… heavily pleated leaves unfold. By summer, those large, horse-chestnut like leaves have matured to green tinged with bronze, and the deep red stems bearing bright pink flowers appear. Even when bloom is done, the seed heads are attractive in their own right. In the shade garden, Rodgersias give you a bold counterpoint to the delicate airy foliage common to so many shade plants in our area. The leaves of certain …
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… Aechmea 'Black Jack' is grown for its narrow, strap-like, glossy leaves that are very dark red, almost black. The foliage tends to be a bit floppy, so it needs to be grown in a container or set atop a rock. The flowers, spikes of orange bracts with blue …
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… Cercis canadensis 'Covey' is offered through retail nurseries under the trademarked name Lavender Twist™ weeping … a chance seedling in 1960 along a road in upstate New York by a gentleman who transplanted it to the home of his sister, Connie Covey. Many years later, Covey's neighbor decided not to remove the twisty branch under an overgrown lilac that she asked him to remove. Instead, a …
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… Kohleria are are herbacious perennial plants in the gesneriad family native to tropical America. Kohleria grandiflora is native to Colombia and Ecuador. Despite its scientific name, the flowers are rather small and sparsely …
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… has rich purplish red flowers which have a dark blush along the midvein in late spring to early summer. The stems stand 2-3 feet tall with flowers that are upfacing and bowl shaped. LaToya is an Asiatic hybrid. Asiatic hybrids are the easiest lilies to grow, are quite winter hardy and reproduce readily. They generally bloom earlier than other …
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… Lilium hansonii is a Martagon type lily from Korea. The flowers are orange yellow Turk’s caps with brown spots. … they may be as short as 2 ft. Martagon lilies such as Lilium hansonii are the most adapted to shade, but are quite sensitive to late spring frosts. The unsurpassed grace and beauty of this lily makes it a lovely addition …
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… Lilium Lilium ‘Creme de la Creme’ is a stunning blend of golden- orange fading to deep-yellow with a generous dusting of light orange speckles. The flowers are bowl shaped and downfacing. Creme de la Creme belongs to the group of Trumpet lilies, which generally bloom after Asiatic lilies and before Oriental …
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… Bronzeleaf rodgersflower is native to woodlands in Japan and Korea, and unlike most Rodgersias it can tolerate boggy areas … time, via slow-creeping rhizomes. The large, very handsome leaves emerge bronze-green, mature to green, and turn a rich bronze red in fall. When and if it blooms, the flowers are not …
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… Dragon's Blood is an old reliable variety of sedum. We had this growing in the old Home Landscape Demonstration … where the new greenhouses are now being built. This mat-forming perennial takes full sun to partial shade. It produces clusters of starry cherry-red blooms in July and August. The tiny … along the nodes into patches a foot or more across. Older stems may become scraggly and need to be pinched back. Because they are so low-growing, they are suitable for a rock garden or a …
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… tubular in form and are borne in large panicles. While the common name of the plant has come to define a shade of pale purple, some species and hybrids have pink or white blossoms. Lilacs begin to set buds for the following year shortly after they finish blooming; if pruning is desired, it should be done immediately after flowering to maintain flower production the next …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
