… This mat-forming evergreen ground cover grows to a height of four inches in full sun to partial shade. It has tiny, glossy ovate leaves growing along stiff stems. It has pink and … plenty of organic matter. Colonies of these plants grow along the dunes of Lake Michigan. It is also known as "kinnikinnick" and other species, found in western states are called "manzanita." …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… held on 12 inch high, thick stems. Cinderella prefers full sun or part shade and can grow in to a clump up to 2 feet wide. It prefers consistently moist, but well-drained soils during the growing season and drier soils during the colder months. This plant is well-suited to a border, especially when combined with spring-flowering plants. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… plants are prized for their use as structure in a perennial border. Everything about them is large, from their rich green, palmately lobed leaves to their 8- to 10-inch flowers. The immense blossoms have colorful bottlebrush reproductive structures in the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Native to east and central North America, this multi-stemmed shrub with a rounded top tends to become leggy at the base. Use this shrub at the edge of a property, in a wooded border, or … during the summer, and yellowish-brown fall color provide three seasons of interest. It is a wonderful choice for naturalizing into a woodland border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… and several stalks on each plant. The buds open in series, so a single plant will continue to bloom for 2 weeks or more. It is easy to grow and does well in full sun to part shade. Nicholas has been awarded the Junior Citation …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… the shrub crabapple is a shorter species that bears white flowers and red fruit. Crabapples are small flowering trees that provide a showy display in the spring landscape for 1 to 2 weeks. In addition to the eye-catching buds and flowers, their foliage, habit, and fruit make them attractive plants …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Bright-red double flowers up to 4 inches in diameter are features of Rosa ‘Hi, Neighbor’, a hardy, disease-resistant … in Iowa. Glossy green foliage covers this shrub that can reach 4 feet by 4 feet in size. It is very hardy, with survival documented at minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit. This rose features a light scent, but rarely produces fruit. Grow it in full sun and prune to shape; remove deadwood in early spring, after the danger of very cold weather has passed. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… white flowers in May are followed by abundant and persistant red fruit. Fall leaf color is burgundy to bronze. Viburnums are a versatile genus of multi-stemmed shrubs that are well suited to the home landscape due to their range of sizes and cultural adaptability. Some viburnums are …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Vanilla is an economically important crop used for flavoring and fragrances. The vanilla "bean" isn't a bean, it is the fruit of the vanilla orchid. This project is investigating if different cultivation practices influence the associated fungi and bacteria …
Type: Research
… A lack of information on the population biology of fungi has greatly hindered efforts to understand their biology and to include them in conservation discussions and action plans. Studies have been severely limited … 2014. Fieldwork in Montana and Wyoming by Mueller obtained samples for an investigation that is using these techniques to compare the population structure of two closely related Laccaria …
Type: Research
