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Salix integra 'Alba Maculata' - Hakuro Nishi Japanese Dappled Willow

Hydrangea macrophylla Forever & Ever Double Pink

Hydrangea macrophylla 'Forever and Ever Double Pink'

Teucrium chamaedrys - Wall Germander (678 readers)

Contributed by amazon 02.08 2007 on 10:03:39 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

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 spires of pale pink flowers top the plant in early summer; a shearing after bloom keeps foliage dense and beautiful. Germanders love to grow in full sun, require good drainage, and are quite tolerant ...

Carex comans 'Bronze' - New Zealand Hair Sedge (2329 readers)

Contributed by amazon 20.05 2007 on 18:58:28 Topic: Plants / Grass, Grasses Match on Article's text

Rich Honey Tones All Year! Coppery with pink tints in spring, then golden-amber till frost! Now heres 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 through the summer heat and into fall! The only time it changes in when the new foliage emerges in spring -- its as coppery-bright as a new penny, with pink highlights!This Carex quickly forms a neat ...

Myosotis sylvatica 'Victoria Rose' - Forget-Me-Not (717 readers)

Contributed by amazon 27.07 2007 on 08:28:55 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

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. ...

Indigofera pseudotinctoria 'Rose Carpet' - Dwarf False Indigo (1318 readers)

Contributed by amazon 27.07 2007 on 07:44:56 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

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. ...

Hosta 'Stiletto' - Hosta (740 readers)

Contributed by amazon 18.09 2007 on 11:07:30 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

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 partial to full shade, but will tolerate morning sun. Growing in a 3 pot, well rooted and established. Zone: 3-9 ...

Delosperma cooperi - Hardy ice plant, Trailing ice plant (1200 readers)

Contributed by amazon 08.06 2007 on 07:20:01 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

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 sun. Soil Moisture: Moderate to dry, not too wet. Hardiness: USDA zones 4-9. Culture: Easy in average garden soil. ...

Hosta 'Ginko Craig' - Hosta (641 readers)

Contributed by amazon 18.09 2007 on 11:02:41 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

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. Extremely hardy. Prefers partial to full shade, but will tolerate morning sun. Growing in a 4 pot, well rooted and established. ...

Santolina chamaecyparissus - Cotton Lavender (975 readers)

Contributed by amazon 09.07 2007 on 10:10:12 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

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 shrubby plants with balls of yellow flowers, growing 8 inches tall. An attractive formal looking plant. Space 12 inches apart. Use as a permanent contrast in mixed borders, or edging in herb gar ...

Duchesnea indica - Indian Strawberry, Mock Strawberry (278 readers)

Contributed by amazon 16.09 2008 on 08:43:14 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

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 to early summer. ...

Thymus serpyllum - Mother of Thyme (773 readers)

Contributed by amazon 20.06 2007 on 09:24:54 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

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 as you are walking along the pathway to the front door! This prostrate, mat-forming perennial with slim stems is lined with tiny, oval, hairy leaves. Clusters of pink-purple flowers appear in summer ...

Iberis sempervirens - Evergreen Candytuft (1019 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.06 2007 on 09:20:12 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

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 low-growing 6-inch-tall plants vanish beneath hundreds of dainty white blooms that tumble over walls or creep along the ground in the sunny garden. ...

Lavandula angustifolia 'Lady' - English Lavender (952 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.06 2007 on 09:05:01 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

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. ...

Lavandula angustifolia 'Munstead' - English Lavender (985 readers)

Contributed by amazon 18.06 2007 on 11:43:50 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

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. ...

Tending Your Garden (561 readers)

Contributed by amazon 16.09 2007 on 05:13:56 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

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 for our own pleasure; and in all that time, not one book has been published on the broad subject of garden maintenance. ...

Festuca glauca - Blue Fescue Grass (2474 readers)

Contributed by amazon 04.06 2007 on 09:20:44 Topic: Plants / Grass, Grasses Match on Article's text

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 usually is grown as a border or edging plant. Its fine texture and neat, compact shape make it well suited to line a path or mark the front of a perennial border. ...

Daylily Planting and Care (4536 readers)

Contributed by bloomingfieldsfarm 26.09 2006 on 11:55:35 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

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. ...