… Blue Bonnet false indigo is a dwarf variety is a clone selected from seeds collected in Texas. It features blue flower spikes that emerge prior to the blue-green foliage. Members of the genus Baptisia are commonly known as wild or false indigo due to their use by early Americans as a blue dye. Although "indigo" is in the common name, the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The titan arum ( Amorphophallus titanum ) is not really a flower; technically it’s the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world. At 6 to 8 feet tall in bloom, it’s striking. Also known as "corpse flower" because of the unbelievable … spadix rises, heats up and opens, causing the female flowers ringing the bottom of the spadix to open and release their scent all at once. The experts at the Huntington Library, Art …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Lemon Lime is a rapid grower that forms a small mound (1 foot tall by 1½ feet wide) of greenish-gold foliage. It may rebloom if its first scapes of purple striped flowers are cut to the ground after flowering. The flowers can be used in floral arrangements. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… hosta cultivar, the foliage of Sum & Substance emerges light green in spring, then progresses to chartreuse, and then gold in fall. It was named Hosta of the Year for 2004 by the American Hosta Growers Association. Sum & Substance is often used in hosta hybridizing programs. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Carmen showy sedum is a cultivar of the large-flowered, herbaceous, perennial sedums that comes closest to a true red flower color. Growing 18 by 18 inches, this fall-blooming perennial thrives in average soils with average water. The blooms are a butterfly magnet. Hylotelephium used to be called sedum until the DNA was analyzed. Both genera remain members of the Crassulaceae, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Golden Tiara has small to medium green leaves with chartreuse margins. It forms a medium-sized hosta mound and is a vigorous grower. Golden Tiara can be used as an edger, ground cover, or specimen. Many sports of this cultivar are available in the trade. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Lilium leichtlinii has yellow flowers with lots of reddish-purple spots in early to mid summer. The petals are recurved and the flowers are downfacing on purplish stems that stand 4 to 5 feet tall when established. The bulbs are edible and can be eaten as a starchy vegetable. The buds are hairy, and there is also some hair on the stem and foliage. Lilium leichtlinii is native to central Honshu, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This clump-forming evergreen perennial native to the Midwest grows to a height of 3 feet with full sun to partial shade and moist soil conditions. It has showy green blooms in May and June. It can be used in a border or as a ground cover. It is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Q. When is the correct time to prune evergreen hedges? A. March is actually a fine time to prune junipers or arborvitae that have been shaped into hedge forms. Before the plants put out …
Type: Plant Info
… the white and avoid the red and yellow flowers – why? A: Different butterflies are attracted to different colors and nectars. They do not see the color red as well as we do, which might explain why they are not visiting the red zinnias. Butterflies can see light that is invisible to animals, including humans. Petals of many flowers reflect ultraviolet light that we cannot …
Type: Plant Info
