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Contributed by amazon 18.06. 2007 11:23:57 Topic: Plants / Biennials Match on Title and Article's textSpectacular mix of double ruffled flowers in vivid colors. Spectacular 3-1/2in. double ruffled flowers in vivid colors. Chaters Doubles are an easy-to-grow, low maintenance addition to your garden. Excellent for the back of the border. This Hollyhock welcomes butterflies into your garden. Prefers well-drained soil. 2-1/4 pots. Ht.6. Spacing 18. Full Sun. Blooms July-Sept. Zones 3-8. ...
Contributed by amazon 16.09. 2007 05:04:07 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's textLong-lasting double pinkish lavender flowers Sun to partial shade in rich, moist, well-drained soil. Does not like excessively hot summers. Excellent plant for the perennial border or woodland gardens. Cut flowers similar to Gypsophila. Growing in a 4 pot. ...
Contributed by amazon 09.07. 2007 10:21:49 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's textTabernaemontana divaricata Variegata Flore Plena; Common Names: Crepe Jasmine, Double Crepe Jasmine, Indian Carnation Flower, Double White Gardenia, Creme & Green Double Butterfly Jasmine; Family: Apocynaceae (dogbane family) Double Butterfly Jasmine is a beautifully shaped evergreen shrub that forms symmetrical 6 foot high mounds. The many branches tend to grow almost parallel to the ground giving the shrub an attractive horizontal aspect (the species name, divaricata means at an obtuse ang ...
Contributed by amazon 11.07. 2007 11:59:54 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's textPrimrose prefer cool temperatues, a rich humus soil and partial shade. Can tolerate full sun in early spring but would need part shade as the temperatures warm. Easily transplanted, even when in bloom. Ideal for pots as well as in the garden border. ...
Contributed by havlis 02.05. 2008 09:11:41 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Trees Match on Article's textAnother charming crab apple is this variety “Van Eseltine”. At the end of April / beginning of May it produces profusion of scarlet red spherical buds on long stalks which open to semi double and double pink flowers with yellow stamens. Fruits are small ornamental red-flushed yellow apples. Leaves are mid green, obovate. ...
Contributed by amazzon 18.09. 2007 10:32:02 Topic: Plants / Biennials Match on Article's textAnother remarkable creation from T&Ms flower breeders. This mouthwatering colour combination, makes this stunning Hollyhock so unique. Scrumptious veined flowers in juicy blackcurrant, fade to paler berry shades around the edges of each bloom. On a single stem of Creme de Cassis you will find an unusual variation of blooms, including double, semi-double and singles, all with a bright yellow eye, all adding to the charm of this cottage garden classic. ...
Contributed by amazon 17.05. 2007 22:21:50 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Title and Article's textThis beautiful new introduction comes from a Japanese breeder and is very floriferous and long-blooming. Like the widely popular Endless Summer Hydrangea, Forever and Ever Double Pink blooms on both old and new wood and blooms repeatedly throughout the season. Double pinks unique multi-petalled flowers create a billowy mound of full 6 inch clusters that almost cover the plant when it blooms. The mounding habit reaches about 24-30 tall and grows to about 36 wide. Forever and Ever Double Pinks com ...
Contributed by amazon 18.07. 2007 09:29:03 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's textDouble mahogany red with yellow blotches. Large leaves. Performs best in full sun and well-drained soil. Does not like extremes of heat or cold. Very useful in the rock garden or for ground cover in the perennial border. ...
Contributed by amazon 02.06. 2007 18:51:32 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's textBeautiful old-fashioned looking Columbines. Fully double, upward facing spurless purple black blooms in late spring. This variety was bred especially for cut flower production. Lovely in the shade garden! ...
Contributed by amazon 14.01. 2008 12:11:37 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Article's textDaylily - Hemerocallis Longfields Maxim; Family: Liliaceae ; Origin: Hybrid origin | Giant 7 inch double, reblooming and fragrant golden yellow flowers. Tetraploid. Hemerocallis prefers full sun and well-drained soil. Daylilies do best in the mixed perennial border. Also good for mass plantings and for container growing. ...
Contributed by havlis 20.04. 2008 20:50:08 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Trees Match on Article's textThis flowering cherry is a cross between prunus sargentii and prunus subhirtella. It has profusion of pale pink, semi-double flowers which open from deep pink buds in mid spring. Leaves are dark green, to 10 cm long. It forms an irregular, wide crown, ideal as a specimen. It does not need much maintenance, it likes moist, slightly acidic, well-drained soil, and a lot of space. ...
Contributed by amazon 01.06. 2007 07:57:20 Topic: Plants / Climber Plants Match on Article's text5 double flowers of creamy white with several rows of green outer petals. These large flowering, hybrid Clematis are called Queen of the Garden. Large, showy flowers (up to 6 across) bloom in abundance in June through September. Each flower is a striking display in itself, with its unusual coloration and shape. Hardy vines grow 8-12 ft. tall for trellis, porch, arbor, lamp post... any focal point. Plant in sunny, well-drained location and keep roots mulched or shaded. Zone: 4-8. ...
Contributed by amazon 10.07. 2007 14:25:52 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's textHelleborus Mrs Betty Ranicar is named after a fine Tasmanian plantswoman, and is an orientalis hybrid that produces crowds of fantastic, heavily double, snowy white blooms that will be a delight amongst vivid spring bulbs in the shady border. Be one of the first to grow such a top quality double Helleborus from seed! ...
Contributed by havlis 23.10. 2007 14:02:03 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's textBressingham Glow is a later variety of anemone. It is true to its name because anemos (from Greek) means wind - probably because this type flowers in the season of autumn winds. It has 60-80 cm long stalks with ox-daisy-like deep pink semi-double flowers with bright yellow centres. It starts blooming at the end of summer and continues until October. 3-palmate basal leaves are mid to dark green, sharply toothed, sparsely hairy beneath. ...
Contributed by havlis 17.05. 2008 13:09:09 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's textOakleaf hydrangea comes from southeastern USA. It is an attractive mound-forming shrub with oak-like, deeply cut leaves of bright green colour turning purple-bronze in autumn. The flowers of Harmony variety appear at the beginning of summer. They come out in heavy panicles of pure white, double flowers that get so heavy when mature that they droop. Hydrangeas like moist (not wet), slightly acidic soil. This variety can stand in full sun if enough moisture is provided. ...
Contributed by havlis 08.03. 2008 11:07:35 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's textTree peonies are beautiful, woody shrubs. Unlike the perennial type, these make woody branches that slowly form a low, mounding shrub. Flowers are large, often double or full, of all possible colours – white, cream, yellow, orange, various shades of pink, purple and red, even violet. Leaves are deeply lobed, mid green, turning multiple of colours in autumn. ...
Contributed by amazon 08.06. 2007 07:13:07 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's textThis perennial tolerates drought and blazing sun! Thin, Brilliant Violet Spikes Form a Solid Wall of Color! 12-inch dwarf plant blooms in early summer, then repeats! Masses of pencil-thin, vibrantly colorful bloomspikes arise on this perennial Sage, so densely set that they present a solid wall of color in the border! ...
Contributed by havlis 05.03. 2008 12:42:27 Topic: Plants / Conifers Match on Article's textAlgerian blue fir is a show-stopper. This fir comes from Alger and Morocco and the original species is a large tree. This variety, however, is blue and dwarf. ...
Contributed by amazon 30.06. 2007 09:38:30 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Article's textJapanese Iris (Iris ensata - formerly Iris kaempferi) blooms are captivating and graceful. Their superior size and colors are worth the efforts of cultivation. Their blooms are often saucer-size or larger, colors of white, shades of blue and purple, red-violet and are often veined or marbled with a contrasting color. ...
Contributed by amazon 14.06. 2007 09:11:00 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's textThis perennial tolerates drought and blazing sun! Thin, Brilliant Rose Spikes Form a Solid Wall of Color! 12-inch dwarf plant blooms in early summer, then repeats! Masses of pencil-thin, vibrantly colorful bloomspikes arise on this perennial Sage, so densely set that they present a solid wall of color in the border! ...
Contributed by havlis 17.05. 2008 13:38:35 Topic: Plants / Climber Plants Match on Article's textVioalcea Plena is a magnificent variety of Japanese wisteria. This climber bears 30-40 cm long racemes of double, deep violet, scented flowers that make this plant a fantastic show-stopper when in full bloom. In English-speaking countries it is often sold under another name: Black Dragon (and Yea Koku Riu in Japan). It is a late flowering cultivar that flowers along with leaves which is May to early June. It may take 3-5 years to start flowering. Being late in flowering it escapes late frosts. E ...
Contributed by havlis 27.05. 2008 10:19:45 Topic: Plants / Climber Plants Match on Article's textVioalcea Plena is a magnificent variety of Japanese wisteria. This climber bears 30-40 cm long racemes of double, deep violet, scented flowers that make this plant a fantastic show-stopper when in full bloom. In English-speaking countries it is often sold under another name: Black Dragon (and Yea Koku Riu in Japan). ...
Contributed by havlis 04.08. 2008 11:52:05 Topic: Plants / Roses Match on Article's textDark Red is a patio / polyantha rose (the botanists are in disagreement as far as naming the groups). It has double flowers of velvet-like deep red colour. These roses are low maintenance but still breathtaking, low, cluster-flowered shrubs. They bloom from end spring in several phases until the frosts. In mild winters they can have buds and occasional flowers yet in December. ...
Contributed by amazon 06.07. 2011 18:57:38 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's textClematis are loved for the abundance and color of their blooms but are not so well known for their versatility. Although they are typically and successfully used as climbers , they can be grown almost anywhere under most conditions. This essential guide introduces the genus in all its glory to the novice gardener and extends the knowledge of the more experienced. As well as explaining how to care for clematis , it inspires gardeners to recognize the vast range of clematis available today and th ...
Contributed by havlis 19.02. 2008 08:36:50 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's textRose-of-Sharon deserves more attention for its abundant flowering in summer. These maintenance-free shrubs come from eastern Asia and are the inevitable ingredient of every summer garden which they highlight with a wide range of coloured flowers. There has been a number of cultivars available since its discovery. They have various bloom colours, shapes and sizes, as well as varigated leaves. ...
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