… This vine grows to a height of 15 feet with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. Blue-black fruits arrive after flowering in May and June. It is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This evergreen vine is native to Madagascar and grows up to 12 feet high with bright, indirect indoor light and dry moisture conditions. In midspring it produces inconspicuous chartreuse blooms. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Wildlife and plants are constantly on the move. Birds, deer, and even water animals cross trails, roads, and waterways to seek food or habitats that are … well-being than those who don’t. In our increasingly digital lives, a wildlife sighting is a reminder that we all share the same fragile planet, that we all are interconnected. You know …
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… You can see why the common name for this Aconitum is giant monkshood. In its native environment in mountainous areas of Russia and China it can send up spires of bloom reaching 7 to 8 feet tall. This is an impressive back of the border plant, and a tough one. It can take periods of drought in stride, and handle Siberian winters. Aconitums …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… are reddish-brown before becoming large enough to peel. The ovate leaves are sharply toothed and turn yellow in the fall. Dahurian birches are native to the woodlands and mountain slopes of Japan and eastern Asia. The primary ornamental feature of birch trees is the bark. Many of the common names of birch trees refer to the color of the bark -- white, …
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… Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Ogon' is a smaller-statured dawn redwood with gold tints to the foliage. It is suitable for small to … tree would be overwhelming. The genus Metasequoia is derived from the Greek meta (with) and Sequoia. It shares the same plant family as the bald cypress — as well as its deciduous … — as in "the dawn of time"). Living plants were not found until 1941 in western China. Seeds and herbarium specimens were not collected until 1947, after the cessation of World War II, and …
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… This mounded perennial grows to a height of about 18 inches with full sun and moderate soil conditions. In September and October it produces showy pink and purple blooms. It’s good for a border and is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This perennial needs full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. In July and August it produces yellow blooms that attract birds and butterflies. It belongs in a border or a ground cover and is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This bulb grows to a height of 1 foot with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. It has blue and white blooms in May and June. It belongs in a border or a ground cover and is native to the Midwest. …
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… branches. Forsythia × intermedia ‘Courdijau’, marketed as Golden Peep™ Forsythia, is a newer cultivar from France that is very low-growing, at about 2 feet tall and spreading to 3 feet or more. It has better flowering than ‘Arnold Dwarf’. In France, it is marketed as Casque D’or. Forsythias are very adaptable to poor soil and varying moisture, but the flower buds may be tender on older cultivars. Pruning is best done …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
