… in spring with a showy display of pure white flowers. Plant it in full sun. It is resistant to deer and is hardy in zones 3 -8. The genus name is from the Greek word phlox meaning flame in reference to the many bright colors of some varieties. …
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… Japanese yews ( Taxus cuspidata ) and English yews ( Taxus baccata ). This cultivar grows to 4' tall with a spread of 6’. It will tolerate a wide range of conditions from full sun to almost full shade, a wide range of soils as long as they are well drained, but is intolerant …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… looks like a hotdog on a stick. It is so ubiquitous in wetlands that it was beleived by many to be native to North America. Our native species is Typha latifolia , which has broader leaves. Narrow-leaf …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… spring with blue and white flowers. It reaches a maximum height of one foot under full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has narrow glossy green strap-like leaves. The plant is ideal grown in masses or in a border. It is resistant to deer. This species is often confused in the trade with Scilla lucliae , which is much smaller …
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… Nor’easter poplar is a deciduous oval-shaped tree that grows to 70 feet tall and 45 feet wide. A fast-growing tree with heart-shaped leaves that turn yellow … poplar in full sun where it will provide shade and serve as a wind break, but not too close to a house—it has an aggressive root system—or under power lines. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… dense flower spikes. The rhizome from which it grows is the common ginger of cuisine. Native to India and Malaysia, this ginger would be difficult to grow without a greenhouse. If you want to take on this project, however, plant the rhizome in a large pot filled with a commercial …
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… and on stream banks in red, sandy loams or gravelly clays, which provide good drainage. Hardy to 20 degrees Fahrenheit, it is an erect, spreading, multi-stemmed shrub or small tree that reaches 10 to 12 feet in height. Its dark gray bark is smooth and sometimes mottled with brown, with … separate flowers attached by short equal stalks at equal distances along a central stem) of up to 20 or more heads. …
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… Black cohosh has 2- to 3-foot black stems with wands of white flowers that grace the back of shady perennial borders. … of tightly packed flowers, often followed by conspicuous berries. NOTE: Berries are poisonous to people and rabbits; harmless to birds and butterflies. …
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… Star, is a stunning subtropical shrub featuring pink-and-white balls of flowers from 6 to 10 inches across in winter. The foliage, to 6 inches in length, is greenish purple on the top of the leaf, and deep purple underneath. A … in Africa and some of the islands in the Pacific — which raises the question of how it got to those two widely dispersed locations without any populations in the intervening countries. …
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… hardy onions that produce hundreds of violet-purple flowers in a globe-like inflorescence up to 4 inches in diameter. Each bloom spike can reach 30 inches in height. Cut flowers usually last … on planting the large bulbs among shrubs and perennials that are in active growth in mid- to late summer to prevent excess moisture in the soil from rotting the bulbs. Recent DNA analysis has found that …
Type: Garden Guide Plant