… to fall it has large, fragrant panicles of lavender-purple spikes that attract butterflies and hummingbirds. It’s best used for massed plantings in borders. It is deer resistant and will tolerate drought once it is established. Pruning the plant back in the spring will … increase in flowers. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… again from September through October. Plant Lady Betty Balfour in full sun to partial shade, and prune to the ground in early spring. It is an excellent choice for covering pergolas and arbors. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… produced atop an incredibly tall stem—up to 6 feet in height on mature specimens—in October and November. This South African native can be grown in well drained, loose, organic soils in a wide range of sunlight levels, and requires low to moderate fertility. Closely related species ( Clivia nobilis ) produce … flower spikes on shorter stems. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… The light green barrels pick up a tint of red in full sun. This cactus forms large clumps, and individual stems can reach 5 feet in height. Not at all frost hardy, this plant needs full sun, warm temperatures, and very well-drained soils that remain dry during dormancy. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… spikes above the mounded foliage. It is quite popular because it blooms late in the summer and into fall, a time when there are few purple flowers in the garden. Often used as an accent, this tall, late-blooming plant grows well in the shade and is also excellent at the water's edge. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… overlapping whorls on orange stems. Excellent as an informal hedge, it grows to 12 feet high and 10 feet wide and requires little pruning. Foliage turns bronze in winter. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… it thrives in damp areas on the forest floor. The fronds are held erect: celsa means lofty and in ideal locations it forms a dense multi-frond clump of dark green fronds growing to about 3 feet high and 3 feet wide. It is suitable as specimen plant or as an understory in shaded areas. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… cultivar that grow to only 3 -5 feet high. The flowers are white, with ruffled petals and large red blotches at the center which bleed outward. It blooms continuously from mid summer … up to 3 days. It is sold commercially as LIL' KIM. Hibiscus syriacus is native to eastern Asia and is the national flower of Korea. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… Hibiscus syriacus 'Paeoniflorus' has semi double lavender pink flowers with red centers and streaks of darker pink on the petals. This is an upright deciduous shrub 8 to 10 feet tall … syriacus, it was thought to have originated in Syria, the species is actually native to China and India. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… upright shrub that grows to a maximum height of 8 feet. It requires full sun or partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. In the summer and early fall it produces large upright panicles of white flowers. Small sterile flowers are … after most shrubs are done. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
