… Discovered at Albyn’s Nursery in Newark, Ohio in the 1960s, 'Albyn’s' is a low growing form of Scots pine. It reaches only 1 foot tall but spreads along the ground over time to 6 feet wide and can be used as a ground cover in a sunny location. Thick, glossy, blue-green …
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… Plant 'Miss Mary' in full sun and in fertile, moist soil, where it will grow to 24 inches and produce brilliant red … It is highly resistant to powdery mildew. It is attractive to hummingbirds and butterflies. The x arendsii phlox are the most magnificent, and there is a huge selection of colors and sizes …
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… with bluish, three-part clover-like leaves. Showy spikes of white, pea-like flowers rise from the ends of the branches and bloom from late May into June. The flowers are followed by … and conspicuous plant of our native prairies. Its refined appearance makes it equally at home in formal gardens. Taxonomists have been revising the nomenclature of this genus, and it is also … Baptisia lactea . Members of the genus Baptisia are commonly known as wild or false indigo due to their use by early Americans as a blue dye. Although "indigo" is in the common name, the …
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… The common milkweed blooms from late June until August, with 3-inch spheres of starry pink … giving the flower the appearance of a crown. The fruit is a soft, warty pod that splits open to disperse little brown seeds attached to white silky tufts of hairs that become airborne in the wind. The thick, unbranched stems are covered with large, oval, soft-textured leaves …
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… If you're a Cubs fan and have been to Wrigley Field then you will have seen this vine growing in the outfield. It's also the ivy of the Ivy League. Boston ivy is a fast-growing deciduous vine of …
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… Look carefully at the flowers on this plant and you'll see that each flower has five petals but the flower is symmetrical. If you happen to be here when it has seed pods you'll see that they have a graceful curved shape, like the … are features of a cranesbill geranium. The Brookside cranesbill geranium flowers prolifically in late spring with masses of small purplish-blue flowers. After the flowers fade the plant bears …
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… The crocodile fern has unusual foliage texture that looks like the scales of a crocodile. This … conditions with only filtered light. The leaves of this fern are long and strappy and can grow to 4 feet long in the wild, although 2 feet is more typical in most houseplants. Since the crocodile fern is …
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… Alauna Clair-Obscur produces flowers that fall into the "cactus flower" division of the Dahlia Society. Deep raspberry petals are white at the feathered (fimbriate) tips. These showy flowers are perfect in the annual border and also as cut flowers. Plant this dahlia in full sun and in rich, moisture-retentive soils and stake to support the weight of the flowers. …
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… derives its common name from its soft pinkish-white blooms. This medium sized shrub is native to China. Members of the genus Cotoneaster are characterized by a stiff, dense branching structure, small, glossy leaves of fine texture, and abundant fruit in the form of small pomes, which are generally in shades of red/orange but may also be cream or …
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… Marsh spurge ( Euphorbia palustris ) produces masses of chartreuse-yellow bracts (the actual flowers are not showy) on top of a perennial plant growing to 3 feet in height by 4 feet in width. Green willowlike leaves that spiral out from the stems turn bright …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
