… Yes, it looks like a palm tree but in fact, it’s a begonia… Begonia luxurians . It’s found only in the Brazilian rain forest, where it can reach a height of 13’ and sports its white flowers from late winter into summer. When grown as a house plant, it’s more likely to reach about 6’ and bloom is rare, so it’s grown primarily as a foliage plant. It has large …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Pink Grapefruit' is a hardy waterlily with pale carnation-pink flowers and yellow stamens in the center, held several inches above the water. Waterlilies are rhizomatous aquatic plants … hardy hybrids, tropical day-blooming, and tropical night-blooming. Waterlilies need full sun to flower and must be anchored in mud as they are not free floating. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Q. How can I protect my trees and shrubs from animal damage in the winter? A. Rabbits, voles, and mice often chew on the bark of trees and shrubs during the winter months, damaging the inner cambium layer, and possibly leading to injury and even death of young plants. Damage can be prevented by wrapping plant trunks with …
Type: Plant Info
… Large bright burgundy red flowers appear above the green, red veined wide 'pitchers' in early spring when the pitchers have reduced insect trapping activity. Spring and fall are the … Very rare, the International Carnivorous Plant Society worked with the US Forest Service to flood the market with cultivated plants to reduce the incidence of poaching of the small …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… LANDMARK™ Citrus Lantana Mounds of green leaves are almost covered by the masses of hemispherical flower clusters featuring reddish-orange buds that open to bright yellow flowers that then age to orange as they migrate to the outside of the flower … to butterflies, honeybees and hummingbirds. Drought tolerant species that works well in containers, baskets or flower beds. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… fern produces dense clumps of bright green fronds, some as tall as 5 feet. This fern is easy to recognize, with individual leaflets, or pinnules, up to 2 inches long. The brown or rust-colored sporangia (equivalent to seed), is produced at the tips, or tassel-like … at the top of fertile ferns. The fibrous root stock is the source of osmunda fiber used in potting orchids. Royal fern has a wide range, native to eastern North America and Eurasia. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… features large, fragrant white flowers with deep yellow midveins and burgundy freckles on the lower end of the petals. The flowers bloom in August on thin, 4-foot tall stems. Lilies like their bulbs planted in shady locations but … other perennials is ideal. Protect this lily from rabbits and deer; otherwise, it's not prone to many pests or diseases. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The dawn redwood has a decidedly pyramidal growth habit. Reaching more than 50 feet tall at … which suggest a feathery appearance. This tree needs a large area. The foliage changes to a pretty reddish-brown color in the fall. Mention should be made of the interesting history of this tree, which was known only …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… There are many cultigens of top onion, which are thought to be hybrids of Allium cepa , bulb onion, and Allium fistulosum , bunching onion, or their wild … Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops , it is unlikely to have occurred in nature, because the ranges of the parents do not overlap. The color of bulbs and bulbils ranges from white to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Lilium ‘Partner’ has brilliant flame red flowers in early summer. The flowers are fragrant and upfacing on stems that stand only 14 to 18 inches high. This is a dwarf Asiatic hybrid. Asiatic hybrids are the easiest lilies to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
