… is an upright perennial with opposite leaves topped with sprays of small white flowers in August and September. It reaches a height of four to five feet, branching only near the top as the flattened clusters of flowers develop. The stems and cylindrical calyxes are …
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… This beautiful shrub grows up to 5 feet high with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. In June, it produces clusters of up to six light pink, double roses that are unfortunately not fragrant. In tests and trials, it has consistently been noted as the most disease-resistant rose in the trials. …
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… Growing 20 to 30 feet in height, the eastern redbud is an ornamental North American native tree with a rounded habit and branches usually quite close to the ground. It blooms in early spring with cheerful purple-pink, pealike blossoms that appear all …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Deep-red double roses are produced from mid-June up to the first hard frost on this rose that can be used as a specimen, container plant, or in masses as a groundcover. The deep green, glossy foliage is black-spot disease resistant. The …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Muscari macrocarpum 'Golden Fragrance' is from west Turkey and the Aegean Isles. It stands 8 inches high and blooms in May with a fragrant, densely packed conical raceme that resembles an upside down bunch of … and more tubular than the flowers of most other species of Muscari. Plant it in full sun to part shade. It is hardy in zones 5 - 8 and is resistant to deer. …
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… LITTLE DIPPER™ procumbent cotoneaster forms a low dense carpet and produces white flowers in late spring followed by red fruit in the fall. Members of the genus Cotoneaster are characterized by a stiff, dense branching … as hedges or groundcovers. The genus Cotoneaster includes at least 90 species of shrubs native to the temperate regions of Europe and Asia, with a concentration in western China. There are no …
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… From August to September, this late-blooming hardy perennial produces deep wine-colored flowers shaped like catkins or bottlebrushes at the tips of tall wand-like stems. It thrives in full sun to partial shade and moist soil conditions. It is supposedly deer-resistant, and …
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… dwarf aloe hybrid. Mature size is an upright rosette about 12 inches tall and from 8 to 12 inches wide. The leaves are green and white patterned with raised ridges of pink and pink toothed edges. The all over aspect is of a green aloe washed in pink with darker color toward the leaf tips and older leaves. The flowers are orange and …
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… Hornbeam is an excellent landscape tree and, due to its dwarf narrow shape, dwarf columnar hornbeam fits nicely in the home garden. It is a slow-growing upright deciduous tree with dense, compact foliage that …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
