… The Hedge Maple is native to most of Europe (in Scotland, it is the only native maple) and has been naturalized in North America and New Zealand. It is a slow grower and has deeply fissured, cork-like bark. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… and is one of the "snake bark" maples. It can reach a height of 40 feet. It should be sited in full sun and is tolerant of a wide range of soil conditions (except wet ones) and types. Foliage starts as a medium green, turning yellow and gold with crimson highlights in the fall. The green and white striped bark adds winter interest. Compared to other maples, it …
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… Achillea 'Coronation Gold' has deep yellow flowers tightly clustered together in large, flat-topped flowerheads. The stems stand 2 to 3 feet tall with fragrant, silvery green … and drought. This is a favorite as a cut flower and is also excellent as a dried flower. In 1993 ‘Coronation Gold’ received the Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. …
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… 5-foot-tall perennial is topped by dense spikes of royal purple flowers with inner markings in a lighter shade. Full sun and moist soil are the plant's preferred growing conditions. In its native range, Aconitum is disliked by herders because of its toxicity to livestock (which …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… a single rosette of spine tipped leaves and rarely produces pups (offsets). Found on a ranch in northern Oaxaca, Mexico, it is relatively rare in commerce. Full sun with well drained soils and above freezing temperatures are all factors …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… use. It prefers full sun and moderate to moist, well-drained soils. Hardy to USDA Zone 7, in the Chicago area the tubers need to be dug up and overwintered in a frost-free location to reuse the following year. The plant attracts hummingbirds and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… a height of twenty feet. The flowers of this vine are large, pipe-shaped, and highly odiferous in order to attract the flies that pollinate this plant. The flowers are a dark purplish-maroon that is veined in white and are very showy. However this vine is poisonous to some native butterfly larvae, so …
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… begonia is a large thick-stemmed begonia with large dark green leaves up to ten inches in width. it forms large clumps up to three feet tall and four feet wide and spreads by fleshy … moderately moist but well-drained soil. These plants are delicate and require overwintering in a draft-free location. …
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… deciduous trees like oaks and maples where it completes its life cycle before they leaf out in spring. An extract of the leaves, galanthamine , is used in some European countries to treat Alzheimer's Disease. Other compounds are toxic, the reason …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… spikes of purple flowers with throats intensely spotted with maroon. This cultivar is unique in that it blooms the first year from seed (all other species and cultivars are biennials and … of its tall, upright habit, Foxglove makes a great perennial border plant or a "thriller" in mixed containers. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
