… display of 2- to 3-inch pure white flowers surrounded by a petaloid calyx. Glossy leaves with prominent drip tips are all indicative of its origins in tropical rainforests. In …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… as most orchids do. Often referred to as a "blue orchid", the flowers are actually lavender with a darker lip and yellow blotch below the nectar guides. The search for a "blue orchid" …
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… celandine poppy ( Chelidonium majus ), a hardy perennial that thrives in shaded locations with moist soils. This is another example of a woodland plant that completes its growth and …
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… streams and ponds. It has an upright mounding habit, growing to about two feet tall and wide with dark green leaves. The pink flowers resemble a snapdragon or a turtle's head. It requires …
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… The flowers have showy clusters of up to 40 stamens in the center. The leaves are round, with long petioles. This species differs from our local species, Caltha palustris , in its larger …
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… salmon-colored blooms from midsummer to fall and has large lance-shaped, gray-green leaves with creamy stripes resembling those of the banana plant. It is versatile as well. Plant it in …
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… Punch canna lives up to those standards. It can reach 4 feet tall, produces orange flowers with yellow throats from summer through fall, and has green lance-shaped leaves resembling those …
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… nymphs. This fern is a native of the talus slopes of the mountains of Europe and Western Asia, with a range from Norway to Spain, and east to Pakistan. Clearly this is a tough fern that is …
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… the damp rocky woodlands across the northern Us, Europe and Asia. It has bright green fronds with crested edges and golden-brown hairs on the stems. Overall the plant can grow to 3 feet in …
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… almost woody trunk to 3' to 8' high. The second year it sends up a dramatic flower spike with thousands of flowers. A native of the Canary Islands, this is a favorite of bees. At the …
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