… Golden Guinea Japanese kerria ( Kerria japonica 'Golden Guinea') is a mounded shrub that grows well in moist soils and in partially shaded locations. In early spring, it is covered with golden-yellow flowers the size of a silver dollar. Fall color is a pale lemon-yellow, and once the leaves drop, the … shiny green stems provide interest in the landscape during the winter months. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Mountain aloe is one of the single trunked species with gray green leaves featuring darker … curve as they age. Full sun with plenty to room to grow as it reaches mature size. Outdoors it is hardy to about 20 degree F in dry climates. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… are yellow-green in spring, a soft sage green in summer and finally a rich brown in fall. This large specimen deserves a place of prominence in the landscape. Another attractive feature is the reddish-brown bark. This is a characteristic species of swamps in the eastern states. When …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: This is a medium-to-large shorebird often spotted on the shoreline or the mudflats south of the Dixon Prairie. …
Type: Birding
… golden flowers in large, closely packed flat topped clusters up to 4 inches in diameter. The stems stand 3 to 4 ft. tall with feathery aromatic foliage. It does well in full sun with a long blooming period from mid summer to early fall. It is attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds while resistant to deer, rabbits and drought. This is a cultivar of Achillea filipendulina which is native to the Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, Iraq …
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… Iris ‘Aichi-No-Kagayaki’ is a light yellow with a distinctive brown eyelash pattern surrounding the bright yellow signals at the base of the falls. The standards are quite small relative to the falls. This is a Peusadata iris, a cross between a Japanese iris ( Iris ensata) and Iris pseudacorus. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This tree is native to the midwest and lower Great Plains and can reach a height of 60 feet. Its common names are the … spring, it blooms with panicles of yellow-green flowers. The fruits contain tannic acid which is poisonous to humans as are the leaves. It is hardy to Zone 4 and prefers moist, well-drained …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… falls with a yellow blotch. It blooms in late winter or early spring with a mild fragrance. The flowers stand only 4 to 8 inches high and are perfect in a rock garden or scattered in the lawn. Iris reticulata , often called reticulated iris, is native to Turkey, the Caucasus, Northern Iraq, and Iran. The name reticulata refers to the … The name iris was taken from the Greek goddess of the rainbow to symbolize the many colors of this flower. The classic Fleur de Lys, which has been a symbol of royalty throughout history, was …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This plant is an echinacea which is native to eastern north America. It gets its name from the center of the flowers that look …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Paeonia suffruticosa, ‘Yae-Zakura’ is covered in double soft pink flowers up to 9” across. This cultivar can eventually reach 7’ x 7’ in size but is slow to establish. Young plants should be planted 4” – 6” deeper than they were previously grown – one of the few times planting ‘deep’ is recommended. The extra depth provides the woody part of the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
