… The Brazilian Dutchman's pipe or pelican flower is native to Central and South America where it can grow to a height of twenty feet. The flowers of this vine are large, pipe-shaped, and highly odiferous in order to attract the flies that pollinate this plant. The flowers are a dark purplish-maroon that is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Hibiscus laevis has pink to almost white flowers with a maroon or purple eye and 5 overlapping petals. The flowers are produced all along the stem from the bottom to the top and measure up to 6 inches across. The plant stands 4 to 6 feet tall, blooming in mid summer until fall, …
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… has giant bicolored red and white flowers with pink streaks. The huge flowers are 10 to 12 inches across and are often called dinner plates. 'Snowflame' stands 3-5 ft tall and blooms from mid summer to fall. It is attractive to hummingbirds while resistant to deer. The name Hibiscus came from the Greek word “hibiskos” …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This petite, blue, cool season grass is a wonderful complement to both Festuca and Helictotrichon, falling between the two in height. It forms an 8” tall, thick clump of spiky textured, narrow, grey-blue to blue-green leaves that are nice and soft to the touch. Like Festuca, its flowers are held in narrow, upright spikes high above the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Large heads of blue-mauve flowers (the closest to true blue in the species) perfume the surrounding landscape with the sweet scent of garden phlox from July to October. This plant is highly attractive to pollinating insects and hummingbirds but prone to powdery mildew on the leaves during summer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… is sold under its trademark name BOBO™. This is a compact dwarf shrub that stands 2 to 3 ft tall with a spread of 3 to 4 ft. It has large, conical flowerheads measuring up to 11inches on strong stems that don’t droop. The flower clusters are a mixture of showy but …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This is a small shrub with a compact rounded habit and large conical flowerheads. It stands 3 to 5 ft. high with a spread of 3 to 5 ft. The flowerheads are a mixture of larger showy but sterile flowers and smaller, fertile … Strong stems prevent the flowerheads from drooping. The flowers emerge lime green and mature to white in July and last into September, turning pink/burgundy as they mature. ‘Jane’ does well …
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… The Desert Mountain mock orange is native to the dry, mountainous regions of southwest North America. It bears highly fragrant white flowers with a maroon center in May to June. The Desert Mountain mock orange is a medium-sized deciduous shrub with narrow grayish-green leaves that are adapted to dry climates, growing to about six feet in height and width with gently arching branches and …
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… Lilium martagon is a light to deep pink, but may also have shades of yellow or red. This species is also known as turk's cap … flowers on a single stem. The flowers are small, measuring only 2 inches, and bloom in early to mid summer. Martagon lilies are native to Europe where they grow on Alpine slopes at an elevation of 7000 feet. These lilies are the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This bulb grows to a height of 8 feet with full sun to partial shade and moist soil conditions. It has yellow blooms from July to August. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
