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Magnolia x soulangiana ‘Alexandrina’ - Saucer magnolia

Salix chaenomeloide - Giant Pussy Willow

Late Summer Flowers (1019 readers)

Contributed by amazon 02.04 2007 on 10:35:14 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

While gardeners may be happy enough with their gardens in spring and early summer, few feel so confident about prolonging the display. Thankfully, Late Summer Flowers shows how to extend the blooming season. By choosing plants that have a late flowering season, or offer such bonuses as attractive foliage, seedheads, or berries, it is possible to get the best from the garden in late summer and autumn. ...

Tricyrtis hirta - Hairy Toad Lily (542 readers)

Contributed by amazon 07.10 2007 on 19:15:21 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Tricyrtis hirta, the Japanese Toad Lily is probably one of the most unique flowering perennials available! Commonly known as Toad Lily, it has the ability to bloom in shade from late summer to early fall. It features small, lily-like flowers with white to pale lilac flowers that have heavy purple spotting. Sometimes also called Hairy Toad Lily because all parts of the plant are hairy! Be sure to plant it where they can be easily observed at close range, because the beauty and detail of the small ...

Camassia cusickii - Cusick's Quamash (753 readers)

Contributed by amazon 24.09 2007 on 09:48:30 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Article's text

Indian Blue Hyacinth (Camassia cusickii) - Outstanding planted with late pink tulips! This late spring bloomer has vivid light blue, 1 star shaped flowers borne along the top 8-12 of the stems which can reach almost 3. Plant 3-5 apart and equally deep. ...

Tulipa 'Jaap Groot' - Single Late Tulip (647 readers)

Contributed by amazon 27.09 2007 on 08:54:07 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Title and Article's text

Jaap Groot is the perfect choice for a soft-coloured theme. It sports buttery yellow petals accented with golden yellow flames. ...

Wisteria floribunda 'Violacea Plena' - Japanese wisteria (784 readers)

Contributed by havlis 17.05 2008 on 13:38:35 Topic: Plants / Climber Plants Match on Article's text

Vioalcea 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 ...

Wisteria floribunda 'Violacea Plena' - Japanese wisteria (737 readers)

Contributed by havlis 27.05 2008 on 10:19:45 Topic: Plants / Climber Plants Match on Article's text

Prunus armeniaca 'Luizet' - apricot (1002 readers)

Contributed by havlis 08.03 2008 on 11:15:12 Topic: Plants / Fruit woods Match on Article's text

Luizet apricot is one f the most suitable ones from our climate because it blooms late which helps it avoid late spring frost. On the other hand it is an early variety with fruit maturing in mid-summer. Fruit is rounded to oval, deep orange with irregular red flushes, very aromatic. Taste is sweet. It has 9% sugar content and 13.5% acid content. ...

The Italian Garden (482 readers)

Contributed by amazon 16.09 2007 on 05:11:50 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Art, Design and Culture (Cambridge Studies in Italian History and Culture) | Italian Renaissance gardens were the admiration of Europe and North America. They revived the classical art of garden making, as well as drawing on medieval literary traditions; but they also developed their own forms and styles, even when they began to borrow back ideas of landscape gardening from England in the late eighteenth century. But until the late nineteenth century Italy was a collection of different states, e ...

Iris 'Gypsy Romance' - Tall Bearded Iris (616 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.08 2007 on 07:47:26 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Article's text

The rich reds of this iris will light up your late spring garden. With large flowers in glowing royal red/purple, these blooms are a knock-out in the garden or in a vase. The beard is pure purple on each red/purple fall. ...

Allium karataviense 'Ivory Queen' - Turkestan Onion (812 readers)

Contributed by amazon 27.09 2007 on 08:49:28 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Article's text

Allium karataviense Ivory Queen - silvery white, golf ball sized flowers with broad, artistic glaucous leaves, often with red margins; good for decorative window boxes, bedding and patio planters; late spring; zones 4-8; 8-10; 1876. ...

Fritillaria michailovskyi - Fritillary (769 readers)

Contributed by amazon 28.11 2007 on 10:23:53 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Article's text

Michaels Flower - Fritillaria michailovskyi | This species with its stunning color combination comes from Northeastern Turkey. Plant in well-drained, alkaline, deep, sandy loam amended with organic matter in full sun to light shade. For best effect, plant in clusters of 7 or 9 plants. Mulch lightly in late fall. Fertilize when new growth appears in the spring. Grows 4-8 tall. Flowers mid to late spring. Hardy in Zones 4-8. ...

Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm' - Black-Eyed Susan (1353 readers)

Contributed by amazon 03.07 2007 on 09:36:09 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Bushy, vigorous 2-foot plants are hardy sun-lovers! Big, Colorful Blooms Bring in the Butterflies! 3-inch yellow daisies offer a mass of color over a long mid- and late-summer season! One of gardeners favorites for long-lasting, lush color that brings home the butterflies, Goldsturm Strain is a trouble-free, floriferous perennial that drenches the mid- to late-summer garden with sunny color! ...

Cortaderia selloana 'Rosea' - Pink Pampas Grass (1607 readers)

Contributed by amazon 04.06 2007 on 09:32:52 Topic: Plants / Grass, Grasses Match on Article's text

Superb for fresh or dried arrangements! Dusty-Pink Feathers of Late-Summer Color! Fresh green foliage reaches 6 to 12 feet tall, topped by long, thick featherdusters of bloom that last for weeks! Unsurpassed for glorious texture and color in the landscape, this pink Pampas Grass is the star of any garden it graces! ...

Cortaderia selloana - Pampas Grass (799 readers)

Contributed by amazon 04.06 2007 on 08:58:40 Topic: Plants / Grass, Grasses Match on Article's text

Superb for fresh or dried arrangements! Dusty-Pink & White Feathers of Late-Summer Color! Fresh green foliage reaches 6 to 12 feet tall, topped by long, thick featherdusters of bloom that last for weeks! Unsurpassed for glorious texture and color in the landscape, this pink Pampas Grass is the star of any garden it graces! The sturdy, fresh-green bloomstalks reach anywhere from 6 to 12 feet tall, capped by enormous featherdusters of brilliant rosy-pink! ...

Actinidia arguta 'Issai' - mini-kiwi (2462 readers)

Contributed by havlis 05.03 2008 on 12:47:49 Topic: Plants / Climber Plants Match on Article's text

Issai is a self-fertile variety of the so-called mini-kiwi. This means that unlike the species it does not need a male and a female plant to produce fruit. Apart from tasty fruit it is a nice plant, too, with deep green leaves and scented flowers in June. ...

Actinidia deliciosa 'Jenny' - kiwi (1422 readers)

Contributed by havlis 08.03 2008 on 10:59:06 Topic: Plants / Climber Plants Match on Article's text

Jenny is another self-fertile variety of kiwi. This means that it does not need a male and a female plant to produce fruit. Apart from tasty fruit it is a nice plant, too, with deep green leaves and scented flowers in June. ...

Magnolia liliiflora 'Nigra Select' - purple lily magnolia (1719 readers)

Contributed by havlis 21.02 2008 on 08:51:38 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

This lily magnolia is a special selection from Italy, found by Mr.Giovanni and Mr.Rolando Tesi in their nursery in late 1980´s. It has deep burgundy petals on the outside with light to rich purple red inside. It belongs to the darkest purple magnolias in the market. The cup shaped flowers are borne erect on the stems and appear late in April, rather in May, and continue blooming for as many as 4 weeks even when the shrub is in leaf. This selection opens its flowers fully more reliably compared t ...

Aquilegia vulgaris 'Black Barlow' - Black Barlow Columbine (855 readers)

Contributed by amazon 02.06 2007 on 18:51:32 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Beautiful 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! ...

Hydrangea macrophylla 'Forever and Ever Double Pink' (2200 readers)

Contributed by amazon 17.05 2007 on 22:21:50 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

This 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 ...

Iris 'Cantina' - Tall Bearded Iris (633 readers)

Contributed by amazon 02.08 2007 on 10:41:57 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Article's text

arge reddish-violet flushed with blue. Also known as Bearded Iris these Iris are outstanding for their unusual color, design and sturdy, vigorous growth habit. They are hardy, disease and drought-resistant plants. Long blooming in late spring and early summer, with handsome green sword like foliage. ...