… Deep orange petals are backed by red to mahogany undersides on this heritage cultivar that gained favor during the 1930s. Petals are edible and can also be used as to create a dye. Plant this calendula in full sun and in moderately rich, moist soils during cool spring weather. If summers are cool, …
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… <p><em>Phlox PPHLO7201</em> is marketed as <em> PAPARAZZI™ Paris.</em> It is similar to a moss phlox or creeping phlox and grows 8 -10 inches high, forming a dense mat of dark green foliage. It blooms in mid to late spring with a showy display of fragrant lavender blue flowers that have deep … eyes. Plant it in full sun. It is hardy in zones 5 - 9 and attractive to butterflies. The genus name is from the Greek word phlox meaning flame in reference to the many bright colors …
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… Exotically striped leaves in alternating dark and light green are the primary ornamental feature however lavender to purple flowers in cone like structures hidden under the foliage in winter are attractive, if …
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… Ground cover Rosa ‘Noamel’ is sold as Flower Carpet® Appleblossom in the retail nurseries. It is a spreading deciduous shrub that grows to a maximum height of 2 feet and 3 feet or more in width. It requires full sun to partial shade …
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… Bullhead lily, also called yellow pond lily, is an aquatic native often founding floating in quiet ponds in the clearings of woods. Related to waterlilies, it has flat round leaves that float on the water. Flowers are large yellow globes …
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… This is the earliest of the large purple ball-type ornamental onions to come into flower each year. Starting in May, 3 feet tall, sturdy flowering stalks support the purple star- shaped miniature flowers …
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… of wonderfully fragrant semi-double blooms smother this very old shrub rose (before 1600) in mid-June. The common name commemorates the House of York, one of the contestants in the English War of the Roses. If grown in full sun and allowed to reach mature size, this rose makes a wonderful statement in the landscape in early summer. …
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… Deep red, almost black, flowers are produced sequentially atop tall scapes to 2' in height starting 6 weeks after the first irrigation of late fall or winter. Place in the brightest possible locations to prevent …
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… Smoke’) is a chance hybrid seedling that produces smoky violet flowers on upright racemes up to 1 foot in length. The contrast between the flowers, the gray-green foliage, and the charcoal-colored stems is …
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… Kohleria are herbacious perennial plants in the gesneriad family native to tropical America. Kohleria ‘Ampallang’ was bred by John Boggan …
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