… in the gesneriad family 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 characterized by soft, ovate scalloped leaves and tubular flowers that are covered with soft fuzz. Related to African violets, the leaves are …
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… quadriloculare ‘Brandonii’) is a large evergreen shrub featuring masses of starburst-like pink-and-white flowers that begin blooming in January and continue throughout the winter. Not fussy about soils, this plant will grow and flower equally well in full sun or partial shade. The broad, variegated leaves provide …
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… is derived from the prolific, fragrant light pink flowers that appear at the height of summer and which attract butterflies and birds. The flowers are produced on vertical flower spikes up to 12 inches long, which are a … of the plant, along with its lustrous dark green leaves. The shrub grows to 5 feet high and wide, depending on the location and growing conditions. Summersweet is tolerant of a range of …
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… Rose pink buds open to white flowers on LANCELOT® crabapple and are followed in the fall by gold fruit that persist into winter. This dwarf cultivar is … a showy display in the spring landscape for 1-2 weeks. In addition to the eye-catching buds and flowers, their foliage, habit and fruit make them attractive plants almost year round. They are actively hybridized for flower …
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… for smaller gardens. Its bomb-style bloom consists of tightly spaced raspberry cream petals and although small, is perfectly proportioned as well as fragrant, making it the perfect cut flower. Peony bloom time is classified as early, mid-, and late. 'Ursa Minor' is a mid- to-late season bloomer. It grows to 30 inches tall, taking on a shrubby appearance throughout the summer, and then dies to the ground in the fall. Plant in full sun to part shade with eyes no more than 2 …
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… fleeceflower ( Persicaria polymorpha ) is a big, bold, hardy perennial that blooms in July and August. It reaches a height of 4 to 6 feet and is topped with large, feathery white plumes. The plant can take full sun or partial shade and is somewhat drought-tolerant once established. The leaves on the upright stems are …
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… The moderately fragrant flowers are semi-double (averaging 11 petals), 2.5-3 inches across, and bright pink a with a prominent white eye. It produces small but persistent rose hips in late summer to fall. Foliage is dark green and disease-resistant. Like all roses, it's happiest in full sun with consistently moist soil and good air circulation. A slow-release fertilizer at the beginning of the season and …
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… valued for their colorful aromatic leaves. Being in the mint family, they have square stems and opposite leaves. Large spur-flower looks very different: a large shrub native to forest margins and streams of South Africa, grown for its huge sprays of blue-purple flowers that from a … the long stamens. It is only hardy to Zone 8, but it can be grown in northern climates and set outside during the summer. The flowers will bloom in September and October, attracting …
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… Brilliant cardinal red flowers begin in midsummer and peak in fall as this large, potentially hardy perennial explodes into flower. Plant this salvia in full sun and in average soil, and water it to get the root system established. This perennial is a hummingbird and butterfly …
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… Abeliophyllum distichum , commonly known as white forsythia or Korean abelialeaf, is a rare and endangered shrub native to Korea that features white-to-pink fragrant flowers in very early spring. Growth requirements and landscape uses are similar to forsythia, and indeed, other than the color of the flowers, the two genera share a number of …
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