… carol because it has the perfect shape and size of a Christmas tree. The Tannenbaum mugo pine is a slow-growing mugo pine that eventually reaches a height of fifteen feet and a width of … years. It has dark green needles that have a bluish cast and branches from the ground adding to its desirable form. This tree requires a sunny spot and well-drained soil but is a tough reliable plant once established, although it should be watered in hot weather when …
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… in late spring and early fall. Use precaution: Handle with care and protect from deer applies to all Eremurus . This is a prized florist flower. …
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… This clump-forming grass can grow to a height of about 4 feet with full sun and moist soil conditions. In mid summer and early fall it produces insignificant yellow and purple blooms. It is a specimen in a border. …
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… This tall (145’) tree is native to . It has no tolerance for shade, salt exposure, or air pollution, but it can …
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… Continue to harvest herbs to use fresh, and dry or freeze them in small batches in an ice cube tray. Pinch off developing … an even supply of moisture rather than a heavy soaking and then a drought. Straw mulch is helpful in these beds. Many hot-weather-loving veggies, such as peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, …
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… and bloom from late May into June. The flowers are followed by noticeable black pods. This is a valued and conspicuous plant of our native prairies. Its refined appearance makes it equally … Baptisia lactea . 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 … are followed in the fall by dark pods. Overall habits of the plant are broad-rounded mounds to vase-shaped and range in height from two to five feet. Baptisia are considered easy-to-grow, …
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… Guernsey Cream is a large-flowered perennial vine that climbs 6 to 8 feet tall. From May to June, it produces 5-inch flowers that emerge light yellow with green central bars and …
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… Deep gold crested cockscombs continue to increase in size over the summer resulting in massive flowers that can be harvested and dried - or left in place to supply songbirds with food. This is no shy ankle-bitter that has to be moved to the front of the flower bed in order to be seen in …
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… mounded perennial from mid-summer through fall. Dark green needle-thin leaves are resistant to deer and other herbivores. Tolerant of heat, drought, poor soils, and neglect (once established), this sterile cultivar continues to produce new flowers whose nectar is a butterfly magnet. …
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… Sun sedge, known as the long-stolen sedge, is native to the United States, occurring in prairies and grasslands. This sedge produces a loose clump of stiff, green, narrow leaves on stems up to 20 inches tall. The plant grows from rhizomes and fibrous roots and can be useful as a ground …
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