… Boy Blue false indigo abundant bright blue flowers on long spikes above blue-green foliage. This cultivar was introduced by Klehm's Song Sparrow Farms. Members of the genus Baptisia are commonly known as wild or false indigo due to their use by early Americans as a blue dye. Although "indigo" is in the common name, the blooms of native species may be blue, yellow or white and the blooms …
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… Q. Should I remove snow from my shrubs? A. It is not necessary to remove light amounts of snow from trees and shrubs. However, heavy snowfalls … collect large amounts of snow. When Mother Nature delivers winter storms, gently brush off the snow off by hand or use a broom to very gently remove it. Do not shake branches because they are brittle at this time of year and may break easily. If ice has accumulated on your shrubs, allow it to melt …
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… Q. Should I remove snow from my shrubs? A. It is not necessary to remove light amounts of snow from trees and shrubs. However, heavy snowfalls … collect large amounts of snow. When Mother Nature delivers winter storms, gently brush off the snow off by hand or use a broom to very gently remove it. Do not shake branches because they are brittle at this time of year and may break easily. If ice has accumulated on your shrubs, allow it to melt …
Type: Plant Info
… Vernal or Ozark witch hazels, although native to the Ozark Plateau, are a welcome harbinger of spring. ‘Lombart’s Weeping’ is a medium-sized shrub or small tree with an oval habit. Oblong leaves are initially light green … need to be pruned after flowering in the spring to control shape and size. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… Mary Rose® English shrub rose ( Rosa 'AUSmary') is a loosely petalled, strongly fragrant, pink double-flowered shrub rose with medium green … 5 feet high and wide, but can be pruned to smaller spaces. height, and 3 to 5 feet in breadth. This cultivar is very disease resistant and particularly winter hardy. Mary Rose® was named after Henry VIII's flagship, which sank in 1545 in battle with the French at the Solent. The wreck was rediscovered in the 1830's when a partial recovery was …
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… This variety of glory-of-the-snow ( Chionodoxa luciliae ‘Alba’) has star-shaped, pure white flowers. Glory-of-the-snow is a perennial bulb and blooms in early spring. It grows from 3 to 11 inches in height. The bulbs …
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… Meadow anemone ( Anemone canadensis ), a perennial in the buttercup family, prefers moist soil, colonizing along rivers and low, moist meadows. White, … toothy lobes; leaves on the flowering stems, in opposite pairs, appear to encircle the stem. This rhizomatous perennial grows from 1 to 2 feet tall, and the flowers, which reach up to 2 … in upward-facing clusters. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… Each winter, the bright yellow buds of fiery spike ( Aphelandra aurantiaca ) open to bright red blooms from … above deep green, glossy foliage with a silvery sheen. A native to Mexico and South America, this tropical gem can grow to 2 to 4 feet in height, but when grown in a container as a … reach a third of that size. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… bracts with green tips and are produced in branched umbels continuously from late June up to the first hard frost. This plant attracts butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds to the garden, but deer and rabbits don't … thereafter during droughts. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… Nodding green "bells" are broadly striped with dark-maroon purple from their base to the tip of their petals. Small bulb-lets produced at the base of the larger bulbs each year will … to flowering size in three to four years and produce a stronger presence in the garden. Plant this fritillaria in full sun to partial shade and in moderately moist and fertile soils. … squirrels, and chipmunks. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
