… The Boynton oak is an endangered species native to a very small area in Alabama near Lookout Mountain and can be found among sandstone outcroppings. It is generally a rhizomatous shrub rather than a tree. The genus Quercus includes more than 600 …
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… the addition of peat moss and powdered sulfur. Like other plants native to Korea, this species is winter hardy in many parts of the Upper Midwest, including the Chicago region. The cultivar is a hybrid of the straight species ( yedoense ) and the naturally occurring regional variant …
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… During the growing season, staghorn sumac is covered with bright green, compound leaves that have quite the tropical appearance. Growing 15 … on the plant. They mature in late summer and persist into the following spring. Fall color is excellent—yellow, orange, and red all on the same plant. Many plants turn a solid blazing …
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… ‘Weeping Willie’ is a weeping form with blue-green, almost turquoise needles with an open habit. It sends out … 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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… Looking at it, the common name of featherleaf Rodger's flower is hard to explain. Its leaves are as big as most hostas' and heavily textured...anything but feathery. There is, however, a feathery quality to the spikes of flowers rising 2 feet above that foliage in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… a very deep pink with a prominent center of yellow stamens. The flush of bloom in early summer is bountiful, but like all old roses, it doesn't repeat. It's extremely healthy and tough...in fact, it'll even tolerate some shade, This is not a rose that needs pampering, though a little fertilizer in the spring can help. …
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… Viburnum farreri 'Candidissimum', also sold as 'Album', is a naturally occurring white form of this fragrant species, native to the northern provinces of China. It is one of the treasures made available to gardeners through the efforts of Reginald Farrer, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… takes its common name from the soft fuzzy reddish covering on its winter buds. This species is native to the southern U.S. White flowers in May are followed by fruit that goes from green to pink to blue and persists into winter. Fall foliage color is deep burgundy. The Royal Guard cultivar has a more columnar habit than the species; it was …
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… ‘Chenault’ is a burkwood viburnum cultivar. It is a rounded shrub with shiny dark green leaves that are smaller and more finely textured than …
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… <p>'Victoria's spring show is particularly striking. Its young leaves still have a strong burgundy tinge to compliment the … you may well see repeat bloom as we move into autumn. At a mature hieght of 6 feet. 'Victoria' is equally effe3ctive as a specimen, a hedge, or mixed into foundation plantings. </p> <p>Bees, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
