… The storage of pollen allows us to make selected crosses to improve the genetics of plants in collections and help with in situ work down the line. …
Type: Staff bio
… into early fall. The flowers are strongly attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. Plant in full sun and moderately well drained soils or in large containers. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… many as 15 dark blue-purple upward facing flowers from late spring through late summer. Plant in sunny locations in average, well drained soils. Deer and rabbit resistant but attracts butterflies and moths. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Tall plumes of light pink flowers age to cream on this warm season annual that thrives in full sun and hot temperatures. The flower spikes can be collected and dried throughout the growing season for dried arrangements. Songbirds love the seeds in fall. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Rosy pink spikes shade to silver at the base of this warm season annual that thrives in full sun, moderate to dry soils, and moderate to low fertility. Protect young plants from bunnies and deer. Songbirds prize the small seeds dispersed in fall. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This bulb has flower stalks that will reach a height of 2 feet. It flowers in late spring/early summer with a tennis ball-sized globe of star-shaped dark purple florets. It prefers average, well-drained soil in full sun. Alliums are deer resistant. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… green to blue green color barrel color and flowers that range from white to light pink. Grow in full sun, well drained soils and reduce watering in winter. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This semi-woody plant, a "dieback shrub," grows quickly to 3 to 6 feet in full sun and well drained soil. It has bluish-green, trifoliate, clover-like leaves. Its branches arch gracefully and are loaded with rosy-purple, pea-like flowers in August and September. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… was developed for greater longevity under the low light and dry atmospheric conditions found in most homes in the winter months. Its creamy white bracts provide a striking alternative to the traditional …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… as the full-sized species. It will attain a height of 4’ at 10 years. It should be planted in well-drained soil in full sun. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
