… Bronzeleaf rodgersflower is native to woodlands in Japan and Korea, and unlike most Rodgersias it can tolerate boggy areas such as rain gardens or pondsides. It can …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: A colorful duck, the wood duck is commonly visible in lakes with its tail end sticking up, perched in trees, or using nesting …
Type: Birding
… with showy yellow stamens . It may need to be staked, especially in the first year. This is the hardiest white Anemone. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… conditions to reach a height of 10 feet. From April to May it produces showy yellow blooms. It is a deer-resistant specimen in a hedge. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… star magnolia was introduced in 1972 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Arnold Arboretum. It is a hardy early spring bloomer. The fragrant white flowers feature 28-33 tepals. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… terrestrial orchid. Use in the landscape where ever a spot of months long tropical color is needed. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Newry's Blue was bred around 1900 in Ireland, and it's a favorite among gardeners to this day for its remarkably deep blue flowers and dense spires. At 4 to 5 feet tall, it's a regal presence at the back or the border, so if you've had difficulty growing delphiniums, this perennial is a great alternative. Unlike delphiniums, it usually doesn't need staking. But do handle with …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… sends up dramatic two-foot long spikes of bloom - either a clear medium blue or light yellow. And it doesn't really care whether your soil is sand or clay, acid or alkaline, as long as it's evenly moist. Aco nitums are commonly known … of each flower resembles the hoods of medieval monks. They attract a variety of butterflies and moths, and are the primary food source for Old World bees. Another common name, wolfbane, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Aechmea blanchetiana 'Hawaii' is a colorful bromeliad with vivid orange sword-shaped leaves with finely serrate margins. It produces stiff upright flower spikes with buttery yellow bracts and reddish stems. Too large to be a house plant, these plants do well as a border plant in … American genus Aechmea are called vase plants or urn plants. Their curved leaves collect water and can be home to aquatic insects and microorganisms. Plants take several years to flower and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Northern catalpa or catawba tree ( Catalpa speciosa ) is known for the long, thin fruit pods that resemble cigars, which give it its other common name, "cigar tree." Before those pods can appear, however, the tree must bloom, and bloom it does! Northern catalpa sends forth an amazing show of trumpet-shaped blossoms — white with purple stripes and red to yellow spots inside — in long panicles of 10 to 30 blooms. The pollinated blooms then …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
