… A hardy waterlily with 6-inch peachy-pink flowers and leaves that emerge maroon, changing to grassy green mottled with a few spots. Flowers earlier in the season have more of a yellow tinge, becoming peachier as summer progresses. Waterlilies are …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Bryum Moss is one of the most common mosses and is one of the species identified in the moss garden in the Japanese Gardens. Its dense tufts can be identified by the corkscrew-like spiralling of the leaves when dry. They prefer moist, fertile material to grow on. This moss needs partial to full shade. It is a ground cover. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… A wildflower native to the United States, Stokes' aster has been refined by plant experts to produce cultivars with … tall. It is named after Peachie Saxton, who discovered the plant. The plants are easy to grow in full sun and are heat tolerant, but require well-drained soil—wet soil is their nemesis. Use …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Aloe cooperi is a South African grassland aloe discovered by William Burchell in his early travels in South Africa. It was rediscovered by Thomas Cooper, after whom it was … aloe occurs in moist habitats and dry rocky areas, mainly in Natal, Swaziland, and Mpumalanga. The plant grows singly or in small groups from offshoots at ground level. Plants may be stemless or short stemmed up to 6 inches tall. The leaves are often yellowish green with the upper surface usually unspotted, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This is a cultivar of the English hybrid of Buddleja alternifolia and Buddleja crispa raised by Mr. A. V. Pike at Hever Garden, Kent. It grows to a maximum height of about seven feet. The leaves are unique in that the terminal leaves are similar to those of B. alternifolia while the leaves along the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Red Arrows Culver's Root bears dense spikes of red buds which open from the top down into deep violet flowers from July to September on strong, upright stems. Smaller, branching lateral spikes create a candelabra-like effect when in full bloom. Red Arrows grows to about 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide and has lance-shaped leaves …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Vi Luihn' has large, stunning cobalt blue flowers in late spring. It stands 34 inches high and blooms in mid to late season. In 1975 Vi Luihn was awarded Honorable Mention by the American Iris Society. Siberian irises lack the “beard” of colored hairs at the base of each …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Chinese spice bush is a shrub that grows up to 9 feet with opposite, untoothed, aromatic glossy green leaves. It produces interesting many-petaled, nodding flowers in later May. The cupped flowers have broad outer sepals that are glistening white, sometimes tinged in violet, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Monte Cassino aster ( Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pringlei 'Monte Cassino') grows to 3 feet in height and is covered in white daisy-like flowers on mounded plants with wispy leaves in late … fall. A native of North America, Monte Cassino — like all other species formerly included in the genus Aster — has been moved to other genera, based upon the results of DNA analysis. Plant …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This semi-evergreen perennial produces white blooms between February and March in a partial to fully shaded area. Requires medium soil moisture and benefits from a layer of mulch around (not on top of) the crown. Chemicals in the sap cause a stinging sensation to mouth, tongue, and throat, which …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
