… Aurora Koreanspice viburnum is a cultivar of V. carlesii noted for its red buds, which turn deep pink and open to very fragrant white flowers. The fall foliage color is a dull wine red. Viburnum is a versatile genus of multi-stemmed shrubs that is well-suited to the home landscape due to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… LITTLE JOE™ arrowwood viburnum is a slow growing compact plant with a more refined texture and smaller leaves than the species, which make is a good choice where space is limited. Fall color is purple. Viburnums are a versatile genus of multi-stemmed shrubs that …
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… This hybrid yew cultivar is a cross between Japanese yews ( Taxus cuspidata ) and English yews ( Taxus baccata ). This particular one is a semi-dwarf, dense, spreading, evergreen shrub that grows to 3-4' tall with a spread of 5-7’. … full sun to almost full shade, a wide range of soils as long as they are well drained, but is intolerant of temperature extremes. This is one of the few conifers that can tolerate heavy …
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… Love™rose ( Rosa 'Jactwin') is covered with high-centered, scarlet-red flowers featuring white on the reverse of the petals. Its fragrance is described as light and spicy. The ultimate size for this disease-resistant cultivar is 5 feet high with a 4-foot spread, and it is known for having very thorny stems. This variety …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… a byproduct of hybrizations done in the 1840's on the way to developing hybrid tea roses. It is a cross between Rosa chinensis and Rosa gigantea . The flower consists of several rows of … take on a reddish tinge as they age. If you want a showy fragrant rose in your garden, this is not a good choice. It does make for a conversation piece. The plants reach about three feet tall. Since it is not fully hardy, we keep it in a container that is brought in for the winter. …
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… Good Earth An elder taught me that mshkeke is the Potawatomi word we use for medicine , but the literal translation is good Earth . There is a family story about how my father and great-grandmother healed me with mshkeke when Western …
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… of the American beech once covered a large part of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky. It is a large and imposing tree at maturity with low, wide-spreading branches. Its fruit, a beechnut, is edible in fall. Autumn brings golden-brown leaf color; winter exposes the handsome thin gray bark, which is a key identifying feature. There is no lovelier sight than the American beech, with its …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Lily-of-the-valley is a groundcover with very fragrant, pendant, bell-shaped, white flowers that bloom in the spring. It is a perennial that can be vigorous, because it spreads through rhizomes, underground stems. It is best grown in a woodland garden or used as a groundcover in a damp, shady border. It reaches a …
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… This tree is native to Japan's forests. It is an upright grower and can reach a height of 30 feet with a similar spread. Its foliage is green and palmate, very similar to Japanese maples. Fall color varies from shades of red to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… wild ginger makes a striking, shining ground cover or border plant in shady gardens. It is grown for its foliage, because its flowers are insignificant. It spreads by rhizomes and is semi-evergreen during winter. It is an elegant ground cover for shady gardens. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
