… Chinese ironweed is a tall perennial that bears masses of purple flowers with hot pink eyes in the late summer and early fall. The leaves are long and serrated and remain green throughout … height and the late season pop of color can be appreciated. It can be pruned in early summer to reduce height. …
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… Resembling over-sized pansies, most vanda orchids can be recognized by the five rounded petals with a very small cup in the center. This cultivar has soft salmon-orange flower petals with a thin white rim. The … because it can thrive at lower temperatures than many other showy orchids because it is native to the Himalayan foothills from Assam east to China and Vietnam. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Fully double rose-red flowers are edged in burgundy on this hardy perennial that thrives in shaded conditions and moist acidic soils. The trademarked name refers to a series of large, double flowered Lenten roses that must be hand pollinated in order to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Iris ‘Great Smokey Dawn’ is a Tall Bearded Iris which blooms in mid season. The falls are a soft lavender with distinctive brown ruffled edges. The standards … edge of the falls. Great Smokey Dawn stands 40 inches high with branched stems which have 8 to 9 buds each. It is attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds while resistant to rabbits and …
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… Geum 'Dolly North' stands 24 inches high and blooms from early May to mid June. The orange flowers are semi-double, measuring 1 ½ inches wide and facing upward. Plant it in full sun to partial shade. It is hardy in zones 4- 8. …
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… Blue-violet snapdragon shaped flowers are perkily held upright with a prominent white blotch in summer. This North American native is attractive to insect pollinators and hummingbirds and can be found in natural areas and gardens from the upper Midwest to southern Canada. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… vine that produces striking red-crimson flowers from May through October. It is a member of the viticella group of clematis, and as such it shows good resistance to clematis wilt. To prune, simply cut back the stems to a pair of strong buds 6 to 8 inches above ground level before growth begins in early spring. It can be trained to climb into shrubs, trees, and climbing roses as the …
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… Before the bridge to Regenstein Fruit and Vegetable Garden, on the Bulb Garden perimeter, you will find Turkestan tulip ( Tulipa turkestanica ) in bloom. Instead of having a single flower atop one stem, each 8 to 10 inch plant has up to …
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… leaves with purple undersides and purple stems make this plant a beautiful textural addition to the perennial garden, even when it is not blooming. The leaves of ‘Britt-Marie Crawford’ are a … throughout the season. It was derived from a seedling of ‘Othello’, selected from a garden in Scotland by James Crawford, and named after his late wife. In late summer, 3- to 4-foot sturdy …
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… This tree is native to Texas and can reach a height of 40 feet with a slightly narrower spread. In spring, it blooms with panicles of yellow-white flowers. The fruits contain tannic acid which is poisonous to humans as are the leaves. It is hardy to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
