… African glory bower ( Clerodendrum splendens ) climbs up to 10 feet in height by twining around a support. The tips of the branches are graced with a large number of scarlet red flowers, forming a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Lilium martagon is a light to deep pink, but may also have shades of yellow or red. This species is also known as turk's cap lily because of the shape of the flowers. The stems stand 5 feet tall with whorled leaves and as many as 40 or 50 … downfacing flowers on a single stem. The flowers are small, measuring only 2 inches, and bloom in early to mid summer. Martagon lilies are native to Europe where they grow on Alpine slopes at …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Q: I’ve heard about using water-absorbing crystals in container plantings. What are they? A. This product is actually a polymer in a crystal-like form. It is added to the soil in containers, near the plant’s roots, where it absorbs water like a sponge. As the …
Type: Plant Info
… Madness' has large 6-8” magenta flowers with bright red eyes and overlapping ruffled petals. The foliage resembles maple leaves in shape. The flowers are produced in the leaf axils from the bottom to the top of the plant instead of just at the top as in some hibiscus cultivars. The plant …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… a very dense pyramid of needles that are a rich, glossy green; each needle measures only 1/4" to 1/2" in length, the shortest of all cultivated spruces'. It grows in excess of 50' tall with weeping horizontal …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The barren strawberry is an ornamental groundcover that is native to the eastern part of the US. It has green leaves that appear in groups of three and in spring five-petaled yellow-flowers appear. This plant is very hardy and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Achillea 'Pomegranate' has large flat-topped flower heads of pomegranate red from mid-summer to September. The stems stand 18 to 24 inches high with deeply cut fernlike foliage. This is a member of the TUTTI FRUTTI Series that was developed in the Netherlands. It is attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds while resistant to deer, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Autumn snowflake is a bulbous perennial native to Spain, Portugal, and the Mediterranean region. It blooms in late summer to fall, bearing nodding, bell-shaped, white flowers atop 10-inch stems. The …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This perennial native anemone grows to a height of 2 feet in full sun to partial shade and dry soil conditions. It has five-petaled white blooms with … surrounding a green center, starting in June and continuing sporadically until late July. The flowers are followed by cylindrical seedheads about 1 1/2" tall. As the seeds ripen, the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Miraguama palm is native to the dry inland savannas of Cuba. It has striking deeply-cut circular leaves (palmate) which are … The leaflets appear to be pleated, an appearance which is enhanced by this difference in color. The Miraguama palm grows to about 30 feet tall in suitable conditions. This palm is not …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
