… Dark pink, thin ray flowers surround the deep orange eye of this coneflower on a shorter statured plant. The showy non-fertile ray flowers extend out horizontally from the central orange-colored fertile flowers. Plant this echinacea in full sun and well-drained soil, and protect the plant from rabbits until it … in the landscape. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… Iris 'Undercurrent' is a stunning tall bearded iris with vanilla standards, apricot yellow falls and fiery red beards. There is a gray purplish wash extending inward from the edges of the falls. It stands 42 inches high, blooming in mid to late season with a mild … a symbol of royalty throughout history is an adaptation of the iris flower. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… Purple Smoke false indigo ( Baptisia ‘Purple Smoke’) is a chance hybrid seedling that produces smoky violet flowers on upright racemes up to 1 foot in length. The contrast between the flowers, the gray-green foliage, and the charcoal-colored stems is striking. Rob Gardener, former curator of the North Carolina Botanical Garden, discovered this hybrid while evaluating a planting of Baptisia minor var. aberrans in 1996. Members of the …
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… 'White Giant' is a naturally occurring white-flowered form of Allium stipitatum, native from Turkey to the Tien Shan Mountains in Central Asia. Flower spikes grow to 4 feet tall and feature white … leaves are still green and fresh looking when the plant comes into flower. The key to keeping this and many other ornamental onions long-lasting in the garden are soils that do not stay wet …
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… Callicarpa japonica , or Japanese beautyberry, is one of the stars of the fall garden, with its rounded clusters of metallic-purple berries produced at almost every node along its arching stems. This root-hardy shrub can be planted in partially shaded to full sun locations that provide …
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… Windspiel is a German word meaning wind play, and it refers to the way the wind moves the blooms of this giant plant that can grow to 7 feet tall. A clump-forming ornamental grass that prefers full …
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… Canary yellow single or double petaled flowers cover the mounded shape of this bush rose in late May to early June. It is among the first of the roses to come into flower at the Garden. Late fall witnesses dark red …
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… The American plum can be found growing as a many-stemmed shrub or a single-stemmed tree. Use at the edge of a woodland garden. It is cloaked in white, fragrant, five-petaled flowers in early spring before leaves emerge. Its … red fruits, which ripen in the summer, are cherished by birds. The delicate white blossoms of this plant grace the native woodlands in early spring. Small native woodland tree with prized …
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… One of the largest meadow rues, it can grow to 4' or 5' in height. Its compound, grayish-green leaves provide soft, delicate texture in the garden. Use this tall plant in the back of the perennial border. Lavender flowers, which are actually sepals … their appearance in late June and early July. Native to Japan, the lavender mist meadow rue is rapidly gaining popularity in America's gardens. Soft texture and purple blooms Archived Copy: …
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… This species is native to São Paulo State in Brazil. The flowers resemble daylilies, with 4 to 5 crayon orange flowers per stem with a star-shaped yellow-green. The long orange filaments are tipped with white anthers. Patience is required to grow this species, as bulbs may take a long time to sprout. Once they do, water …
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