… Arkansas ironweed is native to the southern-central US. It bears bracts of large 1.25 inch pinkish-purple flowers in late summer that are attractive to hummingbirds. It has unusual thread-like appendages leading …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This slow-growing cultivar is broadly upright or oval in form, with dark green, small needles and a compact growth habit. 'Jervis' is a natural form that was found in the wild and vegetatively propagated for the nursery trade. It's ideal in rock gardens or as an … This plant prefers acidic soils that are well-drained yet consistently moist and bright light to full sunt. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… grass seed mix. Grubs chew grass roots, and they may be present if your turf begins to brown and lifts easily off the ground. Minor damage is usually not cause for treatment. Pull back turf and check for white, C-shaped larvae with black heads. If more than 10 to 12 grubs are present in a square foot of soil, treatment is advised. Chemical controls vary in their timing. …
Type: Plant Info
… ears is a leafy tropical plant with large heart-shaped leaves held on fleshy purple stems. The leaves are lime green with splashes of black in a random pattern making it a thrilling plant for partly shaded gardens and planters. It grows to about four feet high and four feet wide and is suited to large containers, borders, and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Baby Tut papyrus is a dwarf papyrus that grows to only two feet tall and two feet wide and prefers wet boggy sites with full to partial sun. It … grown primarily for its attractive umbrella-shaped leaf bracts. Baby Tut is a perennial sedge in warmer climates, forming dense clumps. While a native of Madagascar the umbrella sedge naturalized Africa and the warmer southern states of the US where it has been …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: When these predatory songbirds make a rare trip down from the north, they will most often be seen in the tip of an oak tree in the Dixon Prairie while looking for meadow voles in the snow. …
Type: Birding
… by a bright gold throat and surrounded by a wide, white border are produced up and down the canes (pseudobulbs) of this orchid. This is a challenging plant for most homeowners to successfully maintain without the benefit of a greenhouse to control temperature and humidity … the basic form of the flower, which consists of three petals surrounded by three sepals—often in dramatic and contrasting colors and in a variety of shapes and sizes. Although some orchids …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This cultivar produces outstanding white flowers from early summer to early fall, sometimes to frost. The mildly fragrant flowers are a magnet for butterflies. Deadheading will lengthen blooming … a maximum height of six feet with full sun and moist, well-drained soil and is especially good in a border or as a cutting flower. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Wednesday, June 11, 2014 1 p.m., Alsdorf Auditorium Free In his presentation, “Eastern Sierra and Great Basin Ethnobotany,” Dean Tonenna will share some of the traditional botanical knowledge that has been passed on to him through his tribe, the Kootzatukadu, Native Americans who live in the Sierra Nevada …
Type: Event for Calendar
… Narcissus ‘Skookum’ is in Division 3. It blooms in late spring with 3 1/2 inch flowers which have a roundish appearance. The petals are pale yellow while the corona is primrose yellow. The bulbs are toxic and will not … by deer or rabbits. The name Narcissus comes from the Greek word for narcotic and is tied to the myth of a young man known as Narcissus who fell in love with his own reflection. When he …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
