… In late summer and early fall, ‘Spatlese’ monkshood gives you airy spires of light lavender-blue … over time. The strong, upright form and soft color make it an excellent background plant in the border, especially with fall's bright yellows and oranges. It prefers part shade but will …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Although it's called Japanese monkshood, this variety is native to open woodlands in both Japan and Korea. While it prefers dappled sun, it can handle full sun as long as it has rich, moist, well-drained soil. It's a clump-forming perennial that blooms in mid- to late fall with light purple-blue flowers. Aconitums are commonly known as monkshood, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… one the earliest of the Aconitums to bloom - perhaps an adaptation to the short growing season in Scandinavia, Siberia, and Mongolia where it's native. The lavendar-blue flower stalks can reach over six feet tall, making them a striking presence in their mountain meadows, or the back of your garden border. Aconitums are commonly known as …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… this family (aroids) are rife with calcium oxylate crystals (think miniature shards of glass) in flowers, fruit and leaves. Hardy outdoors in USDA zone 6 and warmer where the offshoots produced by the bulb will create a nice clump over …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… soil, but once established, it is more drought tolerant than other varieties. It does well in shade to partial shade where it adds a welcome touch of color to a shady garden. It is … cut flower. After the blooms have died, the stalks with the dried seed heads are often left in place for winter interest. …
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… fruits that are technically berries; that is, they have a soft rind with black seeds embedded in the center of the juicy, fragrant flesh. With huge, palmately divided leaves atop a 20 to 25 … flowers are white with five lobes. Native to Mexico and Central America, they are cultivated in Brazil, India and many other tropical areas. Papayas are usually dioecious, with only female …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Japanese wood fern is native to the woods and forests of eastern Asia where it thrives in the partial shade and humus-rich forest floor. This fern is also known as the copper shield … maintained. The Japanese wood fern is a lovely addition to a fern garden or as an understory in a wooded area. This plant has been awarded the Award of Garden Merit by the Royal …
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… CREME DE MINT™ Tatarian dogwood features a compact habit, mint-green leaves edged in creamy white and chartreuse winter stem color. Late May flowers are creamy white, followed by … fruit tinged with blue. Members of the genus Cornus , commonly known as dogwoods, are welcome in the home garden for their multi-season interest -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage and/or bark …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Large-leaf or Bigleaf dogwood is native to Asia and relatively uncommon in the U.S. Its white flowers and purple-black fruit are somewhat similar to the popular pagoda dogwood. Members of the genus Cornus , commonly known as dogwoods, are welcome in the home garden for their multi-season interest -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… is typical of the species -- abundant early spring long-lived yellow flowers, red fruit in summer, vibrant fall color and exfoliating winter bark. Members of the genus Cornus , commonly known as dogwoods, are welcome in the home garden for their multi-season interest -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
