… Stainless Steel Alumroot is a great shade garden selection. This Heuchera was bred by Charles and Martha Oliver of the … outstanding, numerous tall panicles of creamy white flowers. Stainless Steel Alumroot matures to 12 inches tall and 24 inches wide. The inflorescences appear high over the silver foliage in late spring and summer and increase the height to 2 feet. Fantastic in a container, border or as a groundcover in semi- to full shade. Although …
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… red flowers in early summer. The flowers are fragrant and upfacing on stems that stand only 14 to 18 inches high. This is a dwarf Asiatic hybrid. Asiatic hybrids are the easiest lilies to grow, are quite winter hardy and reproduce readily. They generally bloom earlier than other …
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… white flowers with a dark orange throat decorated with dark brown spots. Like most lilies it is fragrant but not overpoweringly so. It is attractive to hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees. White Henryi belongs to the group of Aurelian lily hybrids which generally bloom in July on stout stems supporting …
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… Excellens is a relatively rare cultivar of Manchurian lilac, which produces white blossoms. It was … tubular in form and are borne in large panicles. While the common name of the plant has come to define a shade of pale purple, some species and hybrids have pink or white blossoms. Lilacs begin to set buds for the following year shortly after they finish blooming; if pruning is desired, it …
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… Cape jasmine ( Tabernaemontana divaricata ), a member of the Apocynaceae (dogbane) family, is a showy tropical shrub with extremely fragrant, nocturnal, double-white 1.5-inch flowers with … or wavy corollas. Its glossy 6- by 2-inch leaves are elliptic and wavy margined, colored mid- to dark green above and pale green beneath. Its many-branched foliage tends to grow almost parallel to the ground, giving the shrub an attractive horizontal aspect. The …
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… Nanum fragrant viburnum is a compact cultivar that grows to only 4' tall and as wide over time. It blooms in early spring … fragrant, light pink flowers in panicles on naked stems. It may take a while for the plant to bloom more profusely. Fruiting is sparse. It can be grown in full sun to partial shade in …
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… do I keep cut greenery fresh indoors for the holidays? A. Use a pair of clean, sharp cutters to prune off desired branches. Place the cut ends in water until you are ready to use them. You can crush the ends of woody stems so that the branch can take up more water. Another option is to place the greenery in water overnight to allow the cutting to absorb more water. Dry the …
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… Marshalls Delight is a long-blooming beebalm that grows 2' to 3' tall and about 1' to 2' wide. As part of an evaluation of beebalms held at the Chicago Botanic Garden, Marshalls …
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… ‘Golden Vanities’ is tree peony with single blossoms of light yellow with pink shading and purple flares. Tree peonies often need to settle in for one to two years before producing blooms and, once established, will grow to mature size in five to …
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… warm and humid air with no drafts. If you have had these plants for some time, perhaps it is time to repot them. Although they do prefer to be slightly "potbound," all repotting should be done in spring using plastic rather …
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