… Violet blue flowers cover this mounding annual during the heat of summer in shaded to partially shaded locations with moist soils. The spent flowers drop off on their own, meaning there is no need to deadhead. This plant is insect and disease resistant. Its parent species are native …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… <p>The species of this clump-forming evergreen perennial is native to Africa and needs bright, … and green blooms. </p> Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… Iris 'Takamagahara' is a soft pale lavender with strongly contrasting yellow signals and dark violet eyelashes. It stands 37 to 40 inches tall and blooms in mid season. The name Takamagahara means “Heaven of the Legend”. This is a pseudata iris, a cross between a Japanese iris ( Iris ensata ) and Iris pseudacorusa . …
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… Gold Fingers Miagos bush is a variegated version of the Philippine Miagos Bush. The leaves are palmate and compound with medium green coloring and … of dark brown flower buds are borne terminally and open to reveal cream colored flowers. This small tropical bush can grow in clumps to about four or five feet in height and about three …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The genus Disporopsis is the Asian equivalent of our native Solomon's Seal, Polygonatum . This … the last few winters here. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The genus Disporopsis is the Asian equivalent of our native Solomon's Seal, Polygonatum . This … the last few winters here. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The itsy bitsy spider Photo by Lois Cinert DNA testing is helping to sort out some of the more crowded and confusing orchid genera, like Pleurothallis . This orchid’s genus name keeps changing, but the species name doesn’t: all agree that its tiny …
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… Grown prior to 1900, Ashy Hydrangea is a deciduous shrub that grows 5 feet tall. Its stems are slender and the flowerheads are creamy white, resembling those of the Hydrangea arborescens ‘Grandiflora.’ Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… The Madagascar native crown of thorns ( Euphorbia milii var. sonorae ) blooms in masses of bright … on the tissues. Grown indoors on bright windowsills with almost no water during the summer, this long-lived plant continues to reward such inattention with masses of blooms. The variety name is of dubious validity, but it differs from the species with larger leaves and more flowers. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Q. I would like to grow the beautiful butterfly bush that attracts so many varieties of butterflies at this time of year. Any tips? A. Buddleja does indeed attract many species of butterflies and is quite a sight in the garden when they are all hovering around the colorful panicles of …
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