… Medium pink bracts with darker pink veins and young bracts cover this mounded non-hardy shrub during short days - periods of time when the nights are longer than the days. Sap is sticky and tastes so bad that it stimulates an almost immediate gagging reflex - which is why …
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… ( Allium giganteum ) forms a clump of 2-foot-long, strappy, gray-green leaves. In midspring, the foliage starts to wither, and 4-foot flowering stems rise up with large, 6-inch globes of … full sun in a site protected from the wind. Key to naturalizing the giant onion in the garden is allowing the soil to dry from midsummer to fall and applying an annual layer of mulch before the seeds are dispersed, not afterward. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… Cinderella windflower has beautiful rose pink flowers in summer and fall that move in the slightest breeze. After the flowers have faded, you may see fluffy seedheads remaining. … but well-drained soils during the growing season and drier soils during the colder months. This plant is well-suited to a border, especially when combined with spring-flowering plants. Archived Copy: …
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… This is a deciduous shrub native to the Ozark Plateau extending from southern Missouri through northwestern Arkansas to eastern … or naturalistic garden. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… ‘Bordeaux’ is a cultivar of lily-of-the-valley and has larger and more prolific flowers than the species. It blooms in the spring and … and can tolerate a variety of light conditions. It prefers damp, shady sites. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… Blue Bonnet false indigo is a dwarf variety is a clone selected from seeds collected in Texas. It features blue flower spikes that emerge prior to the blue-green foliage. Members of the genus Baptisia are commonly known as wild or false indigo … of the Plant Collections Network of the American Public Gardens Association. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… The Peking cotoneaster is a rounded shrub that grows up to 10 feet high and wide. Its foliage is … way to black fruits in the fall and winter that appeal to birds. Fall foliage is red-orange. This species may be confused with C. lucidus , which has shinier dark green foliage. Members of …
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… This shrub typically grows to a maximum height of 5 feet with full sun and moist, well-drained … blooms that attract butterflies and hummingbirds from early summer to early fall. It is good in a border when grown in massed plantings. It is also a popular cut flower. The plant has received the Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society of Great …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Tom Thumb creeping cotoneaster is a dwarf form with a spreading habit. Pink buds open to white flowers in May and June. This is considered the same plant as Cotoneaster adpressus 'Little Gem.' Members of the genus Cotoneaster are …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Little Gem creeping cotoneaster is a dwarf form with a spreading habit. Pink buds open to white flowers in May and June. This is considered the same plant as Cotoneaster apiculatus 'Tom Thumb.' Members of the genus Cotoneaster are …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
