… Vernal or Ozark witch hazels, although native to the Ozark Plateau, are a welcome harbinger of spring. ‘Purple Ribbons’ is a medium-sized shrub or small tree with a round habit. Leaves are initially light green changing to a dark green then to yellow-orange in the fall. The flowers are small, fragrant thread-like lavender-purple petals …
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… This plant is an echinacea which is native to eastern north America. It gets its name from the center of the flowers that look like a spiny … such as a sea urchin. Magnus coneflower produces large fragrant dusty purple flowers on 2- to 3-foot stems with dark green leaves. It prefers full sun to part shade and well-drained soils but is adaptable to clay and rocky soils. During the summer …
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… across when fully open. The petals are overlapping and very slightly ruffled. The plant grows to 4 feet high and blooms in mid summer to early fall. It is attractive to hummingbirds and bees while resistant to deer. The name Hibiscus came from the Greek work …
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… Iris versicolor , commonly known as Northern blue flag, is native to the northern part of the United States and into Canada. The flower stalks stand 2 to 3 feet tall, each with 3 to 5 blue flowers in May and June. The flowers have a prominent yellow blotch and a white area …
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… of globe-shaped leaves fused at the base that sit above the surface of the soil and can grow to 4 inches across. The leaves are grey green to brown with many conspicuous raised dark dots scattered over the whole surface. Large … flowers emerge from the center of the plant from May through August. They are yellow to coppery-orange, or sometimes white or pinkish with a paler throat, and fragrant with a …
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… Looking at it, the common name of featherleaf Rodger's flower is hard to explain. Its leaves are as big as most hostas' and heavily textured...anything but feathery. There is, however, a feathery quality to the spikes of flowers rising 2 feet above that foliage in shades of pink to rosy red. In the shade garden, Rodgersias give you a bold counterpoint to the delicate airy …
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… Emerging foliage was a deeper richer red bronze than other plants in the test, turning to bronze-edged green by late May. It also proved reliably bushy over the years...maturing to more than 5-feet wide, with flowering spikes up to 6 feet tall. In the shade garden, Rodgersias give you a bold counterpoint to the delicate airy …
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… native asters, found in all but the warmest and coldest areas of North America. It grows 2 to 4 feet tall, and starts blooming in August, continuing into November. The leaves are lanceolate, up to 4 inches long, with distinct lobes at the bases. The flowers are among the largest of our native asters, from 1 to 2 inches across, with about 30-ray flowers surrounding a yellow center. The typical flower is …
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… purple, almost black bracts on tall, 20-inch flowering stems. The flowers, which can grow up to 10 inches long, superficially resemble a bat in flight with long whiskers. The foliage of this … shade-loving plant resembles Spathiphyllum , and its color and odor attract bats and flies to achieve cross-pollination. Tacca is a monotypic genus in the Taccadeae family, with a natural population range limited to Malaysia and Papua New Guinea. In some species, the flowers act as traps to ensure that flies …
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… Thevetia peruvaniana , also known in the U.S. as yellow oleander, is native to South America where it can grow to 30 feet tall, blooming all the while. The long narrow leaves give the branches an almost … yellow oleander in the yard as a bush, a small tree, or even a hedge. Further north, it needs to be in a container and come indoors in the cold months. All parts of this plant are poisonous …
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