… Members of the genus Cornus , commonly known as dogwoods, are welcome in the home garden for their multi-season interest -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range …
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… Members of the genus Cornus , commonly known as dogwoods, are welcome in the home garden for their multi-season interest -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… in the evenings, when the combination of light-colored flowers and fragrance are an attractant for a number of moths; during the daytime hummingbirds and butterflies are the primary visitors. …
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… by billowing masses of silvery, silk-like seeds in late fall. This perennial is excellent for use as an informal vine or trained formally on arbors. It flowers on the current season's …
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… Summersweet flowers on new wood so prune it in late winter. It is a versatile plant, suitable for borders, screens, or as a specimen plant or an understory. …
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… palm is on the IUCN Red List as endangered in the wild, due to habitat loss and overharvesting for thatching material, baskets and other uses. …
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… form and shimmering flower heads can create a beautiful vista. The plant is usually retained for winter interest and cut back in late winter and can also be divided at this time if necessary. …
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… four toothed lobes. The small ovate leaves grow on wiry stems. The flowers grow abundantly for a long period as long as they have enough sun and warmth. They will grow up a support like a …
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… book, "Herbaceous Perennial Plants," tells us about one, a young man collecting the flowers for his young lady on a riverbank. He fell into the water and as he was pulled downstream, he …
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… it was supposedly found growing on a cliff. 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 …
Type: Garden Guide Plant