a white to icy blue tall bearded iris with lovely ruffled petals. The beards are the same … and the Dykes Metal in 1994. The Dykes Medal, given annually to just one tall bearded iris, is the highest award an iris can receive from the American Iris Society. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Iris versicolor , commonly known as Northern blue flag, is native to the northern part of the United States and into Canada. The flower stalks stand 2 to … in average soil, but it loves the edge of a pond or stream where it can keep its feet wet. It is closely related to the Southern blue flag iris, Iris virginica . …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… George Vancouver shrub rose ( Rosa ‘George Vancouver’), like many other shrub roses, is blooming now, and you can see its clusters of cherry red flowers in the north perimeter bed in the Rose Garden. Growing about 3 feet tall and wide, ‘George Vancouver’ is winter hardy to Zone 2 and 3, like all members of the Canadian Explorer rose series. This rose …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Tiffany hybrid tea rose grows to 4 feet high by 3 feet wide and is famous for the long stems topped by phlox-pink flowers with yellow at the base of the petals. … buds and, in the case of 'Tiffany', sweetly scented flowers. Unfortunately, this rose cultivar is particularly susceptible to powdery and downy mildews, which accentuates the need to plant it …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… red new growth. Growing 3 to 4 feet tall with a 3-foot spread and a rounded, bushy habit, this is not a fragrant bloomer, but some report the flowers have a very slight scent of fresh-cut apples. Cinco de Mayo™ is a hybrid of Rosa 'Topsy Turvey' and 2006 AARS award-winner R. 'Julia Child', developed by Tom …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… A native of the tallgrass prairie, Compass Plant is an extraordinary perennial that grows 6 to 12 feet tall. Between July and August it produces … 3 to 4-inch-tall flowers resembling sunflowers – mature plants can have up to 30 flowers. It is supported by a large central taproot that can grow 15 feet below the ground. Compass Plants …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Prairie dock ( Silphium terebinthinaceum ) is a distinctive native of the tallgrass prairie featuring leafless stems up to 10 feet tall … more than a couple of feet high that are cordate (heart shaped) and very rough. Prairie dock is not fussy as to soils or soil moisture content and flowers best in full sun. The taproot can …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… While Charlie's stromanthe ( Stromanthe 'Charlie') is prized primarily for its striking green and white variegated leaves, it also puts forth … open to display white blooms. This stromanthe, just introduced to the gardening world in 2013, is named after Charlie McDaniel, a Florida teacher and avid horticulturalist who had it in his …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
