… This fast-growing shrub with cherry-red stems is a great choice for brightening the winter garden, according to outdoor floriculturist Tim Pollak. Cardinal dogwood offers multiseason interest—white flowers …
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… a fragrant tea in Victorian times. It was called faham, or Bourbon tea—the latter referring to the island of Bourbon (later named Réunion), where the orchid is native. …
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… Park Service locations and resources. Learn more about historic Chellberg Farm—from the garden to the livestock including steers, heifers, nanny goats and kids, pigs, chickens, and turkeys. Chellberg Farm is part of Indiana Dunes National Park . …
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… The dwarf balsam fir is an evergreen conifer with dense dark green needles. Used as a specimen plant for rock gardens, … spring. The slow growth rate makes it an ideal low-maintenance plant. It grows in full sun to partial shade in a slightly acidic, well-drained soil. …
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… Chocolate Cherry Pepper This new pepper has green- and white-striped sweet peppers that turn to chocolate and red when mature. The foliage on the plant is also variegated with yellow and green leaves. The small fruits are perfect for snacking, …
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… Bellevalia pycnantha is a little known bulbous plant named after Pierre Richer de Belleval, who founded the Montpelier Botanic Garden in 1593. It resembles a larger grape hyacinth, growing to 12 inches high. From March through June it produces beautiful dark bluish purple flowers edged …
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… This plant grows up to 30 inches high and wide, with long leaves produced in a basal rosette. Sea lavender is a good filler plant for the perennial border. Small blooms develop on the multi-branched …
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… Geum canadense is commonly known as white avens. It stands 18 – 30 inches tall and blooms in early to late June with small half inch white flowers on hairy stems. Plant it in light shade or …
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… groundcover in summer followed by brilliant red leaf color 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 …
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… To the delight of butterflies, honeybees, and hummingbirds, velvet purply-blue flowers on 1-foot … nonhardy sage from June until frost. Indigo Spires salvia ( Salvia 'Indigo Spires') is a chance hybrid of Salvia longispicata and Salvia farinacea ; it was discovered by staff at …
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