… SOMBRERO® Rosado Coneflower SOMBRERO® series is a compact series with a collection of hot colors like yellow, orange, red, and pink. This series is more floriferous than traditional echinacea. It is great addition to the garden beds or large containers for a bright summer display. It has …
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… ‘Sonnenspeer’ is an upright perennial that grows to a maximum height of 7 feet. It requires full sun and moist … fall the plant produces yellow and orange flowers that are attractive to birds. The plant is resistant to deer and is most often used in a border. …
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… 'Pumila' is a dwarf cultivar that has a cone-like shape that reaches a height of 5’ with a similar spread. … a brownish cast in winter. It prefers moist, well-drained loams in full sun to part shade. It is not fussy about soil pH but is intolerant of dry conditions. …
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… from July to August. The stems stand 24 inches tall with grayish-green fernlike foliage, which is mildly aromatic. It does best in full sun with moderate moisture. It is attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds while resistant to deer, rabbits, and drought. Best planted in borders, this is a favorite as a cut flower and is also excellent as a dried flower. The genus name Achillea …
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… high. It has small toothed, lance like leaves which are toxic to horses and cattle. This is a cultivar of Achillea ptarmica which is native to Europe. It is attractive to butterflies, bees and hummingbirds while resistant to deer and rabbits. The …
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… 'La Veta' is a shrubby form of white fir. It has dense branches of flat teal blue needles that curve upwards slightly. New growth is a contrasting shade of mint green. The form is rather irregular when young, and when older will tend to have a flat top. After ten years it …
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… Known as river wattle or narrow-leaf bower wattle, this is a graceful shrub from New South Wales, Australia. With cascades of long narrow petals, it … weeping willow. It could make a nice lawn specimen in California, but in northern climes is best suited to a conservatory or a container. It needs full sun to partial shade, with low humidity and well-drained soil that is kept on the dry side. It produces sprays of small, spherical flowers with numerous stamens. …
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… The false onion, or pregnant onion, is native to South Africa where the hot, dry conditions allow it to reach its final height of up … it bears green and white striped flowers on spikes, these are not especially showy. Because it is very tender the pregnant onion is generally grown as a potted plant and overwintered indoors where it is regarded as a tough …
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… Baby Tut papyrus is a dwarf papyrus that grows to only two feet tall and two feet wide and prefers wet boggy sites with full to partial sun. It is grown primarily for its attractive umbrella-shaped leaf bracts. Baby Tut is a perennial sedge in warmer climates, forming dense clumps. While a native of Madagascar the …
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… displays leaves of various colors, ranging from yellow to scarlet to reddish-purple. This tree is at its best in winter, when the picturesque, sinewy, blue-gray branches can be seen. It is also known as musclewood, because its bark resembles muscles, and ironwood, because its wood is heavy and hard. This is an outstanding native plant with striking bark that consistently …
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