… Masses of mauve to lavender blue flowers are produced in clusters of two from late winter thru to early summer on this tropical vine native to Central America. In tropical climates the vines can get huge, making spectacular displays along roof lines, on arbors or trained up trees. In cultivation plants in large pots can be pruned to a more shrub like appearance. This plant …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Aurea will reach 6 feet at maturity and has pink-purple new growth that turns golden yellow in the summer. It blooms in the spring with chains of bright yellow flowers. Its flowers are fragrant. It can be used as a garden shrub or in a mixed border. It will grow in full sun to partial shade. Cotinus coggygria ‘Nordine …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… hot pink polka dots, is so delightful. This lovely Heuchera hybrid would be a lively feature in any shady garden. It can be used in full sun to part shade. As with many colorful alumroot selections, the variegation or spot color evolves over the growing season, in this case the spots become larger and creamier in color as the leaves mature. Introduced by …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ironweed is a perennial plant that is native to the eastern parts of the US where it grows in locations that are consistently moist and bright. It bears bright purple 3/4 inch flowers in late summer to mid-fall providing an unusual pop of tall color in the late season. Prairie ironweed grows to a height and width of about six feet in sunny …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This perennial bulb blooms in early- to midspring with bright yellow, star-shaped flowers on 6” stems. It should be planted in full sun in average, well-drained soil. It should also be planted in an area that does not accumulate …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Blue Vanda It’s the blue orchid everyone covets, discovered in Burma in 1837 and famously illustrated in lush, full-size color in The Orchid Album, published between 1882 and 1897. …
Type: Plant Info
… Garden’s clivia was discovered by Major Robert J. Garden, who collected specimens of the plant in 1855 while stationed in Natal. He sent them to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, where Sir William Hooker named the new species Clivia gardenii in honor of the collector when it flowered in 1856. Clivia is a genus in the Amaryllidaceae …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Gracefully arching stems are decorated with pendulous fragrant white flowers edged in green in spring. A feature of this cultivar are the pinkish-red stems. Grow in shady, cool, moist locations in the garden. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This workshop is for aspiring growers interested in learning best-practice season-extension techniques to grow vegetables in the winter. Whether you are growing in-ground or in raised beds, what are the ways you can extend your garden's season? Learn which …
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… native of the southern United States. It is a medium tree that can reach a height of 20 feet. In spring, fragrant white flowers bloom in clusters and give way to fruits that ripen in fall and remain throughout the winter. Birds find these attractive. In this area, this tree …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
