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Grassroots Gardening: Rituals for Sustaining Activism

Heliopsis helianthoides - False Sunflower, Ox-Eye (826 readers)

Contributed by amazon 20.06 2007 on 09:49:12 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's text

False Sunflower, also called oxeye, has 2 to 3 inch golden yellow flowers that are beautiful when used in floral arrangements. The plant grows 2 to 6 feet tall in light shade to full sun. It grows best in average, well-drained, moist garden soil. This hardy perennial tolerates drought but increases more rapidly in fertile soil. Flowers attract nectar seeking butterflies and birds enjoy the ripe seeds. This is an exceptionally long-blooming flower for the cutting garden. ...

Sorbaria sorbifolia 'Sem' - false spirea (2806 readers)

Contributed by havlis 12.03 2008 on 13:21:07 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Title and Article's text

False spirea is a valuable plant for small sized gardens as it quickly fills limited space with mass of beautiful leaves. It is a woody plant spreading with suckers like some perennials. Its leaves are fresh green during summer, pinnate, and look like service-tree leaves but are finer and prettier. When young they are rich pink or purple, slowly changing to yellowish-green. ...

Stewartia pseudocamellia var.koreana - Korean stewartia, false camellia (1216 readers)

Contributed by havlis 25.01 2008 on 10:29:39 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Title and Article's text

This false camellia – Korean stewartia is very similar to its Japanese sister stewartii pseudocamellia. It comes from moist woodlands of Korea and it is a tall shrub flowering in summer and has beautiful autumn foliage. ...

Colchicum 'The Giant' - False Autumn Crocus (502 readers)

Contributed by amazon 02.08 2007 on 10:14:31 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Title

Very large pinkish lavender flowers, which are white at the x! . Like all Colchicums, The Giant is deer proof! Fall blooming colchicum are wonderful additions to autumn gardens. Blooms form chalice-shaped cups. Leaves turn golden yellow as they mature, blending with foliage. Bulbs will flower on you window sill even if not planted. Squirrel resistant ...

Indigofera pseudotinctoria 'Rose Carpet' - Dwarf False Indigo (1184 readers)

Contributed by amazon 27.07 2007 on 07:44:56 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Title

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. ...

Physostegia virginiana 'Pink Bouquet' - Obedient Plant, False Dragonhead (1926 readers)

Contributed by amazon 20.06 2007 on 09:39:54 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title

Rose flowers, grows 3 ft. This moisture loving perennial has lovely flower spikes. Flowers remain at any angle turned. Can be planted in sun or shade. Plant 12 apart. Hardy in zones: 4-9. Blooms August through September. Physostegia virginiana was given the name obedient plant because if a flower is pushed to one side it stays in that position. It is a very hardy and easy to grow perennial. ...

Brunnera macrophylla - Siberian Bugloss (520 readers)

Contributed by amazon 16.09 2007 on 04:32:53 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

The Heartleaf Brunnera is also called; False forget-me-not, or Siberian bugloss. It has clusters of small airy sky blue to purple blooms in May and June. Plants grow 12-18 tall and have attractive heart-shaped foliage. Heartleaf Brunnera thrives in moist well-drained soil rich in organic matter. It is excellent for shaded areas of the garden. ...

Musa basjoo 'Sakhaline' - Japanese banana (939 readers)

Contributed by havlis 02.05 2008 on 08:48:12 Topic: Plants / Tropical and Subtropical Plants Match on Article's text

Another striking feature of exotic-like gardens in our climate (zone 6) are leaves of banana trees. This selection “Sakhaline” is fully hardy and was named by the largest Russian island in the North Pacific, where its origin is. Though this island is in the same climatic zone as for example China, it is rather mountainous and in some areas temperature swings from -40°C in winter to 30°C in summer. In other parts, however, it seldom drops below -12°C and reaches no more than 16°C in summer. So yo ...