… Lilium michiganense has orange flowers with dark spots in early summer. The blooms are downfacing with reflexed petals which form Turk's caps. The stems stand 2 to 5 feet tall with whorled leaves and a loose inflorescence of 3-inch blooms on top. It is …
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… Lilium ‘Lady Alice’ has creamy white flowers with a gold star radiating out from the center and a light speckling of orange spots. The petals are recurved and the blooms are fragrant and downfacing on stems that stand 4 to 6 feet high. Lady Alice is a hybrid of Lilium henryi which is native to mountainous regions in China. The grace and beauty of this lily makes it a lovely addition to the garden. Lilies love …
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… with purple standards, purple style arms, and violet falls that have distinctive purple veins. The stems stand 8 to18 inches high, each bearing 2 buds in June. It has a sweet plum-like fragrance and is sometimes called the plum-scented iris. The … gave Iris graminea the prestigious Award of Garden Merit. It is native from central Europe to Russia and the Caucacus region. …
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… If you are here in April or May then you'll see the thick, edible spears of asparagus shooting up from the soil. Jersey Knight asparagus grows to about 4 feet high and 2 feet wide and is usually planted as a root in the early spring. After …
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… A wildflower native to the United States, black-eyed Susan is a biennial or short-lived perennial that features … Related cultivars are commonly called gloriosa daisies—they are larger-flowered and come in shades of red, yellow, bronze, orange, and bi-colors. Plant in full sun, they withstand heat …
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… Exotic chocolate-red flowers with yellow throats hang on long stems below the dark green foliage on this large growing tropical vine from southern India. In conservatories and warm climates it can reach 20 feet or more in size and flower year-round. Sun rich locations with moist, well drained soils and a stout arbor to grow on are key to success with this species. Described by a Royal Horticulture Society plant …
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… The Atlas Mountain palm is a native of north Africa where it grows in the Atlas mountains of Morocco and Algeria to altitudes of 5000 feet. This palm tree has large silvery-blue fan-shaped frond that have a …
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… Pomponella™ is a compact floribunda rose that produces deep pink, fully double flowers in clusters of five to seven from June to October. Released by W. Kordes Sohne in Germany in 2005, it has … clean foliage. It requires little trimming, but may be cut back in spring. When planting, the base of the plant at the point where it is grafted should be well-covered with soil and …
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… Kohleria are herbacious perennial plants in the gesneriad family native to tropical America. Kohleria ‘Mother’s Lipstick’ has tubular red …
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… The American plum can be found growing as a many-stemmed shrub or a single-stemmed tree. Use at the edge of a woodland garden. It is cloaked in white, fragrant, five-petaled flowers in early spring before leaves emerge. Its edible yellow to red fruits, which ripen in the summer, are cherished by birds. The delicate white blossoms of …
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