… This low-growing, creeping evergreen shrub reaches about 2 feet in height with full sun and dry moisture conditions. It is non-flowering, but it produces showy black and blue fruit in the winter that is attractive to birds. Resistant to deer, It can be used for erosion control …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… summer through fall. Hot Stuff showy sedum ( Hylotelephium spectabile 'Hot Stuff') grows best in full sun and moderate soil fertility. Songbirds are attracted to the ripe seeds in late fall through winter. Its flowering clumps don't split apart like some taller flowering …
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… Popcorn' is yellow-green with blotches of frosty pale green. It produces small yellow flowers in mid-spring. Its best use is as a filler in semi-shady areas between other perennials. It needs to be contained or it will creep into …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The A. Bedford rhododendron is a hybrid broad leaf evergreen of unknown parentage. It blooms in late April with funnel-shaped, fragrant, pale mauve flowers with darker lobes with a brownish-red blotch. The flowers bloom in trusses of 11 to 16 flowers. This rhododendron will tolerate some sun. Like all rhododendrons, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Pyramidal in shape with attractive black-green needles, Pinus nigra is one of the most popular landscape pines in the Midwest. It is tolerant of clay soils, heat pollution and urban conditions and can be used …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… provide strong sculptural interest and make it a striking addition to the garden. Easily grown in full sun but tolerates some shade in moderate moist, well-drained soil. Use as a specimen, bonsai, or accent plant. …
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… Selected as one of the Collectors Conifers of the Year by the American Conifer Society in 2014, Schwerin pine is a hybrid of Eastern white pine and Himalayan white pine, combining the … of its native parent and the longer needle length of the Asian one. It grows best in moist soil, where it can reach 35 feet tall. …
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… Singin' in the Rain™ floribunda rose ( Rosa 'Macivy') is described as an apricot blend, with colors … a strong musk-rose fragrance, and the bush will eventually reach 5 feet high. Plant this rose in full sun; moderate water and fertilizer are the keys to success with this award-winning rose. …
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… through mid-October, it produces lightly fragrant, pale pink blooms. Plant this miniature rose in full sun and provide for space around the plants to encourage good air movement—an important aspect of disease prevention in roses. …
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… disk of fertile flowers from late summer into fall. Plant this black-eyed Susan in full sun and in well-drained soil and avoid excessive fertilizer, which would cause the plants to flop over. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
