… This imposing plant grows up to 8 feet tall and 4 feet wide and is best for a large garden. Use it as a specimen plant or in a naturalistic garden. … in the garden; a royal beauty! Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… the common name Grape Hyacinth. Plant it in full sun to part shade. It is resistant to deer and rabbits and is hardy in zones 5 – 8. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… in fall. Needs full sun but is not fussy as to soils as long as they are well drained. Rabbits and deer avoid the foliage. Does not tolerate mulches and tree leaves in fall should be removed. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… to 60’ in cultivation but may top out at 200’ in the wild. It does best in colder climates and doesn’t do well south of Zone 7. It has the classic evergreen pyramid shape. It tolerates humidity well and does best in sunny locations with well-drained soil. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… The Iseli Fastigiate Spruce has a compact, narrow pyramidal form with upward trending branches and blue needles. For use in full sun with moderate moisture, this slow growing compact form ultimately reaches 40' high and 10' wide. Hardy to USDA zone 3, this spruce is useful as a vertical blue accent or grouped as a screen or hedge. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… Typically it has long, soft blue-green needles in clumps of five, but with more lateral buds and a slower growth habit. Like other cultivars, its ideal conditions are acidic soils, bright light to full sun, and well-drained, consistently moist soils. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… These are low-growing, softly spreading plants grown for their early blooming, sky-blue flowers and their silver-blotched green leaves. Bethlehem sage is a good ground cover in shady positions. … Grow it in shady places under a shrub border. After the first leaves die down, clip them and new, fresh, clearly marked leaves will emerge. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… spotted foliage. 'Sissinghurst White' is an ideal plant for shaded locations with moist soil and cool summer temperatures. Trim back the foliage in late summer to remove tattered leaves, and rejuvenate the contrast between the white spots on the green foliage. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… This beautiful, red hybrid tea rose grows up to 4 1/2- feet high with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. The long-stemmed flowers possess a mild tea rose fragrance. Flowering begins around mid-June and continues through mid-October. The leaves are very disease-resistant; this is the most … of the hybrid tea roses. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… To the delight of butterflies, honeybees, and hummingbirds, velvet purply-blue flowers on 1-foot stalks top this 4-foot-tall, nonhardy sage … Indigo Spires salvia ( Salvia 'Indigo Spires') is a chance hybrid of Salvia longispicata and Salvia farinacea ; it was discovered by staff at the Huntington Botanical Gardens in 1979. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
