… This maple is native to the higher elevations in the Middle East, southern Europe and the Caucasus. It can be used as … a similar spread. Foliage is a dark green followed by yellow fall color. Plant in full sun to partially shaded locations and provide supplemental watering during periods of drought. …
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… smaller, rounded, slow- growing trees, usually with cascading branching. They rarely grow to more than 12 feet in height with a larger spread. Palmate leaves, each having 7-11 deeply incised lobes, cut to the base of the leaf. They can also be called laceleaf Japanese maple, cutleaf Japanese maple …
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… This is a large, deciduous shrub that can slowly grow to 16 feet high and 10 feet wide. It blooms with panicles of scarlet flowers that appear in late spring to early summer. These provide a contrast with its dark green foliage. It is not fussy about soil …
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… This buckeye is native to Japan and China. It is large (60 feet high, 40 feet wide) compared to other buckeyes. It blooms with panicles of white flowers in the spring and has irregular white …
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… Variegated cast-iron plant is a rhizomatous perennial native to Japan and Taiwan. It is usually grown as a houseplant where it can endure neglect and shade; hence its common name. It has elliptical leaves to 28 inches long, with creamy white stripes or wider creamy stripes along the margins. Older …
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… obtusa 'Fernspray Gold'), a broadly upright hardy conifer. The lateral (side) branches taper to a point at the tip somewhat reminiscent of fern fronds. Light shade in the heat of summer is recommended to prevent the yellow growth from sunburning. Plant this evergreen in moist well drained soils. …
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… turtlehead. It has dark green foliage on a 20-inch tall clump. The clump will eventually widen to several feet. In late summer and early fall, the clumps are topped with white snapdragon-like flowers. It tolerates wet or dry conditions and is good way to blending late season color into the garden. …
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… star with the petals trailing behind the head of the plant. Aphrodite Shooting star grows to about 18 inches tall and about 12 inches wide and is tolerant of a range of soils but prefers shady locations. Aphrodite bears deep pink flowers in late spring to early summer. …
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… is generally used as an accent plant because of its stiffly arching branches. It can grow to a height of about 10 feet with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. In late spring it produces yellow flowers that give way to brown fruit in the summer. The fern-like foliage turns an attractive yellow in the fall. …
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… Bright orange, double- to semi-doubled flowers with hints of lemon blaze in the summer landscape during warm … the landscape appeal. Plant this cosmos in full sun and average soils, and water enough to establish the seedlings and thereafter during periods of drought. This is a pollinator magnet, …
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