… Biology, Harvard University “Charles Darwin and the Early Evolutionists” In addition to being a botanist with interests in plant evolution and development, Ned is also keenly interested in the history of science, and in particular the early history of … philosophers, and natural historians who espoused evolutionary ideas in the century leading up to the publication of On the Origin of Species . …
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… tropical landscape plant, situated where its spines will cause no harm. It grows well attached to a tree or wedged between rocks. The sheer size of this plant makes an impressive clump, so do … away from bromeliads, and do not spray with products that contain copper, because copper is toxic to them. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… their jagged petals which look like they have been cut with pinking shears. Spangled star pink is a hardy compact perennial 5- to 7-inches tall that produces clove-scented red flowers with two pale pink spots on each petal in May and June. They are easy to grow in average, alkaline soils in full sun, but require good drainage—plants may die out in …
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… This oval-shaped tree ranges in size from 35 to 50 feet in height. The common persimmon is a good plant for a naturalistic garden. Small, fragrant, white flowers appear in late May. Sweet, juicy, pale yellow-orange to orange fruits are edible after a hard frost in the fall, but the very astringent skin should …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… are tesselated (checkered) in a darker color and have a yellowish base. This cultivar also is sold under the name of Colchicum 'Glory of Heemstede'. Plant in full sun and moist but … divide after 3-4 years, or whenever the clumps become so congested that the corms are pushed to the surface of the soil. All parts of the plant are toxic and should not be ingested. The … ancient kingdom of Colchis on the Black Sea, currently the modern nation of Georgia, and home to some very ornamental species. …
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… Cannas can be described in three words: big, bold, and beautiful. Water canna ‘Erebus’ lives up to those standards. It can reach 5 feet, produces showy salmon-colored blooms from midsummer to fall and has large lance-shaped, gray-green leaves with creamy stripes resembling those of the banana plant. It is versatile as well. Plant it in full sun in moist soil or along the water’s edge, or submerge …
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… mallows, are prized for their use as structure in a perennial border. Everything about them is large, from their rich green, three-lobed lobed leaves to their immense flowers that appear mid to late summer. ‘Rosina’ POLYPETITE® Rose-of-Sharon has a neat, compact rounded habit and large, …
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… red large flowers are held upright on thick sturdy flower stalks on this nonhardy bulb that is a favorite plant for forcing indoors in winter. Purchase the bulbs and pot them up, if needed, … the pots into a brightly lit location, and water well and then again after growth has started to sprout from the top of the bulb. Rotate the pot to ensure the flower stalk does not elongate toward the source of light; stake it, if necessary. …
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… at the flowers on this plant and you'll see that each flower has five petals but the flower is symmetrical. If you happen to be here when it has seed pods you'll see that they have a graceful curved shape, like the … flowers. After the flowers fade the plant bears the distinctive seed capsule. Brookside grows to about 2 feet in height and width in full or partial sun and requires regular deep watering …
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… lavender with a yellow blotch at the base of the falls . The stalks stand 2 feet tall with 3 to 5 blooms on each stalk . It blooms in mid season and may rebloom . The thin, grass like … thick clumps which keep out weeds. In 2003 Careless Sally received the Morgan wood Medal which is the highest special award given to a Siberian iris by the American Iris Society. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
