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Contributed by amazon 11.07 2007 on 11:56:27 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's textHardy Geranium maculatum Elizabeth Ann Family: Geraniaceae Origin: The species is native to the United States. A compact mound of dark, coffee colored foliage is covered in light-pink flowers for several weeks in summer. Very unusual foliage color for this species. Geraniums are trouble free plants. They prefer sun to partial shade and well-drained soil. This species needs shade and moisture during hot-summers. The perennial border, alongside streams or in the wildgarden. ...
Contributed by amazon 27.03 2008 on 17:31:50 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's textHardy Geranium cinereum Ballerina Family: Geraniaceae Origin: The species is native to the central Pyrenees. Award-winning compact variety with slightly ruffled, cupped flowers. The iced-pink, heart-shaped petals are intricately patterned with very dark-maroon veining which converges into an eye. Small gray-green foliage is full and deeply-lobed, curling a little. ...
Contributed by amazon 27.03 2008 on 17:28:14 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's textOrigin: Hybrid origin. Large, dark purple-blue flowers accentuated with even darker veining create a sea of color over a bushy plant. Foliage turns red in the fall. The darkest large-flowering geranium. ...
Contributed by amazon 10.09 2007 on 18:30:53 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's textWhite Marbled Foliage | A superb geranium with attractive, marbled foliage in pring, followed by a display of nodding, dark-maroon flowers. Good for damp shade. ...
Contributed by amazon 08.07 2007 on 10:14:07 Topic: Plants / Annuals Match on Title and Article's textThe Mosquito Plant is a genetically engineered geranium hybrid with a unique characteristic: it repels mosquitoes! It is easily grown as a potted patio plant, and easily enjoyed for its attractive foliage and sweet lemony scent, as well as for its mosquito repelling powers. It produces a leafy, attractive, foot-tall plant during its first season. ...
Contributed by amazon 09.07 2007 on 09:35:17 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's textIrregular silvery splashed foliage combined with pink flowers. Geraniums are trouble free plants. They prefer sun to partial shade and well-drained soil. Plant in the front of the border or in a well-drained rockgarden. Excellent weed-screening groundcover. ...
Contributed by pph 11.04 2007 on 20:38:55 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's textEpimedium, Geranium macrorrhizum, Clematis heracleifolia ‘Côte d’Azur’, Anemone nemorosa Epimedium Epimedium produces flowers as early as April and May but its attractive foliage also provides visual interest during the rest of the growing season. Epimedium produces delicate graceful flowers and leathery leaves. In the wild, Epimedium grows in deciduous forests and thus prefers a location in light shade with somewhat moist soil. ...
Contributed by amazon 07.04 2007 on 11:40:34 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's textHardy geraniums were the first plants to shrug off the rigours of her coastal climate and grow in Birgitte Husted Bendtsens garden every bit as well as they did in the fertile, sheltered plots further east in Denmark. Add to this their tolerance of dogs and children, resistance to pests and diseases, interesting foliage, and delightful flowers in a wide range of colours, and it is little surprise that Birgitte developed an insatiable passion for them. In this book, she shares her knowledge of cu ...
Contributed by amazon 04.08 2008 on 11:33:49 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's textRock-Geranium Dales Strain ( Heuchera americana Dales Strain ) Silvery, mottled evergreen foliage. tough and reliable. Greenish-white flowers. Use for shady borders and ground cover. Plant in partial or full shade. Plant 12-15 inches apart. Grows 14 tall. Hardy in zones 3-9. Hardiness Zone: 4 ...
Contributed by amazon 14.09 2007 on 08:37:01 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on TitleEarly blooming species. Bushy, clump forming plants with small, nodding, fully opened flowers. Prefers damp and shaded to semi-shaded sites, but is able to withstand some dryness. Very distinctive foliage patterned with a ring of dark brown blotches. Small, nodding brownish flowers. ...
Contributed by amazon 11.04 2007 on 10:30:51 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's textNew and Notable Plants from Asia | The Jade Garden is an authoritative guide to 130 of the most fascinating yet little-known ornamental trees, shrubs, and perennials from the green mantle of Asia. Based on detailed research and observation at one of the largest and oldest collections of Asian plants in North America, the subjects of this book were chosen for their superior garden qualities, their rarity in everyday horticulture, and their commercial availability. From an extraordinary, nearly bl ...
Contributed by pph 11.04 2007 on 20:26:16 Topic: Plants / Other Match on Article's textGroundcovers are low-growing plants that form a sod as they develop in a horizontal direction. Some varieties are evergreen and some are even reasonably tolerant of being walked on. An advantage of using groundcovers is that their closely-knit carpet of leaves gives weeds down. ...
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