… This perennial native anemone grows to a height of 2 feet in full sun to partial shade and dry soil conditions. It has five-petaled white blooms with clusters of … ripen, the seedhead turns into a ball of white fluff. The deeply divided leaves have three to five deeply-toothed segements and long petioles, growing in clusters of three to ten on the …
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… Autumn snowflake is a bulbous perennial native to Spain, Portugal, and the Mediterranean region. It blooms in late summer to fall, bearing nodding, bell-shaped, white flowers atop 10-inch stems. The strap-shaped, glossy dark green leaves, which emerge after the flowers begin to bloom, create an upright, vase-shaped clump of foliage which persists into winter. Plant the …
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… Almost all cyclamens are native to the Mediterranean basin, but some, like Neapolitan cyclamen, are cold hardy and can be grown … if protected by snow cover. Neapolitan produces pink or white flowers in late summer to early fall on 3 to 6-inch stems bearing decorative gray-green leaves with prominent markings. Its roots grow from …
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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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… Spring beauty is an ephemeral wildflower native to the Midwest. It prefers moist, organically rich soil and thrives in woodlands, prairies, and meadows in full sun to part shade. The five-petaled, star-shaped flowers, which appear from March through June on thin, 4- to 6-inch stems, are white with pink veins and anthers. The foliage consists of narrow, dark …
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… 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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… Natal plum is a thorny shrub native to the Natal region of South Africa that grows 15 feet tall and wide. It is hardy to warm climates (Florida and California in the United States) where the leaves are evergreen, … white flowers are produced year around. A bonus is the fruit, which changes from green to magenta to dark crimson as it ripens; it is edible and although similar in color, not actually …
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… Trumpetcreeper is a woody clinging vine native to the southeastern United States. It attaches itself with aerial rootlets or radicans and grows rapidly to 30 to 40 feet. It likes average soils and moisture, and the leaves do well in the shade, but it …
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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 …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… that bleeds outward onto the overlapping, slightly ruffled petals. It blooms from mid summer to fall with huge flowers measuring 7-8 “ across. The leaves are very similar to maple leaves in shape. The flowers are produced in the leaf axils from the top to the bottom of the plant instead of just at the top as in some other hibiscus cultivars. The …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
