… Cream Cracker Tatarian dogwood is notable for its compact habit, red winter stems and foliage that emerges with a gold margin … welcome in the home garden for their multi-season interest -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant …
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… Littleleaf dogwood is a low and broad shrub native to China. Small white flowers that bloom in late spring/early … welcome in the home garden for their multi-season interest -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant …
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… flowers are bright purple with small yellow signals from early to mid summer. The standards and falls are flatter than those of the bearded irises, resulting in the entire flower being noticeably flatter. Iris ensata commonly as known as Japanese iris, is native to Japan, China, Korea and Russia. These tall, clump forming plants grow well along the edges of streams and ponds where …
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… Rose pink buds open to white flowers on LANCELOT® crabapple and are followed in the fall by gold fruit that persist into winter. This dwarf cultivar is reported as highly disease resistant by the University of Illinois Extension. Crabapples are … a showy display in the spring landscape for 1-2 weeks. In addition to the eye-catching buds and flowers, their foliage, habit and fruit make them attractive plants almost year round. They …
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… The jack oak is a naturally occurring hybrid of the white oak ( Q. alba ) and the swamp white oak ( Q. bicolor ) native to the northeastern U.S. and Canada. The genus Quercus includes more than 600 species of the oak tree, of which 90 are …
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… The HERITAGE® oak is a relatively recently introduced cross between the English oak and the bur oak notable for its pyramidal habit and yellow fall foliage. The genus Quercus includes more than 600 species of the oak tree, of …
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… This naturally occurring hybrid oak is a cross between the pin oak and the red oak, which are both members of the red oak group and produce acorns biennially. The genus Quercus includes more than 600 species of the oak tree, …
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… Justicia brandegeeana is known colloquially as shrimp plant due to the resemblance of its flowers to those tiny … reddish-pink to chartreuse bracts are actually modified leaves; the true flowers are white and appear for a relatively short period of time. A member of the Acanthaceae family, this species has long been a favorite of tropical conservatories and subtropical gardens. It roots easily from vegetative cuttings dipped in a rooting hormone and …
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… Hemisphere. They are characterized by round notched leaves that lie flat on the water, and flowers with numerous petals produced at the end of a long lax stem and floating just above the water surface. In the center of each flower is a cluster of showy stamens. Waterlilies have been cultivated since at least 2,000 B.C. and are …
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… Yes, a single Ballerina rose has just 5 petals and is only about two inches in diameter, but they're borne in huge domed clusters, similar to hydrengeas. In full bloom, you can hardly see the leaves for the flowers. And once she starts blooming, she doesn't stop until frost. She's often used in mixed borders, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
