… This double form of the common snowdrop features multiple inner segments that can vary from neat and uniform size to … the honey- scented nectar feeds bees and other insects, the doubling of the flower parts makes this a sterile cultivar that can spread only by offsets from the original bulb. Regardless, older … repulse deer and rabbits. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: This rare visitor to the lakes is a dark bird. Its pink bill has a white area at the base. …
Type: Birding
… Description: If this rare member of the vireo family is seen, it would be in shrubs along the lakes. …
Type: Birding
… The Hedge Maple is native to most of Europe (in Scotland, it is the only native maple) and has been naturalized in North America and New Zealand. It is a slow … hardy to Zone 5. It can reach a mature height of 35 feet with a similar spread. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Bright orange flowers cover this lax growing annual that thrives during the long, hot days of summer. 'Star Orange' is resistant to many of the foliar and root diseases that attack some of the more upright growing …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Full Moon tickseed ( Coreopsis 'Full Moon') is a complex hybrid of eight different North American species of Coreopsis. It features 3-inch, … mound of green foliage from July through September. Plant Full Moon in full sun, and water the first year to establish the root system; thereafter, water only during periods of drought. This is one of the first of the new hybrids created by Darrell Probst that focus on hardiness, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Forest lily ( Veltheimia bracteata ) is one of the showiest of the South African geophytes, plants that have some sort of storage organ to … followed by large, flat, papery (when mature) seedpods that have adapted to wind dispersal. This genus is a tropical member of the hyacinth (Hyacinthaceae) plant family. 포레스트 백합은 남아프리카의 …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The magnum Star of Bethlehem, a native of the Caucasus mountains of Georgia in Eurasia, has … flowers that appear in showy 1-2 feet tall flower spikes in May and June. The common name is after the star of Bethlehem that appeared in the biblical account of the birth of Jesus. Admire this beautiful plant with caution, because all parts of it, especially the bulb, are poisonous if …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Late boneset, also known as late-flowering thoroughwort, is an upright perennial with opposite leaves topped with sprays of small white flowers in August and September. It reaches a height of four to five feet, branching only near the top as the flattened clusters of flowers develop. The stems and cylindrical calyxes are … widespread in eastern and central North America, and attracts many pollinators. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Glory-of-the-snow is one of the earlier flowering spring bulbs. In April, six-petalled flowers appear on … of 4 to 8. Leaves are narrow, strap-like and arching outwards. In the center of each flower is a small white cone encasing short white stamens tipped in yellow. The flowers of 'Blue Giant' … small bulbs and flowers, but it can have a big impact if planted in masses. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
