… The Hornbeam Maple is native to Japan and can reach a height of 30 feet with a similar spread. Its bright green leaves don't have the familiar maple lobes and have parallel veins that extend from the midrib to double saw-toothed margins. This tree has a rather bushy shape and is often multi-trunked. It …
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… It has pointed, lobed leaves which are a "typical" maple shape that emerge as maroon, maturing to a dark green. Fall color ranges from yellow-orange to bronze. …
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… The lily leek ( Allium moly ) produces bright, golden-yellow flowers on 4- to 6-inch stems above lax, broad-leaved foliage. Thriving in sunny soils that dry in late summer, … may explain why this plant is avoided by deer and rabbits. Butterflies are strongly attracted to the nectar. …
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… Spikes of cream to light orange are produced from mid-summer through fall atop this tall growing annual with … into seeds that are ground into flour, and feed the songbirds; young leaves can be added to salads and older leaves are often cooked as greens. …
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… small, round-topped shrub or a desirable small tree, the red buckeye can reach a height of 10 to 20 feet. Its lustrous dark-green leaves are composed of 5 leaflets. Beautiful, vivid, red-flowered panicles 3 to 6 inches long bloom in May. The brown seeds that mature in October look like the eye of a …
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… The white, 2-inch-wide, semi-double flowers—often with twisted tips to the petals—of whirlwind Japanese anemone (Anemone × hybrida 'Whirlwind') dance gracefully atop 3-foot-tall stems in the fall garden. Preferring cool, temperate climates to hot, humid summers, this hardy perennial also needs consistently moist soils. When given those …
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… The cultivar name, Sea Shells, references the rolled petals and their resemblance to shells found on many beaches. This mix of colors includes pastel white, cream, pink, red, and … sun, and moderately fertile soils after the danger of late frosts has passed, and deadhead to encourage continuous flowering. …
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… This blood orange variety has sweet fruit with a bright orange peel and pink to dark purple flesh. Flowers are white, sweetly scented and appear in late winter, early spring … or patio plant that requires regular watering and fertilizer. Allowing roots and soil to dry in between waterings when light and temperatures are low will encourage vigorous root …
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… flowering is in June, followed by occasional blooms into August. Plant 'Aphrodite' in full sun to partially shaded locations with moderately fertile neutral pH soils that never completely dry out. Rabbits and deer avoid eating this plant due to the chemicals that provide the spicy fragrance. …
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… Starry white flowers are produced atop stems to 16" height in early spring before the leaves emerge. This rare Korean native is hardy to USDA zone 4 and prefers moist soils and cool summer temperatures. Grow in full sun in cool …
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