… LITTLE HENRY® sweetspire is a variety of the native Virginia sweetspire. Virginia sweetspire is a native of the moist shady stream banks and swamps of the southern and eastern US including …
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… native to tropical America. Kohleria ‘Ruby’ The flowers are small and cherry red. The throat is white, overlain with red dotted lines. The attractive foliage is very dark green suffused with chocolate above and a rich purple beneath. Kohlerias are …
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… Lampranthus godmaniae is a species of ice plant with 1-inch daisylike, vibrant magenta flowers that bloom in the … provides one of the most spectacular displays of bright flowers from the succulent world and is therefore widely used as either annual or perennial groundcover, as the climate allows. A …
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… petals bend backward. The stem has whorled leaves and can reach a height of 4 to 6 feet. This is a Martagon lily that grows well in woodlands and is most adapted to shade. The unsurpassed grace and beauty of this lily make it a lovely addition …
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… <p>This native of tropical rain forests in Central and South America is noted for its large, architectural foliage, which can reach 10 or 12 feet high. While it does … the petals. That’s so bats can pollinate them. </p> <p><em>Louteridium</em> donnell-smithii is only hardy to Zone 10, so it’s going to be a container plant for most of us. With constant …
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… but its ability to enter summer dormancy makes it remarkably tolerant of heat and drought. It is free of most insect and disease pests. Primula sieboldii is native to swampy meadowlands in Japan, eastern Siberia, Korea, and Manchuria, where it …
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… This cultivated selection of Douglas-fir is a slow-growing miniature globe of short blue-green needles, suitable for a rock garden or … interesting – they hang downward and each cone scale has a three-pointed bract. Douglas fir is native to the Rocky Mountains and along the Pacific Coast; in the Pacific coastal regions, it …
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… The chestnut-leaved oak is so named because its leaves resemble the shape of leaves from the chestnut tree. This oak is native to the Caucasus mountains of Iran. The genus Quercus includes more than 600 species of …
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… REGAL PRINCE® oak is a relatively recent introduction that is a cross between the English oak ( Q. robur ) and the swamp white oak ( Q. bicolor ) notable …
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… Mary Rose® English shrub rose ( Rosa 'AUSmary') is a loosely petalled, strongly fragrant, pink double-flowered shrub rose with medium green … wide, but can be pruned to smaller spaces. height, and 3 to 5 feet in breadth. This cultivar is very disease resistant and particularly winter hardy. Mary Rose® was named after Henry VIII's …
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