… Large bright red bracts at the top of the stem hide the small insignificant white flowers on this old cultivar originally selected by famed horticulturist, Luther Burbank, in California. Young leaves can be cooked like greens and the seeds can be roasted, ground and eaten or left to feed the local songbirds. Plant in full sun in average soils and water only enough to …
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… Act Blush’ has light lavender pink flowers that reach 18 -20 inches high. It begins blooming in early summer before the more common garden phlox and continues well into the summer. The flowers are lightly fragrant and attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. It is hardy in zones 4 - 9. The genus name is from the Greek …
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… Phlox ‘Opening Act White’ has white flowers that reach 18 -20 inches high. It begins blooming in early summer before the more common garden phlox and continues well into the summer. The flowers are lightly fragrant and attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. It is hardy in zones 4 - 8. The genus name is from the Greek …
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… Native to the Midwest, red trillium—also called bloody butcher—is a woodland plant that is easy to grow in rich, well-drained soil in part to full shade. A spring bloomer, it produces leaves, petals, … all in groups of three, which emerge from underground rhizomes on stems 15 inches tall. The leaves resemble those of a hosta and the purplish brown flower petals resemble a claw. The …
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… Creamy white powder puff flowers are held close to the stem surrounded by finely dissected leaves. The leaves respond readily to changes in light and will close up on cloudy days or in shaded environments. Grow in full sun and bring …
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… Kohleria are herbacious perennial plants in the gesneriad family native to tropical America. Kohleria amabilis, native from Colombia to …
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… shrub or small tree with a rounded habit. Oblong leaves are initially medium-green changing to a dark green then to orange and crimson in the fall. The flowers are small, fragrant, twisted and crinkled purplish-red petals emerging from …
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… Horsetails reproduce by spores and do not have flowers; their green spores are produced in a flesh-colored cone at tip of fertile stem. Its thick stands of shoots can choke other plants and requires prolonged effort to remove from sites due to rhizomes. The fertile stems of common horsetail appear in early spring before the vegetative stems have …
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… Plant 'Blue Paradise' in full sun and in fertile, moist soil, where it will grow to 40 inches and produce elegant … Oudolf produced this mildew-resistant perennial that bears a spicy vanilla clove fragrance. The flowers open a deep blue with white eyes and take on purplish shades during the heat of the …
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… Iris tectorum ‘Alba’ is one of the crested group of irises that produces short spikes of white flowers above fan-like foliage in mid spring. This is one of the few iris species that actually can thrive in slightly shaded conditions. Well drained soils are a must, leading gardeners in early China and Japan to grow it along the rooflines of their homes or on top of their masonry walls. The dried and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
