… this palm without killing it. Note: There is also a Bismarck palm with green foliage for a more traditional look. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… early fall until a secondary bloom extends the show later into the fall. It is a magnet for bees, butterflies and hummingbirds attracted to its honey scented blooms. Minimal water is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… especially when backlit in early morning or late afternoon. The plant is usually retained for winter interest and cut back in early spring and can also be divided at this time if …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Deadhead (remove old flowers) to promote increased flowering but leave a few to set seed for next year's crop. Plant it in full sun after danger of hard frosts has passed in moderately …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… and attract many early pollinating insects, although in the Midwest, they bloom too early for most butterflies. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… to hummingbirds and a range of other pollinators. Ace of Hearts is a dwarf redbud, designed for smaller gardens, reaching heights of only 9 to 12 feet and widths of 10-15 feet with a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ends of long arching flowering stems to 8'. Grow in full sun, moderate water and fertilization for best results. Like other members of the Solanaceae (Potatoe family), the leaves, stems, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… is almost identical to native Phragmites that have been part of the North American landscape for some 40,000 years. Native Americans in the southwest used the fibrous native plant in woven … quickly (it stands as dead matter over the winter), it alters the fragile wetlands balance for native fish and wildlife, many of which cannot survive. Distinguishing Native from Exotic … the genetic characteristics of both native and exotic Phragmites, determining the potential for hybridization between the two in order to provide land managers with valuable information as …
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… native perennial featuring branching erect stems and showy white, pea-like flowers that bloom on 30-inch stems from May to June. This species is distinguished from the other white native …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ( Baptisia ‘Purple Smoke’) is a chance hybrid seedling that produces smoky violet flowers on upright racemes up to 1 foot in length. The contrast between the flowers, the gray-green …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
