… well-drained soils. Divide when the clumps of corms have become so congested that they start to push up to the surface of the soil. Interplant corms with companion plants that begin growth late in the season to accomodate the luxuriant spring foliage that provides a backdrop for the flowers in fall. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… well-drained soils. Divide when the clumps of corms have become so congested that they start to push up to the surface of the soil. Interplant corms with companion plants that begin growth late in the season to accommodate the luxuriant spring foliage and provide a backdrop for the flowers in fall. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… but well drained soils. Divide when the clumps of corms have become so congested they start to push up to the surface of the soil. Interplant corms with companion plants that begin growth late in the season to accommodate the luxuriant spring foliage and that provide a backdrop for the flowers in Fall. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… but well-drained soil. Divide it when the clumps of corms have become so congested they start to push up to the surface of the soil. Interplant the corms with companion plants that begin growth late in the season to accommodate the luxuriant spring foliage and provide a backdrop for the flowers in fall. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Bleeding heart ( Dicentra spectabilis ), native to Japan, produces long, arching sprays of pendulous, heart-shaped, deep-pink-to-red blooms with white-tipped flowers. A wonderful early spring perennial for shady locations, … and similar areas. Bees love the nectar hidden within the flowers and will hang upside down to send their proboscis (the equivalent of a tongue in mammals) past the white part of the flower …
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… Kohleria are herbacious perennial plants in the gesneriad family native to tropical America. Kohleria allenii, native to Costa Rica and Panama, has pale lime to yellow cup-shaped flowers with red tips that are strongly reflexed. Red bristles adorn the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… vegetable plants are hardy, enduring plants that over generations have acclimated themselves to the weather, the soil conditions and the particular disease and insect problems of a given area. They have proven to be reliable producers of extremely flavorful, nutritious vegetables that have a strong resistance to the pests and problems that plague overly hybridized plants. The seeds produced by these …
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… Native to the Pacific coast of North America, this little plant in the barberry family grows in woodlands on the west slopes of the Cascade Mountains. With a growth habit similar to mayapple, the plants grow into colonies. Each plant has a stem 8-10” tall topped with a compound leaf divided into three leaflets with wavy leaf margins. In late spring to early summer, one-foot stems topped with spikes of tiny, fragrant white flowers appear. The …
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… There’s a good and bad side to Chameleon houttuynia, a multi-colored perennial growing 9 to 15 inches tall. Its long, heart-shaped leaves are extremely colorful, containing splotches of … flowers appear in the spring. They fill in quickly when planted in moist soil in full sun to part shade, making an attractive ground cover; they can even be used in water gardens. But …
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… Fingerleaf Rodgers flower has ridged, deeply veined leaves up to two feet wide, which give a beautiful, bold texture to the garden. These palmately lobed leaves, which resemble horsechestnut leaves, are deep green suffused with pink to bronze. Spikes up to two feet long of fluffy, creamy white or pink flowers are held above the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
