… Manchurian viburnum is native to China. White flowers in May give way to red berries that progress to blue-black and persist. Fall color is red and yellow. Viburnums are a versatile genus of multi-stemmed shrubs that are well suited …
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… Ruellia chartacea is a South American shrub with a rather gangly habit, but with very showy red flowers. It doesn't … our native prairie petunia ( Ruellia humilis ), which does look like a lavender petunia. It is also known as red shrimp plant. This species has large, rough-textured opposite leaves along … turn red, with funnel-shaped true flowers protruding from the branch tips. These plants are in the acanthus family and not related to true petunias. …
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… Compact white fir ( Abies concolor ‘Compacta’) is a round evergreen conifer that can reach 8 feet in height and width with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. The flat, upward-pointing needles are an unusual shade of pale blue-gray. The growth rate is very slow, at two to three inches per year, and the branches grow into irregular patterns. …
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… Nodding onions are petite natives found growing in praries and margins of wooded areas. They form petite clumps of foliage with narrow leaves. … has lavender flowers with wine red pedicels (flower stalks). Like most alliums, nodding onion is not significantly bothered by deer and other mammalian herbivores, like moles. It also … soils, drought, shallow and rocky soils and can grow under black walnut trees. This species is a larval host for the hairstreak butterfly; the flowers attract butterflies and bees that …
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… A very strange plant, the Chaya or Mayan Spinach tree is a tropical shrub native from Mexico to South America. A member of the euphorbia family, a milky sap is exuded by the stems and leaves. There are two forms. One has broad, maple-lobed leaves and … stinging hairs. The leaves of the latter can be boiled and eaten like spinach. They are high in iron and vitamins. However, they must be boiled for at least 10-15 minutes to leach out a …
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… This is a mix of double and semi-double flowers in warm colors ranging from lemon to yellow, gold, orange and red on plants maturing between four and five feet in height. All of the flowers are pollen free - great for gardeners allergic to sunflower pollen; …
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… Mock Orange ‘Blizzard’ is an upright growing oval perennial that reaches a maximum height of 7 feet. It requires full sun or partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. In spring and early summer it produces showy white blooms that give way to brown fruit. The plant can be used as a specimen or in a hedge. …
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… Medium height spikes produce yellow flowers in whorls from late spring through early summer on this heat- and drought-resistant perennial from the mountains of Syria. The olive-green foliage is rabbit and deer resistant. Plant this perennial in full sun and avoid excessive water and fertilizer to keep the plants compact. …
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… way down the stems of this selection of the native Blazing Star. Drought tolerant and thriving in full sun, this cultivar is also used as a cut flower. In shaded locations, the stems may need to be staked. …
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… This non-flowering juniper is easily grown in average, dry-to-moist, well-drained soils in full sun. It tolerates a wide range of soils and growing conditions, from swamps to dry, rocky …
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