… SUNRICH™ Orange Summer Sunflower Orange overlapping petals surround the black fertile flowers on this pollenless cultivar in July and August. Flowers and stems are ideal size and strength for the cut flower industry. This is the first sunflower that is downy mildew resistant - a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Narcissus ‘Exotic Mystery ‘is in Division 11a. It stands 14 -16 inches high and blooms in mid season with 3 ¼ inch flowers. … Each stem has 2-3 sweetly scented flowers with long, yellow petals which overlap only at the base. Each petal has a small point on the tip. The corona is yellowish green with a light yellow base and a greenish yellow rim The rim is split to the base with the 6 segments overlying the petals. The bulbs are toxic and will not be eaten …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Here in the North, we tend to think of bromeliads as somewhat rare and exotic. In Brazil, this one … with pinkish maroon bracts that open to reveal lavender-blue flowers. It’s quite easy to care for as a house plant. Just don’t pamper it. Remember it’s a tree dweller, so it needs …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… African marigolds grow in full sun and bloom throughout the growing season. The cultivar ‘Vanilla’ has extremely double … large flowers with ivory petals that blend into lemon yellow in the center. It will grow to a height of about 16 inches. The common name is a misnomer — this species is actually from …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… produces fountains of bright yellow flowers resembling starbursts on a plant shorter in stature than the species. This plant prefers full sun and moist soil, and when provided with these conditions, … it is insect- and disease-resistant. Bees and migrating butterflies swarm the flowers to obtain the nutrient-rich nectar, while a number of small birds enjoy feasting upon the seeds. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Ruby Red') is a slow-growing plant with a rambling growth habit. Individual plants can grow to 3 feet by 3 feet on this Madagascar native that may be extinct in the wild. Its 5- to 6-sided fleshy, thorny stems are adorned with short, oblong leaves. The …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… We know autumn is upon us when this majestic perennial begins to bloom. For months willow-leaf sunflower has sent up billows of thin, willowy, drooping leaves on upright stems up to nine feet tall. In early September the yellow daisy-like flowers with purple-brown eyes put on a show and attract late season …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This plant is a veronica. Veronica is named for St Veronica who comforted Jesus on his path to Calvary. Spike veronica has violet-blue flower spikes from early to mid-summer. It grows to about eighteen inches in height and about twelve inches in width and has dark green foliage. Dead-heading will … cut back completely after flowering. Veronica benefits from consistently moist soils during the growing period but cannot tolerate wet soils during dormancy. It is unattractive to both deer …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Orange Jelly Burn Plant ( Bulbine frutescens 'Orange'), a member of the lily family, is derived from a native to desert grasslands in South Africa. The name Bulbine comes from the Latin word "bulbus", meaning onion or bulb. This …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Flowers range from white to purplish pink on this smaller statured Colchicum found in the wild from Romania, across the Crimea and Georgia to northern Turkey. Plant in full sun and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
