… are held well above the dark green, glossy, heart-shaped leaves. Anthuriums can tolerate light-to-moderate shaded environments, as long as the relative humidity and temperatures remain high. In many drier home environments, it is prone to infections of spider mites in winter. The treatment is relatively straightforward—periodically take it to the bathroom and give it a warm shower. …
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… magnet with its honey-scented blooms. It likes full sun and good soil with regular watering to ensure it doesn’t wilt. Removing the spent spikes will keep new flowers coming. It grows to a height of over three feet, but if you cut it back to one foot when the blooming slows, it will grow quickly into a bigger bush with many more …
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… BUZZ™ Ivory Butterfly Bush This upright, semi-bushy shrub only grows to a size of three to five feet, but it produces elegant spikes of white plumes to accent its medium green-greyish foliage. It thrives with full sun and moist, well-drained …
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… BUZZ™ Hot Raspberry Butterfly Bush This upright, semi-bushy shrub only grows to a size of three to five feet, but it produces elegant spikes of white plumes to accent its medium green-greyish foliage. It thrives with full sun and moist, well-drained …
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… with tiny white stamens. Plant 'Sweet Black Cherry' in full sun, average soils, and close to a path or window to enjoy the fragrance. Sweet Williams are old-fashioned favorite perennials which are often used as annuals, especially varieties hybridized with other species. This cultivar was bred to produce flowers the first season. …
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… pinks has small, linear, grayish-green leaves. It forms nice dense mounds and grows only to a foot or so. It is wonderful in the foreground of a perennial border or rock garden. One-inch … borne either as singles or doubles. If you pinch back after flowering, the plant will continue to bloom. This is an easy plant to grow, and no sunny garden should be without it. Lovely pink flowers, each petal with scalloped …
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… ovate or rounded leaves with a wavy margin. Yellow and red fragrant flowers bloom in February to March. The small flowers grow in clusters of three or four and each flower has four strap-like … Intermediate witch hazels were created by the hybridization of Hamamelis japonica (native to Japan) and Hamamelis mollis (native to western China). …
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… like shape. It stands 4 feet tall and blooms from midsummer into early fall. It is attractive to hummingbirds while resistant to deer. The name Hibiscus came from the Greek work "hibiskos" that mant "marshmallow". The sticky root or stem of some plant in the mallow family was used at one time to make marshmallow confections. …
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… falls. This is a miniature tall bearded iris that stands 18 inches tall and blooms in mid to late season. In 1965 Topsy Turvey was awarded Honorable Mention by the American Iris Society. It is an excellent cut flower and is attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds while resistant to rabbits and deer. The classic Fleur de Lys, which has been a symbol of royalty throughout …
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… This is a dwarf iris standing only 6 inches high and is found in floodplains from Maryland to Oklahoma. It thrives in shade, spreads rapidly, and is resistant to deer and rabbits. The name iris was taken from the Greek goddess of the rainbow to symbolize the many colors of this flower. The classic Fleur de Lys, which has been a symbol of …
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