… DESERT SURPRISE - A succulent with opposite pairs of fleshy tapered leaves, wide at the stem. Marbled pale green with mottled pinstripe maroon patterns. Bushy upright growth … produces clusters of thin elongated blooms in winter. Unusual,easy to grow. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: Large flocks of this species are often seen in the fall and winter in fruiting trees, or elsewhere around the Garden. …
Type: Birding
… This New England Aster forms a robust semi-woody clump (5 feet tall, 2 feet wide) that blooms with fine-petaled lavender-blue flowers from late summer into fall. It was named after the wife of garden writer Alan Lacy. It is tolerant of wet conditions and is mildew resistant. Pinch back until 4th of July. This will …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… rose ( Rosa 'Playboy') features orange-scarlet semi-double blooms on a medium-sized bush that is disease-resistant if planted in full sun and provided with moderate water and fertilizer. … Floribunda roses typically produce sprays of multiple flowers from June until frost. The flowers of this variety measure 3.5 inches and are slightly fragrant. It was hybridized by Alec Cocker and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Need a tall plant that holds up to the heat of summer? Try sweet black-eyed Susan— it has a lot to recommend it. A wildflower that tops out at 4-6 feet in full sun to partial sun, this plant tolerates clay soil, produces buttery yellow blooms with brown centers and is resistant to deer. Sweet black-eyed Susan prefers moist soil and blooms from July through …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Bellevalia pycnantha is a little known bulbous plant named after Pierre Richer de Belleval, who founded the Montpelier Botanic Garden in 1593. It resembles a larger grape hyacinth, growing to 12 inches … edged in greenish-yellow. Plant in a dry, sunny location in a bed or border. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Discovered in Illinois, ‘Emerald Lace’ is a unique hydrangea, featuring ragged dark green foliage, deeply and irregularly lobed. It produces white lacecap flowers during the summer and grows to 4-5’ tall. Blooms on new wood; can be cut back hard in late winter. Grow in moist, well-drained soil in part to full shade. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Niagara Falls' is a dense cultivar of the classic weeping eastern white pine. Typically it has long, soft blue-green needles in clumps … soils, bright light to full sun, and well-drained, consistently moist soils. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
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