… adorn this small shrub from summer into early fall. The flowers are strongly attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. Plant in full sun and moderately well drained soils or in large …
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 …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Yellow daisy-like flowers with 5 to 7 petals appear above the green heart shaped leaves in late summer through early fall. This …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… sterile sunflower hybrid comes into flower earlier in the season and prolongs flowering up to the first hard frost. Golden yellow sunflowers feature dark brown eyes and are produced from …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… in most homes in the winter months. Its creamy white bracts provide a striking alternative to the traditional red poinsettia. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… low humidity interiorscapes where many other species die. It will respond positively however to warm temperatures, high humidity and moisture retentive well drained soils. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This perennial bulb blooms in early spring with white blooms with a yellow eye. Multiple (3 to 6) flowers appear on 6” stems. It should be planted in full sun in average, well-drained soil. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… berries and yellow foliage finish out the season on this hardy perennial adapted to shaded, moist, environments. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… some 12-inch-long soft strings of light-colored yarn put out by humans, she may snatch them to make her nest. A common breeding bird of open woodlands, natural spaces, gardens, and … Photo © Carol Freeman By May, Baltimore orioles have arrived in the eastern United States to set up breeding territories. To get her attention, the male hops around the female, spreads … Life Histories of North American Birds series, Arthur Cleveland Bent noted that the oriole is “perhaps the most skillful artisan of any North American bird.” Those lucky enough to see an …
Type: Blog
… Barbara Raue is the Plant Production department's nursery supervisor. Many of the Garden's more unique and difficult-to-source plants are grown in the nursery. Raue started working at the Garden in 1986, as a … Landscape Garden, Native Plant Garden, Graham Bulb Garden, and Aquatic Garden. She transferred to Plant Production as a grower for indoor floriculture in 1996 and then to the nursery as a …
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