… Sun Dried Tomatoes daylily is a tomato-red and orange blend with a golden green throat. The large 6-inch flowers that bloom in mid to late season are attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. Each flower lasts only one day, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Pale pink flowers flush to bright reddish purple at the tips. each flower features a rich reddish brown 'eye' surrounded by yellow. All of the blooms face the same direction. Grow in bright windowsills in winter, outdoors on the patio during growing season. Grow in very well …
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… Dichorisandra pendula is known as weeping blue ginger, but is actually in the same plant family as dayflowers ( Tradescantia ), not ginger. The vivid blue flowers … gracefully arch out and then down from the terminal flower spikes, lending an elegant aspect to the plant. This is a great perennial plant for the warmer parts of the United States (Zones 8 …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… European beech is a dwarf form of its grander and majestic copper beech parent. While it has the same glossy purple foliage as its parent, it grows at the very slow rate of 2-3" per year; … of the species. The genus Fagus includes 10-13 species of the beech tree, which are native to temperate regions of Asia, Europe and North America. Only Fagus grandifolia , the American … Fagus sylvatica or the European beech, accounts for the vast majority of cultivars used in landscaping. The Chicago Botanic Garden's collections contain three species but more than two …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Beautiful 5- to 9-lobed leaves emerge early. The plant grows 15 to 25 feet in height with a spread exceeding its height, and it is highly admired for its wonderful …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Beautiful five-to-nine-lobed leaves emerge early. The plant grows 15 to 25 feet in height with a spread exceeding its height, and it is highly admired for its wonderful …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Orchid tea? Photo © R. van Vugt, Swiss Orchid Foundation It’s the leaves of this orchid that tell a story: strongly vanilla-scented, they were brewed for a fragrant tea in Victorian times. It was called faham, or Bourbon tea—the latter referring to the island of Bourbon (later named Réunion), where the orchid is native. …
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… Violet-lavender flowers are accented with a gold/white blotch and deep purple veining at the base of the falls. This unusual iris hybrid features parents in different divisions of the Iris genus that do not normally hybridize. Genes from the Siberian iris parent provide the ability to thrive in soils usually too moist for most tall bearded irises. Plant this iris in full sun …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Narcissus ‘Ascot’’ is in Division 4. It blooms in mid to late spring with 3 ½ inch wide double flowers. The petals are bright yellow and arranged in whorls with the bright orange segments of the corona …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Narcissus ‘Little Witch’ is in Division 6. This is a dwarf cultivar that blooms in early to mid spring. The petals are yellow and reflexed. The corona is cylindrical with a straight mouth and is darker …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
