… Although it is common in prairies and sandy areas, Sorghastrum nutans the ornamental value of this grass has … Native throughout most of North America except for the Far West, Indian grass grows in clumps about two feet tall. In mid-summer colorful plumes appear that extend two to three feet …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Many garden centers also sell and deliver mulch by the cubic yard. Beware of colored mulch in shades of red, black, and brown that contains chemicals that can leach onto nearby pavers and … mix from your containers when you empty them this fall. Benefits When the garden “sleeps” in winter, mulch helps define beds and borders. But there are other ways that mulch helps plants … unfilled niches and open soil, allowing sunlight to directly reach the ground. Any bare soil is a welcome mat for seeds—just look at any empty lot where weeds fill the cracks. In the summer, …
Type: Plant Info
… and factor up to interactions that may influence whether species can coexist together in the long term. This is critical for understanding how the plants and their traits that we choose for restoration may hinder or promote restoration goals. I have an interest in root traits and I largely use restoration-targeted species in empirical research and use a …
Type: Staff bio
… Mountain bugbane is primarily an East Coast native, but it's also found in Illinois (though it's currently on the … Its white bottlebrush blooms rise 5 yo 6 feet above the mound of ferny deeply cut foliage in late summer - a regal sight in the open shade of deciduous woods. There are over 35 different …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Dean' is a large vase plant grown for its foliage in tropical climates. In sunny spots it has broad, thick, sharply serrated leaves of mahogany red blending to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… In fall, from mid-September to mid-October, this hardy perennial is covered with creamy white chrysanthemum-like flowers. The flowers have short, white rays … flowers are tubular and cleft at the tips. The leaves are deeply serrated. Plant this aster in full sun and in average soil. At 20 inches in height, this Asian native plant does not need to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… flowers top out the gray-green foliage on this hardy bulb native to the higher elevations in the Middle East. It was discovered in 1585 and has been featured in landscape gardens ever since. Bulbs purchased for annual display use will flower well in a sunny position in average soils. However, if naturalization is desired, greater attention to the soil and growing conditions are required. Very well-drained …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Virginia sweetspire is a native of stream banks and swamps of the southern and eastern US including Missouri and … of partial sun, and consistently rich, moist, but well-drained soils it can reach 8 feet in height but in cultivation it tends to be 3-6 feet tall and wide. In summer it bears showy racemes of …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… BISHOP'S CASTLE™ is an English shrub rose from the breeder David Austen, who's famous for combing the very full flower form and fragrance of English shrub roses with more recent developments in rose breeding such as repeat bloom, disease resistance, and improved cold hardiness. The flowers are a strong, clear pink that hardly fades at all in the sun, presented in a shallow, very full cup of petals. Like all roses, the more sun you …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Chewground' rose is an OSO EASY® Fragrant Spreader. It's what's often called a landscape rose, just 2 feet high, … or covering sunny slopes and banks. Clusters of small pink and white single roses appear in profusion from mid-June through frost on a rose that needs little to no care. No pruning. No spraying. No deadheading. No winter protection. And minimal pruning. It can even thrive in part shade, though you'll get more flowers in full sun. Since it tolerates salt as well as …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
