… The Hedge Maple is native to most of Europe (in Scotland, it is the only native maple) and has been naturalized in North America and New Zealand. It is a slow …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… gently arched branches. It has clusters of creamy white flowers that are showy but sterile. The blooms emerge in mid summer and gradually turn yellow as they mature. The foliage has a touch of varigation. … comes from the Greek words hydro meaning water and aggeion meaning vessel in reference to the resemblance of the seed capsules to a small water pitcher. …
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… Lilium monadelphum has downfacing butter yellow flowers with purple spots tall in the spring . The petals are refluxed and the anthers are fused at into a tube at the base. The … and shaped like Turk’s caps on stems that stand 4 feet tall. Lilium monadelphum is native to the northern Caucasus regions where it grows on mountainous slopes at the forest’s edge. The …
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… Once known by the Latin genus and species name of Solidago rigida , stiff goldenrod ( Oligoneuron rigidum ) has some of the largest individual flowers of the genus. This native perennial grows to 5 feet tall, with a spread of 2½ feet. Each of its flat-topped inflorescences (a cluster of … a stem) are frequented by butterflies and, once the seeds are ripe, birds. This plant thrives in full sun and average soil. The gray-green leaves of summer age to a dusky rose color in …
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… lavender semi-double flowers with frilly centers of small petals. This is an upright shrub 6 to 8 feet tall. Although each flower lasts only one day, it blooms continuously from mid summer to fall. It is hardy in zones 5 -9. This is a member of the Chiffon series and is sold commercially under the name LAVENDER CHIFFON™. Although when …
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… Fingerleaf Rodgers flower has ridged, deeply veined leaves up to two feet wide, which give a beautiful, bold texture to the garden. These palmately lobed leaves, which resemble horsechestnut leaves, are deep green … so it will spread and make an effective ground cover under trees. It also may be used in bog and water gardens. As the largest of the Rodgerasias it makes a bold architectural and …
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… Purple hybrid catalpa, a tree that grows to 50 feet tall and wide, has some very distinctive characteristics. In spring, deep purple foliage appears, which gradually changes to lime green. In mid-late … summer, 8- to 10-inch orchid-like white flowers marked with brown and yellow appear. Perhaps the most distinctive feature of purple hybrid catalpa is its cigar-shaped fruit, nicknamed the …
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… There’s a good and bad side to Chameleon houttuynia, a multi-colored perennial growing 9 to 15 inches tall. Its long, … of purple, pink, and red. Stems are vivid red, and tiny greenish-white flowers appear in the spring. They fill in quickly when planted in moist soil in full sun to part shade, making …
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… This variety of glory-of-the-snow ( Chionodoxa luciliae ‘Alba’) has star-shaped, pure white flowers. Glory-of-the-snow is a perennial bulb and blooms in early spring. It grows from 3 to 11 inches in height. The bulbs should be planted 3 inches deep in well-drained soil. …
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… Lilium ‘Elodie’ has stunning pink flowers with a double layer of lightly speckled petals. The flowers are unscented and pollen free. The stems grow to just over 3 feet tall with blooms in late spring to early summer. Elodie belongs to a group of Asiatic lilies which generally bloom …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
