Teucrium chamaedrys - Wall Germander Plants / Perennials Germanders offer a small, tight, shrub-like presence in the garden, with tiny, shiny, fragrant, evergreen leaves. Wall Germander has thrived for us as a wide, low (6 ) edging above a rock wall, looking beautiful every day of the year and drawing many questions during our guided garden walks. Delicate … Contributed by amazon 02.08. 2007 10:03:39 (20566 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Myosotis sylvatica 'Victoria Rose' - Forget-Me-Not Plants / Perennials Forget-Me-Not Victoria Rose - Tiny, rose-pink flowers on compact bushy plant. Use for borders and edging. Reseeds. Great for shady rock gardens, beds or borders. … Contributed by amazon 27.07. 2007 08:28:55 (28858 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Carex comans 'Bronze' - New Zealand Hair Sedge Plants / Grass, Grasses Rich Honey Tones All Year! Coppery with pink tints in spring, then golden-amber till frost! Now here s a nice change of pace for your edging, containers, and border accents! Bronze Carex is just what its name promises -- an ornamental grass (easy and carefree!) that keeps its honey-toned leaves right … Contributed by amazon 20.05. 2007 18:58:28 (37184 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Indigofera pseudotinctoria 'Rose Carpet' - Dwarf False Indigo Plants / Deciduous Shrubs A prostrate rug that blooms from late June until frost. This is much lower and dense than the species that we saw growing wild in Korea. Rich rose-pink spikes, 1-2 long cover this little shrub. Great for edging beds, walkways, or try in the rock garden. … Contributed by amazon 27.07. 2007 07:44:56 (21736 readers) Match on Article's text | |
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Hosta 'Stiletto' - Hosta Plants / Perennials Narrow lance shape foliage, almost grass like with a bright cream edge. A small edger hosta or rockery plant. Interesting undulating leaf formation making it look like its in motion. Ideal for edging a shady border, as a groundcover under trees, or as a patio container plant. Extremely hardy. Prefers … Contributed by amazon 18.09. 2007 11:07:30 (14587 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Hosta 'Ginko Craig' - Hosta Plants / Perennials Narrow, lance-shaped, grass-green, with neat, white-edged margins. Clump forming. Prolific, funnel-shaped, violet-orchid, striped flowers in July-August on 18 wiry stems. Easy care plant multiplies rapidly. Ideal for edging a shady border, as a groundcover under trees, or as a patio container plant. … Contributed by amazon 18.09. 2007 11:02:41 (13650 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Delosperma cooperi - Hardy ice plant, Trailing ice plant Plants / Perennials This clumping ice plant produces a dome of bright purple flowers. The texture of the petals is shimmering -- almost like metal. It starts blooming in June and continues steadily until fall. It promises to be an essential small-scale ground cover or edging for a border. Height: 4. Width: 10. Sun: Full … Contributed by amazon 08.06. 2007 07:20:01 (20341 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Santolina chamaecyparissus - Cotton Lavender Plants / Perennials Lavender Cotton or Gray Santolina Santolina chamaecyparissus tomentosa Family: Asteraceae Softer yellow colored flowers and shorter than the normal species. With silver-gray colored, compact foliage. Very drought tolerant, grow in full sun in well draining soils, in zone 9 will take some shade. Evergreen … Contributed by amazon 09.07. 2007 10:10:12 (17890 readers) Match on Article's text | |
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Duchesnea indica - Indian Strawberry, Mock Strawberry Plants / Perennials A semi- evergreen trailing perennial, this species grows to a height of 4 in (10 cm) and multiplies rapidly by runners to an indefinite spread. It is useful as a ground cover and for bed edging, hanging baskets and pots. It has dark green leaves and bright, 1 in (25 mm) wide, yellow flowers from spring … Contributed by amazon 16.09. 2008 08:43:14 (30434 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Iberis sempervirens - Evergreen Candytuft Plants / Perennials Candytuft White (Iberis sempervirens) | Free-flowering and spreading! Mounds of Snow on Low-Growing, Evergreen Plants! Each 6-inch plant is awash in white blooms all spring! Long-lived and easy to grow! Few evergreen perennials boast the flower power of this vigorous little plant! Every spring, these … Contributed by amazon 14.06. 2007 09:20:12 (26760 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Thymus serpyllum - Mother of Thyme Plants / Perennials Fragrance, Color, and Beauty -- This Ground Cover Has it All! A perennial Thyme for use between paving-stones or as an edging! Mother of Thyme is an ideal choice for planting between walkway stones or bricks and used as a groundcover. Like other thymes, the leaves are highly fragrant; great to inhale … Contributed by amazon 20.06. 2007 09:24:54 (19919 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Lavandula angustifolia 'Munstead' - English Lavender Plants / Perennials Munstead Lavender is early blooming and fragrant. The plants are compact. Grows 12-18 inches high. Plant 18 inches apart. Hardy in zones 5-9. … Contributed by amazon 18.06. 2007 11:43:50 (40092 readers) Match on Article's text | |
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Lavandula angustifolia 'Lady' - English Lavender Plants / Perennials Lavender is a perennial evergreen shrub with narrow, silver, needlelike leaves on bushy plant up to 10 inches tall. The lavender-blue flowers appear in summer and stretch up about 6 inches higher. … Contributed by amazon 14.06. 2007 09:05:01 (19937 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Tending Your Garden Other / Books A Year-Round Guide to Garden Maintenance | How to keep any garden looking its best, through the seasons and through the years.Gardening is the primary recreational activity of Americans. Since the 1980s, when gardening caught fire as a national passion, we have spent billions of dollars on what we grow … Contributed by amazon 16.09. 2007 05:13:56 (11030 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Festuca glauca - Blue Fescue Grass Plants / Grass, Grasses Fescue develops deeper foliage color when grown in full sun, but it can tolerate partial shade, and should be grown in part shade in areas with hot summers It is drought tolerant, and grows best in poor, sandy, well drained soils. It cannot tolerate heavy, wet soils or constant high humidity. Blue fescue … Contributed by amazon 04.06. 2007 09:20:44 (45186 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Daylily Planting and Care Plants / Perennials When to plant Daylilies can be planted very successfully at any time the ground can be worked --- spring, summer or fall. Fall planted Daylilies should be mulched to prevent winter frost heaving. … Contributed by bloomingfieldsfarm 26.09. 2006 11:55:35 (21566 readers) Match on Article's text | |
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