… fragrant, bell-shaped, lavender-blue blooms loved by hummingbirds. A sun-loving vine growing 8 to 10 feet tall, clematis prefers to be planted slightly deep in cool, well-drained soil, with mulch or a groundcover to shade its feet and a solid support to climb. …
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… Hornbeam is an excellent landscape tree and, due to its dwarf narrow shape, dwarf columnar hornbeam fits nicely in the home garden. It is a slow-growing upright deciduous tree with dense, compact foliage that grows to 4 feet tall and 1 1/2 feet wide and prefers full sun to part shade. Its small green leaves turn yellow in the fall, lending striking color to the …
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… Heatherbun is a dwarf, rounded cultivar that grows 6 to 8 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide. Its name derives from its medium-green foliage that turns an attractive heather purple to plum purple in winter. It is easily grown in average, moist, well-drained soils in full sun to …
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… Bronzy orange leaves form a water holding cup in the center of this bromeliad native to northern South America. The tip and leaf edges are edged in spines. Grow in bright to full sunlight in warm humid conditions and replenish the water supply in the cup as needed with non-chlorinated and non-fluorinated water to avoid leaf burn. Birds and insects are attracted to the plant because of the water supply in …
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… pink semi-double flowers with deep red centers. This is an upright shrub that grows 5 to 8 feet tall and blooms from mid summer to fall. Minspot is part of the First Edition® series and is commonly sold as FIJI™. It is hardy in zones 5 – 8. When the species was named syriacus, it was thought to have originated in Syria, but it is actually native to China and India. …
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… 'Notwood3' has gorgeous double blue flowers with lacy centers. This is an upright shrub 8 to 12 feet tall. It blooms from mid summer to fall and produces nearly sterile flowers with very few unwanted seed capsules. This is a … Chiffon series. It is hardy in zones 5-9. When the species was named syriacus, it was thought to have originated in Syria, but it is actually native to China and India. …
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… pruning, it can look unkempt. Four-petaled flowers are borne on pyramidal panicles 6 inches to 8 inches long from mid July onward. They change from white to purplish-pink and finally turn to brown as the growing season progresses, persisting into fall. The triangular flower heads on …
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… graeberiana ‘White Fall’ is pale blue with white falls and a yellow crest. The stems stand 6 to 8 inches high. It is attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds and resistant to rabbits and deer. The name Iris was taken from the Greek goddess of the rainbow to symbolize …
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… Rhododendron 'Rosy Lights' was developed in Minnesota to provide reliably hardy azaleas that can tolerate the often less-than-ideal soils found in the … flowers in late spring are followed by intense orange and red fall color. Part of the key to success in the Midwest is the deciduous growth habit, allowing the plant to survive very low temperatures with little or snow cover to protect the foliage on evergreen …
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… flowers with just a slight lavender wash cover this disease resistant shrub rose from mid-June to the first hard frosts of the season, traditionally around mid-October. Full sun in moderately … fertile soils that never completely dry out are ideal. The rugosa parentage provides tolerance to salty soils, an advantage to roadside plantings subjected to salt spray during the winter. Honey bees and other insects …
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