… Spikes of bright red flowers in fall contrast with the yellow-and-green variegated foliage on this nonhardy perennial. Insect pollinators and hummingbirds are strongly attracted to the flowers. Plant this salvia in a sunny location for best coloration of the variegated leaves. It's insect and pest resistant. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: This nomadic owl appears erratically and may be seen in conifer plantings or in the McDonald Woods. Long-eared owls are nomadic birds, found abundantly some years and … on prey abundance (small mammals, like mice and voles), they often form fairly large groups in winter roosts where a dozen or more birds can be found together. They are also known to …
Type: Birding
… shaped greenish white veined base. The outside of the flowers are violet purple to pale purple in color. Plant in full sun and moist but well drained soils. Divide when the clumps of corms have become so … 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 …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Flowers range from white to purplish pink on this smaller statured Colchicum found in the wild from Romania, across the Crimea and Georgia to northern Turkey. Plant in full sun and moist but well drained soils. Divide when the clumps of corms have become so … 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 …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… SNOW MANTLE® gray dogwood gets its name from the abundance of white flowers appearing in late spring, which give way to white berries on showy red stems in late summer. The pinkish pedicels remaining after the fruit has fallen or been devoured by birds provide a showy display into winter. This cultivar in an introduction from North Dakota State University. Members of the genus Cornus , commonly …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… of the genus Amsonia are commonly known as bluestars for the abundant small blue flowers borne in clusters at the stem tips in late spring or early summer. The foliage ranges from threadlike to willow-like and looks … season with the bonus of good to outstanding yellow to gold fall color. Species may vary in plant size from a ground cover sized 5 inches to an almost shrub sized 4 feet. Bluestars are …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… of the genus Amsonia are commonly known as bluestars for the abundant small blue flowers borne in clusters at the stem tips in late spring or early summer. The foliage ranges from threadlike to willow-like and looks … season with the bonus of good to outstanding yellow to gold fall color. Species may vary in plant size from a ground cover sized 5 inches to an almost shrub sized 4 feet. Bluestars are …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… of the genus Amsonia are commonly known as bluestars for the abundant small blue flowers borne in clusters at the stem tips in late spring or early summer. The foliage ranges from threadlike to willow-like and looks … season with the bonus of good to outstanding yellow to gold fall color. Species may vary in plant size from a ground cover sized 5 inches to an almost shrub sized 4 feet. Bluestars are …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… photoperiodism, meaning that they require darkness (12 hours at a time for at least five days in a row) to change color. At the same time, they require abundant light during the day for the … the poinsettia, called cyathia, are unassuming, grouped within small yellow structures found in the center of each leaf bunch. Native to Mexico, the poinsettia derives its common English … the first United States minister to Mexico, who introduced the plant into this country in 1825. They contain an irritating milky sap common to most plants in the euphorbia family, but …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… bloom throughout the growing season if kept deadheaded or regularly cut for indoor use. Plant in full sun in moderately rich, well-drained soils. Pollinators love the flowers and songbirds are drawn to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
