… Diervilla rivularis ‘Morton’ SUMMER STARS™ blooms from June and August. This is a dense, compact selection that will grow 3 feet tall and spread to 4 feet. It has a neat, mounded form that in summer is smothered with flowers. The foliage is rich green with a touch of yellow in the veins, and it turns red in fall. The wild species, Georgia bush honeysuckle is native to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Bird’s nest fern is an epiphytic fern native to the rainforests of southern Asia and Australiasia. It has shiny … green strappy leaves growing from a central crown giving the appearance of a bird's nest. In cultivation it usually grows to about three feet in height and about three to four feet wide. It is most commonly cultivated as a houseplant as it …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Snow-in-summer is a diminutive creeping plant that works best along the edge of a flower bed or in a rock garden, where it will not be shaded by other plants. With small, densely growing silver leaves creeping along the ground, it is attractive even when it isn't covered with glistening white 5-petalled flowers in late spring …
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… Ylang-ylang is a tropical tree that produces long-petaled flowers virtually year-round that emerge lime green and mature to lemon yellow. In its native Philippines, it is pollinated by moths and so the fragrance is most intense at sunrise. The highly prized fragrance is used in a number of colognes and perfumes and is also sprinkled on clothing before placing in …
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… Just as interest in old-fashioned yarrows was waning, a wave of new cultivars from Germany was bred in the 1980s. Paprika yarrow ( Achillea 'Paprika') has vivid red flowers with yellow eyes … upright stems. Its blooms are held well above its dense, fern-like foliage. The bloom period is from early June and into October. Easy to grow in a variety of well-drained soils ranging from …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Fairmount' is a large tree which will mature to a narrow upright pyramidal form and has larger leaves than … the distinctive smelly fruit. It is named 'Fairmount' after the tree it was selected from in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It would work well as a specimen or planted in rows. The Ginkgo is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Spartan apple is crunchy and sweet. It is recommended for eating fresh or for juice, but is not a good keeper. This cultivar was developed in 1926 in British Columbia and is derived from McIntosh and Newtown Pippin varieties. The difference …
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… The whitecrack willow is a naturally occurring hybrid from central Europe. It is an exceptionally tall-growing willow capable of reaching sixty feet in height although forty feet is more typical. The new growth is reddish in color and the flowers which appear early in spring are yellowish-green. Like most willows it …
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… The barren strawberry is an ornamental groundcover that is native to the eastern part of the US. It has green leaves that appear in groups of three and in spring five-petaled yellow-flowers appear. This plant is very hardy and able to withstand clay …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Blue ginger ( Dichorisandra thyrsiflora ), a member of the Commelinaceae family, is a tropical plant that resembles ginger in growth and habit but is actually related to the spiderworts (genus Tradescantia ). This … plant is native to the tropical woodlands of North, Central, and South America, especially in the Atlantic forest vegetation in Brazil. It is cultivated for its handsome, spotted stems and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
