… The parents of 'Cassandra' are natives of China and are sometimes referred to as tube clematis. This cultivar produces short clusters of small hyacinth-shaped, fragrant, blue tubular flowers that are ½ to 1 inch across, beginning in early summer. Unlike the climbing clematis, tube clematis forms a small shrub reaching 2 to 3 feet in size. It is a member of clematis pruning group 3, which includes species and …
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… green leaves. The flowers are orange with faint purple streaks. The straight species is native to high mountain ranges from Turkey to northwest India, where it is subject to drought most of the year, but subject moist soil in late winter to early spring when the snow …
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… stems above the grayish green, deeply cut foliage. The seeds have a substance attached to them called elaiosome which ants love. They take the seeds back to their nest, eat the elaiosome and discard the seeds, effectively planting more Dicentra. Dicentra cucullaria is resistant to deer and rabbits and hardy in zones 3 to 7. …
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… The evergreen wood fern is native to eastern north America and is found naturally as far north as Newfoundland, as far west as Minnesota and Missouri,and south to Georgia. The evergreen wood fern, also known as the intermediate wood fern, grows to three feet tall and wide with long medium green arching fronds with a lacy appearance. …
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… feet long by the middle of each summer. Both its leaves and flowers, which appear from May to June, are green; the flowers have a pine odor and attract butterflies. The plant is dioecious, … male and female flowers; the female flowers produce cones that are dried and used by breweries to preserve and flavor beer. Golden hops is easy to grow in average soil in full to part sun and can be trained on an arbor, trellis, or pergola. …
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… Native to the United States, Hydrangea arborescens is an upright, deciduous shrub that prefers moist, well-drained soils in part shade. ‘Ryan Gainey’ is compact, growing to 3 feet tall and displaying dark green foliage. Its rounded white flower heads resemble those of the ‘Annabelle’ hydrangea, but ‘Ryan Gainey’ has stronger stems that are less likely to flop. Flowers bloom in June and can last until October. Bloom occurs on new wood, so plants …
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… Iris ensata ‘Kongo San’ has large dark blue flowers with curled petals June to July. The stems stand 40 inches high, each with a single bloom with no fragrance. Iris ensata , commonly as known as Japanese iris, is native to Japan, China, Korea and Russia. The standards and falls are flatter than those of the bearded … the edges of streams and ponds where they thrive in rich, moist soil. They are attractive to hummingbirds and butterflies while resistant to deer and rabbits …
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… arms are off-white with blue violet edges and tips. It stands 30 inches high and blooms in mid to late season. The standards and falls are flatter than those of the bearded iris, making the entire flower noticeably flatter. Iris ensata is native to Japan, China, Korea, and Russia and is commonly as known as Japanese iris. It requires very moist soil and grows well along the edges of streams and ponds. It is attractive to hummingbirds and butterflies and resistant to deer and rabbits. …
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… signals. The style arms are white and edged in reddish-purple. The blooms appear in early to mid season on stems that stand 36 inches high. The standards and falls are flatter than those … of bearded irises, making the entire flower appear noticeably flatter. Iris ensata is native to Japan, China, Korea, and Russia and is commonly as known as Japanese iris. It requires very moist soil and thrives along the edges of streams and ponds. It is attractive to hummingbirds and butterflies and resistant to deer and rabbits. …
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… Ostrich fern is an upright perennial deciduous fern that grows 2 to 6 feet in medium to wet soil in full to part shade. An elegant plant, its name is derived from its feathery fronds that resemble an …
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