… This beautiful shrub grows up to 4 feet high with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. From May through August it produces fragrant pink blooms that attract butterflies. It is a specimen in a hedge or a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This beautiful shrub grows up to 3 feet high with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. From May through October it produces fragrant pink blooms that attract butterflies. It is a specimen in a hedge or a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… for the upcoming winter months. If you mulched in the spring, check to see how much mulch is left. If needed, add more mulch to a depth of 2 to 3 inches. Do not let the mulch touch the trunks of trees and shrubs. This leads to moisture accumulation around the base of the plants and can lead to rotting. It also provides shelter to rodents, which can cause damage to woody …
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… Q. My Phalaenopsis orchid just finished blooming and I’m not sure what to do with the flower stem. Do I cut it? If so, where? A. Proper pruning of … encourage rebloom. The inflorescence of small plants should be removed at the base because it is unlikely that it will produce new blooms until the plant reaches a larger size. Inflorescences … entire flowering stem to its base. If flowers grow smaller with age, remove the entire stem. And if at any time the flowering stem begins to discolor and turn brown, it will need to be cut …
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… fruit, much desired by birds. It has a distinctive horizontal branching growth habit that is similar to the native pagoda dogwood. This cultivar's parent, however, is native to China. … welcome in the home garden for their multi-season interest -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, …
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… Budd’s yellow dogwood is notable for its bright yellow stems, which add winter interest to the garden. The plant … welcome in the home garden for their multi-season interest -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, …
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… turn bright white by summer. This small to medium (15 inches tall, 20 inches wide) hosta is a sport of H . 'June'; the cultivar was introduced and named by Walters Gardens to honor an employee who died of breast cancer. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long-lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks called …
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… America. Kohleria 'HCY's Jardin de Monet' has flowers with coral pink tubes. The throat is creamy white with lobes spotted in burgundy. Flowers appear in loose spikes at the ends of … deep red. The dark green leaves are very large, up to seven inches long by five inches wide, and red-violet beneath. The growth pattern is strongly upright. 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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… or large shrub. Or you can prune it to 5 feet as a free-standing bush. Pollinators love roses, and Graham Thomas® cultivar is no exception. It comes from David Austin, the English breeder dedicated to bringing together the shapes and scents of old-fashioned roses with the repeat bloom, hardiness, and disease resistance of …
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… in height with nicely dissected green leaves. It grows best in full sun with moderate moisture and moderate fertilization. It is avoided by most herbivores because of the chemical constituents in the leaves. The common name … (fever reducer). During the Middle Ages it was also recommended for tonic, digestive, and emmenagogic (menstruation-provoking) properties. Modern medicine has documented a series of …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
