… Teardrop-shaped, elongated outer white petals surround the fragrant green, marked white cup formed by the three inner petals of this cultivar that … white stripe on the green leaves. Snowdrops are among the earliest harbingers of spring in the cool temperate zones. On sunny late-winter days, the outer petals "flare"out, releasing the strong honey fragrance that is irresistible to pollinators (and gardeners). An amazing plant-sap chemistry allows this species to come into …
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… Greenish-white flowers in racemes mature to purplish black berries attractive to birds on this woodland native member of the Ginseng family. …
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… across on a 4-foot rounded bush with deep, glossy green, disease-resistant leaves beginning in mid-June until frost. The flowers have only a slight fragrance. The 2000 American Rose Society selection committee … solutions or top-dress with well-rotted manure in midwinter, and mulch it with leaf mold to keep the soil from drying too quickly during the growing season. Roses, including this one, …
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… The cultivar Butter & Sugar has creamy white standards and pale butter yellow falls. It blooms in June and may rebloom. It stands 28 inches high with thin, grass-like foliage that remains a … clumps that keep out weeds. The name iris was taken from the Greek goddess of the rainbow to symbolize the many colors of this flower. The classic Fleur de Lys, which has been a symbol of …
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… (rolled) petals set this cactus-flowered style dahlia apart. Pollinators (and gardeners) love the brightly colored flowers produced from late summer into the first hard freeze of fall. Plant in full sun and stake to keep the plant upright under the weight of the flowers. …
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… produces a continuous display of violet-blue flowers with a white eye from late spring up to the first frost. It grows to a height of about 18 inches with a spread of up to 2 feet when grown in full sun to partial shade and moderate soil conditions. This sterile cultivar was vegetatively …
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… Red Rays Switch grass is an upright clump-forming ornamental grass that grows to a maximum height of 5 feet. It requires full sun to partial shade and moderate to wet moisture … and February it produces showy, pink tinged blooms. Later seed plumes are attractive to birds. The plant can be used as a specimen, in a hedge, or in a border. …
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… 'Snow Dwarf' Mockorange is an upright dwarf shrub that grows to a maximum height of 3 feet. It requires full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. In May and June it produces showy, fragrant flowers. The plant can be used as a specimen or in a hedge. …
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… light foot traffic and release a wonderful herby fragrance when stepped on). It can grow to 6" tall and 18” wide. Tiny, pale pinkish-white flowers appear on the stem ends in summer. It grows in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun and can tolerate …
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… It will develop into a shrub like specimen that will reach about 4 feet high and wide in ten years. Todd's WB Ginkgo was discovered by Joe Stupka as a "witches broom" branch mutation. It has the typical lovely fan shaped Ginkgo leaves and outstanding golden yellow fall color. It is a male clone and will not produce the distinctive smelling fruit in the fall. It is resistant to deer and very pollution-tolerant. This cultivar would work well in containers, or used in …
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