… clusters at the stem tips in late spring or early summer. The foliage ranges from threadlike to willow-like and looks attractive throughout the growing season with the bonus of good to outstanding yellow to gold fall color. Species may vary in plant size from a ground cover sized 5 inches to an …
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… The cultivar 'Firebird' grows 30 to 36 inches tall and 18 inches wide on sturdy stems and features downward sloping bright scarlet … red rays and large, mounded, dark orange-brown cones. Coneflowers bloom from late spring to late summer and the spent blooms make an attractive addition to the winter landscape as well as an excellent source of food for birds. Once classified merely …
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… can be grown as a multistemmed shrub or a rounded tree since it attains heights of 12' to 15' or can even reach 20' to 30' over a 30-year period. The small, finely toothed oval leaves are similar to the leaves of cherry trees, which accounts for its scientific name. The flowers are white with …
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… feed upon the leaves. The native range of this species extends from northern Siberia west to Turkistan and south to northern China. The genus Spiraea consists of small- to medium-sized flowering shrubs with a fine-textured, twiggy mounding habit. The small, simple …
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… White to pink nodding flowers appear in mid to late summer on this onion native to much of eastern North America. Full sun and well-drained soils are the preferred growing …
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… remarkable fragrance earned it the name odorata. Each Vriesea blooms only once, then dies down to make room for its young offshoots, called pups. It's native to Brazil's rocky southern mountains, so it needs a lot of sun and heat. If you want to grow it in our climate, you need to bring it indoors before the first frost. …
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… In addition to the large, architectural foliage typical of so many Rodgersias 'Cherry Blush' adds striking color. The leaves start out bronze in spring, then mature to green bordered in bronzed burgundy. Those dark leaves form an effective setting for the airy … that appear in late spring. In the shade garden, Rodgersias give you a bold counterpoint to the delicate airy foliage common to so many shade plants in our area. The leaves of certain …
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… Siebold viburnum can be used as a large shrub or trimmed up to function as a small tree. Noted for its rigid branching structure and very large leaves, this viburnum bears fragrant white flowers in May followed by fruits that go from pink to red to black and are beloved by birds. The fruit will persist into winter if not eaten by the birds. …
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… In Latin "praecox" means very early, and in fact, Weigela praecox begins to bloom in mid-April, two weeks before other Weigela . The fragrant clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers are a bright, cheerful pink, and the show generally continues for 4 to 6 weeks. Some people like it next to a doorway, so they can enjoy the fragrance. Others use it as a specimen or hedge. Bees, …
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… Asian native spirea produces flat-topped clusters of white flowers; fall foliage color tends to be shades of yellow. The genus Spiraea consists of small to medium sized flowering shrubs with a fine-textured twiggy mounding habit. The small simple leaves are generally lance-shaped and held close to the branch. Spring to early summer abundant blooms tend to be in white or pink tones, …
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