… This cultivar is a rounded, spreading evergreen conifer that grows to a height of 4’ and a spread of 5’. It will tolerate a wide range of soil types as long as periodic deep watering is provided. It prefers full sun and partial shade. During the winter, the foliage will remain …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Balkan Maple is a European native that can reach a height of 40 feet with a slightly narrower spread. Its … in the fall. It can be planted in full or partial sun in well-drained evenly moist soil. It is hardy to Zone 5. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… the finely cut foliage in June. Ideal for moist soils and shady conditions. This cultivar is smaller in stature than either of the parents and so is suitable for smaller gardens. The flowers are similar in shape to Astilbe but airier. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Moonbeam is a bushy perennial with delicate thread-like foliage and lemon-yellow flowers. It is rhizomatous, but spreads slowly. It blooms in the summer and grows to a height of 18 inches. It prefers full sun and a well-drained site and makes an excellent border plant. Archived Copy: This content was captured before …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Japanese red pine is a rounded compact pine with red-brown branches and olive-green needles. The buds are surrounded by short needles. It grows to 3.5 by 1.5 feet at maturity. Plant in full sun; it is useful as a screen or low hedge or as a specimen plant. Archived Copy: This content was …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This alpine currant cultivar is a dwarf (3'), dense, mounding, deciduous shrub. It tolerates a wide range of soil and light conditions. Over time, the foliage will remain dense close to the ground and not become more open. Inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers appear in April. Fall color is a dull yellow. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: Look up into the trees to spot this migrant flycatcher. …
Type: Birding
… Korean firs are beautiful, densely-branched evergreens native to the mountains of Korea. 'Golden Glow' is a dwarf cultivar with needles that are yellow-green above and with two white lines beneath. … very showy, turning violet-blue and appearing even on young trees. Korean firs may not be easy to grow in areas with clay soil and they don't like excessive heat or air pollution. They require …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… VENUS® dogwood is a hybrid cross of C. kousa x nuttallii developed by Rutgers University. This small tree is … -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, varies among the species. Dogwoods are native to cooler temperate areas of North America and Asia. The genus includes 45-60 species, divided …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… <p>In late spring, 'Boskoop Glory' is an 8-foot mass of salmon pink, with flowers lining the length of the branches. Once it recovers from its initial effort, it'll continue to flower on and off through the summer if you hard prune it after that first wave of bloom. </p> … you have almost as much color choice in the foliage as in the bloom In addition to the many combinations of red and pink bloom in older varieties, you can now get yellow or …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
