… This perennial grows to a height of 2 feet with full sun and moist soil conditions. It is a ground cover and is native to the Midwest. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Iris 'Warl-Sind' is a lovely combination of white, violet and yellow with a chocolate and yellow pattern on the tips of the falls. It stands 12 inches high and blooms in early spring. Warl-Sind belongs to … dormant in the summer Most Juno irises are native to the Middle East and Central Asia. Iris is the name of the Greek goddess of the rainbow. The classic 'Fleur de Lys' which has been a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: This dove is a common bird that can be found all over the Garden all year long. …
Type: Birding
… Description: If this uncommon migrant is seen, it will generally be in shrubby areas of the Garden. …
Type: Birding
… Native to the United States, unlike its invasive Asian cousin, the perennial bittersweet vine Bailumn has yet another botanical claim to fame: its perfect … in May-June followed in the fall by gorgeous orange fruits with yellow seeds. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Blue dawn flower is a pantropical morning glory. It is a twining vine with large, blue funnel-shaped flowers, with purple in the throat, and fading to red-violet. The vines can reach 15 feet or more, and allegedly cover …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ‘ Kraftprotz ’ stands 40 – 4 5 inches tall and blooms in mid- August and September. The flowers are 1 ½ to 2 inches wide and occur in fragrant clusters. Plant it in full sun to part shade. It is attractive to hummingbirds and butterflies and is hardy in zones 4 – 8. The genus name is from the Greek word phlox meaning flame in reference …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Chinese spice bush is a shrub that grows up to 9 feet with opposite, untoothed, aromatic glossy green leaves. It produces interesting many-petaled, nodding flowers in later May. The cupped flowers have broad outer sepals that are glistening white, sometimes tinged in violet, … of yellow with a purple blotch at the base. Originally placed in the genus Sinocalycanthus , this species was been merged with Calycanthus , and it has been used in hybridization with …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… high. Each stem has 3 to 4 branches with 12 or more large bright yellow flowers on each stem. The yellow falls are highlighted by a cinnamon brown eyelash pattern around the signal radiating out toward the edge of the petal. This is a peusadata iris, a cross between a Japanese iris ( Iris ensata) and Iris psedacorus. These …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… LITTLE HENRY® sweetspire is a variety of the native Virginia sweetspire. Virginia sweetspire is a native of the moist shady stream banks … can appear untidy, when grown en masse they make an attractive informal screen. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant