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Daylily Companions
One of the most versatile perennials available to gardeners, daylilies are available in an astonishing range of flower colors, sizes, shapes, and patterns, ensuring that there is a variety to complement any garden. |  |
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How to Grow and Care for Geraniums
Easy-to-grow geraniums are a diverse group of flowering perennials that are often used in borders, rock gardens, and as a ground cover. Another common name is cranesbill. |  |
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Preserving Cut Flowers
There's nothing like a bouquet of fresh-cut flowers. Of course, you'd like it to last forever — or at least for more than a few days! Here are some step-by-step tips for extending the vase life of cut flowers. |  |
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Planting Groundcovers
Use low-growing perennial plants and shrubs as groundcovers to cover slopes and rough ground or to replace high-maintenance lawns. Choose plants that thrive in your particular soil and climate. |  |
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Edible Flowers
Edible flowers turn foods and drinks from ordinary to extraordinary by adding color and flavor and a beautiful garnish. Picked straight from your own garden, you can add flare to your table with little effort. |  |
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Power Plants
Growing a beautiful garden is always a bit of a gamble. Tip the odds in your favor by choosing plants that have won awards for not only beauty but also for their easy care and reliable growth. |  |
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Organic or Local?
In years past, most organic produce was grown on small, family-owned farms and distributed locally. Now, much of it is likely grown in far-off places and shipped cross-country. Is buying locally grown food a more sustainable option? |  |
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Together with Victory Seed Company We want to tell you about Montana Morado Maize, the culmination of a lifetime of amazing work done by Dave Christensen of Big Timber, Montana. For over 50 years, Dave has been rescuing Native American heirloom corn varieties and growing them in the short, climate-stressed Montana seasons, and selecting from generation to generation until he arrived at this purplish/black flour corn. The kernels themselves are striking in their color and appearance, but the really interesting part is that the pigments give the corn tremendously high levels of nutricious value. The kernels are very soft and effortless to grind into flour, and are primarily used to make cornbread. Plants mature quickly, grow just 5 feet tall and produce beautiful long slender ears with 8 uniform rows of shiny black kernels. Dave himself supplies this maize for us and we sell it to customers around the country so they can experience this treasure in their own gardens. Click to learn more, and buy your packet for $3.49.
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Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Champagne Elegance')
Hybridizer: O. D. Niswonger
Year Of Registration: 1986
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1987
Seedling Number: 23-81
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 33 inches (84 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid, Rebloom
Rebloom by Zone: Known To Rebloom Zone 6:-10° to 0°
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Peach, Orchid
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Pale lavender pink standards; light buffy apricot falls
Beard Color: Amber
Fragrance: Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention, Award of Merit
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Flowers: Showy, Fragrant
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Blyth H 116-1: ((Magnetic Isle x Rhythm and Blues) x Snowlight) X 7-78: (Coral Strand x Peach Spot)
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Tree Peony (Paeonia 'Highdown')
Originator/Registrant: Joseph Rock
Cultivar Group (Type): Suffruticosa Tree Peony, Other
Flower Color: White
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic, Dry Mesic
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
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Baby Rubber Plant (Peperomia obtusifolia 'Variegata')
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb, Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade, Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Plant Height: 6-10 inches
Plant Spread: 12-18 inches
Leaves: Evergreen, Variegated
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: Other
Flower Time: Other
Suitable Locations: Houseplant, Terrariums
Uses: Groundcover, Will Naturalize
Resistances: Humidity tolerant, Drought tolerant
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
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Rose (Rosa 'New Year')
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Petal count: double: 16-25 petals
Rose bloom color: Orange and orange blend
Extra Bloom Info: Medium to large, double to full, in clusters
Rebloom: Good
Class: Grandiflora
Growth Habit: Medium, 3-4 feet, upright
Fragrance: Mild
Hybridizer & year: Samuel Darragh McGredy IV, 1982
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 6 and warmer
Awards: AARS
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6b -20.6 °C (-5 °F) to -17.8 °C (0 °F)
Plant Height: 3-4 feet
Plant Spread: 2-3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy, Fragrant
Flower Color: Orange
Flower Time: Spring, Summer, Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Parentage: Mary Sumner x (Yellow Pages x Kabuki)
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Princess Flower (Pleroma semidecandrum)
Plant Habit: Shrub, Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 10a -1.1 °C (30 °F) to +1.7 °C (35 °F)
Plant Height: 10 to 20 feet
Leaves: Evergreen, Other
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Other, Purple
Bloom Size: 4"-5"
Flower Time: Summer, Late summer or early fall, Late fall or early winter, Fall, Other
Suitable Locations: Patio/Ornamental/Small Tree
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
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"BLUE FLIRT"
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"Long lasting blossoms, as tasty as their stems."
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"Saucer magnolia #23 nn, LHB Page 416, 74-1-6. Named for Pierre Magnol, botanist of Montpellier. AG page 49, 2-1 —?"
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