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  • … Description: A close relative of the chickadee, this southern species is rarely spotted at the Garden. …
    Type: Birding
  • … This evergreen tree needs full sun and moderate moisture conditions. It is a specimen in a hedge. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … The flowers are huge and downfacing with recurved petals in late summer. The stems stand 4 to 6 feet tall and may have as many as 20 or more blooms per stem. This is an Orienpet hybrid, a cross between an Oriental lily and a trumpet lily, which combines the … with the fragrance and shape of the Oriental hybrids. These hybrids have an increased ability to withstand late spring frosts, as well as hot summer days. Leslie Woodriff topped the …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Magnolia are known for the stunning beauty of their usually large flowers, which emerge prior to the foliage in spring, and are often fragrant. While shades of pink are the most common bloom … color, the Magnolia palette also includes white, yellows and purples. Another dominant feature is a prominent fruiting body of small follicles forming a cone-like shape. The species range from small trees to very large trees and shrubs. Magnolias are an ancient genus that appeared before bees; early …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Magnolia are known for the stunning beauty of their usually large flowers, which emerge prior to the foliage in spring, and are often fragrant. While shades of pink are the most common bloom … color, the Magnolia palette also includes white, yellows and purples. Another dominant feature is a prominent fruiting body of small follicles forming a cone-like shape. The species range from small trees to very large trees and shrubs. Magnolias are an ancient genus that appeared before bees; early …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Magnolia are known for the stunning beauty of their usually large flowers, which emerge prior to the foliage in spring, and are often fragrant. While shades of pink are the most common bloom … color, the Magnolia palette also includes white, yellows and purples. Another dominant feature is a prominent fruiting body of small follicles forming a cone-like shape. The species range from small trees to very large trees and shrubs. Magnolias are an ancient genus that appeared before bees; early …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Magnolia are known for the stunning beauty of their usually large flowers, which emerge prior to the foliage in spring, and are often fragrant. While shades of pink are the most common bloom … the Magnolia palette also includes white, yellows, and purples. Another dominant feature is a prominent fruiting body of small follicles forming a cone-like shape. The species range from small trees to very large trees and shrubs. Magnolias are an ancient genus that appeared before bees; early …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Side-flowering aster is woodland native found in much of Eastern and Central North America. It can reach a height of 3 … stems. It prefers partial shade with moist, well-drained soil. Unlike other asters, this one is not drought tolerant. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … has lavender flowers with wine red pedicels (flower stalks). Like most alliums, nodding onion is not significantly bothered by deer and other mammalian herbivores, like moles. It also … soils, drought, shallow and rocky soils and can grow under black walnut trees. This species is a larval host for the hairstreak butterfly; the flowers attract butterflies and bees that …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … 'Rococo' is deep cardinal red with featherings of green and purple on the outside of the petals. It is a member of the Parrot tulip classification, based upon the extravagant flower colors and …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant