… Tall spikes of hot coral with bright yellow blotches are produced up to three weeks earlier than other snapdragons and will repeat flower throughout the summer if deadheaded (old flowers removed before they produce seeds). The flowers, like other … a light, pleasing fragrance, and the foliage is deer resistant. Plant this snapdragon early in the season when soils are still cool, and stake it if planted in windy locations. …
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… morning glory. It is a twining vine with large, blue funnel-shaped flowers, with purple in the throat, and fading to red-violet. The vines can reach 15 feet or more, and allegedly cover anything they can reach. …
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… This mix of colorful zinnia flowers creates a great heat and drought dense annual groundcover. The mix includes coral, yellow, and a color described as starlite rose (white petals with prominent rose midrib). Plant this zinnia in full sun and in average soil, and water only enough to establish the root system and during periods of extreme drought. Disease-resistant foliage …
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… The Oenothera genus consists of more than 80 species of annuals, biennials, and perennials, many of which spread freely in the meadows, roadsides, and prairies of North America. Individual flowers last only one day or … on each petal resembles the wing of a butterfly and glows when backlit by the sun. Well suited to hot dry sites, it is ideal as a ground cover, in rock garden, or in containers. …
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… late tulip which has flowers that are a beautiful blend of yellow, peach, and pink blooming at the end of the tulip season (mid- to late May in the Chicago region) on a tall, strong stem. This cultivar is a "sport" of Tulipa 'Temple of …
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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 diameter flowers are borne …
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… location, Harla, Ethiopia. It is a stemless aloe that is usually found as solitary rosette or in groups formed by offshoots. The leaves are 20 inches long and a glossy dark green with pale markings and dark marginal teeth. The inflorescence appears in the summer and fall and is up to three feet tall with as many nine branches. The flowers are clustered toward the top of each …
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… of lilies typically produce sturdy stems that don't need staking and can reach some height in the garden. Lilies lack protective scales surrounding the bulb, so carefully plant these bulbs in fertile, well-drained soils that have not grown lilies in recent history (to avoid spreading diseases to new plants). Lilies, unfortunately, are considered delicacies by …
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… Country Dancer Buck shrub rose ( Rosa 'Country Dancer') is another of the very hardy, repeat-flowering roses hybridized in Iowa by Griffith Buck, Ph.D. (1915–91), a professor of horticulture at Iowa State University. Its rose-red buds open to reveal rose-pink double flowers on a plant that will repeat-bloom from mid-June until the …
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