… The air is brisk, the sun is at a lower angle in the sky, and the autumnal fireworks have begun. Like … are just a few of the Garden’s trees cloaked with leaves that glow from pale yellow and gold to breathtaking brilliant red, purple, orange, and russet. Ornamental peppers, asters, … topped with delicate, feathery seedheads, offer autumnal eye candy as they signal a farewell to the growing season. Although annuals and perennials often steal the show in October, many …
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… Beautiful five-to-nine-lobed leaves emerge early. The plant grows 3 feet in height with a 5 foot spread in 10 … flowers. The samaras, or winged fruits, mature in fall and turn a rich red. Fall color is outstanding, ranging from yellow to red to purple. This lovely small tree, native to the Far East, can be grown only in very …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This shrub needs partial shade to full shade and moist soil conditions to reach a height of 5 feet. In April it produces showy pink to white blooms. It is a specimen in a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This shrub grows to a height of 4 feet with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has rose and blue-violet blooms from May to August. It is a specimen. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… noticed that some of my evergreens have become discolored. Should I be concerned? A: It is normal for the foliage of some evergreens, such as arborvitae ( Thuja ) and boxwood ( Buxus ), to change color in cold weather. The different color of the foliage in such species is not indicative of a pathogen or cultural disorder; it is a normal response to winter temperatures. Species that are known to change color in cold weather include: …
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… Rough-leaved dogwood is a small deciduous tree with shiny green leaves, showy clusters of creamy white flowers that bloom from May to June, round white fruit, and red foliage in the fall. Native to the Midwest, it grows 15 to 20 feet tall and is often found in the wild at the edge of …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Kousa dogwood ( Cornus kousa ) is a vase-shaped small tree when young, but as it matures, its habit becomes more rounded and … The abundant white "flowers" of this plant are four creamy-white pointed bracts, each about 1 to 2 inches long. The true flowers are located in the center of these bracts and are insignificant. Pinkish-red to red fruits ripen in late August and persist through October if not consumed by birds. This …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This is a clump-forming perennial with a basal mound of scallop-edged, light green leaves 1 foot tall and 2½ feet wide. In late spring to early summer, tiny, star-shaped, greenish yellow flowers bloom in loose clusters atop 1½-foot … giving it a sparkling appearance. It prefers average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. In full-sun locations, provide afternoon shade. If it is sited ideally it will …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… plant in spring; flowers continue sporadically through the summer. This self-sowing columbine is an outstanding understory woodland wildflower for late spring color, where it brings unique color to the native garden. Classified into the buttercup family, columbines have complex flowers including five petals with long spurs. This is the only species native to the states east of the Mississippi River. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… into fall. Stout stems support the flowering display without need for staking and the plant is insect and disease resistant. It is important to plant in full sun, average soils and apply only low levels of fertilizer throughout the growing season. Pollinating insects are drawn to the flowers and songbirds follow up for the seeds. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
