… 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 …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… color, the Magnolia palette also includes white, yellows and purples. Another dominant feature is a prominent fruiting body of small follicles forming a cone-like shape. The species range from …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Dart's Red spirea is a sport of Anthony Waterer spirea. It produces deep carmine red flowers in clusters. The …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Dolchica spirea is notable for its cut-leafed foliage, which emerges purple-red and becomes more green as the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Gold Rush spirea is notable for its golden foliage and low spreading habit. The Spiraea japonica species includes …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Neon Flash Japanese spirea has neon-red, long-lasting flowers. Fall foliage is burgundy. The Spiraea japonica species includes the greatest range of cultivars available to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Sparkling Carpet spirea is a miniature cultivar that features pink blooms atop lime gold foliage. The Spiraea japonica …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… White Gold Japanese spirea is notable for its white flowers atop yellow foliage. The white blooms are highly unusual within …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… War II, Dutch farmers consumed tulips when no other food crops were available, but the flavor is not particularly desirable. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… rose (Helleborus orientalis) Hellebores are special because they bloom when little else is in flower. The Christmas rose (Helleborus niger) blooms in late winter while the Lenten rose … bears clusters of white double flowers that are 2 inches wide with crimson veins and edges. It is one of more than two dozen unusual hellebore cultivars grown at the Garden. Lenten rose and …
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