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Sambucus nigra 'Black Beauty' - European elder

Hydrangea macrophylla 'Forever Pink' - Bigleaf Hydrangea, Mophead

Corydalis quantmeyerana - Chocolate Star Plant (997 readers)

Contributed by amazon 08.07 2007 on 09:53:30 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's text

Chocolate Star Plant - Corydalis quantmeyerana Chocolate Star Family: Fumariaceae Unusual somewhat toothed chocolate brown folliage. Creamy white flowers Hardy in zones 5-8 Blooms June-August Height: 10-15 Prefers sun or part-shade. ...

Ipomoea purpurea 'Light Blue Star' - Morning Glory (1466 readers)

Contributed by amazon 25.01 2008 on 09:26:43 Topic: Plants / Annuals Match on Title and Article's text

A spectacular Morning Glory. Each light blue bloom is enhanced bay an exquisite, deep violet, five pointed star shooting out from its central, white throat. Flowers all summer. Beautiful climber, ideal for climbing up trellis and fences or obelisks in container. ...

Magnolia stellata - Star Magnolia (1302 readers)

Contributed by amazon 26.06 2007 on 13:05:44 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Title and Article's text

Family: Magnoliaceae ; (Magnol-ia: bears the name of Pierre Magnol, 1638-1715, botanist of Montpellier) Ann Star Magnolia (Kosar f1 hybrid) Deep purplish-red blooms appear later than most magnolias, thus are less apt to get frosted. Big, lily-like flowers often repeat during the summer. A vigorous multi-stemmed large shrub with an upright rounded habit and clean foliage. ...

Cryptanthus - Bronze Mystic Earths Star (695 readers)

Contributed by amazon 06.07 2007 on 09:18:24 Topic: Plants / Sukulents, Cactuses Match on Title and Article's text

The Bronze Mystic Earths Star (Cryptanthus) is an easy to grow house plant forming rosettes of leaves. The leaves are succulent, with wavy margins and teeth; they are strongly banded in bronze and deep brown. The white flowers appear nested in the center in this plant. Cryptanthus tolerate a temperature range from 40 degrees F to over 100 degrees F. Optimum growth occurs between 60-85 degrees F. ...

Cryptanthus bivittatus 'Black Mystic' - Earth Star, Starfish Plant (764 readers)

Contributed by amazon 03.07 2007 on 09:13:56 Topic: Plants / Other Match on Title and Article's text

The Black Mystic Earths Star (Cryptanthus) is an easy to grow house plant forming rosettes of leaves. The leaves are succulent, with wavy margins and teeth; they are strongly banded in silver and black. The white flowers appear nested in the center in this plant. Cryptanthus tolerate a temperature range from 40 degrees F to over 100 degrees F. Optimum growth occurs between 60-85 degrees F. Keep the medium evenly moist at all times, but not wet or dry. A sunny location is prefered. New plants (pu ...

Carnegia gigantea - Saguaro (723 readers)

Contributed by amazon 06.08 2007 on 10:10:14 Topic: Plants / Sukulents, Cactuses Match on Article's text

Scientific Name: Carnegia gigantea (Cereus giganteus) Common Name: Saguaro, Sahuaro The 3 inch (7.6 cm) wide flowers open in the evening and crown the main stem and arms. The edible fruits split open into red, flower-like star shapes. The columnar main stem has prominent, spiny ribs, and with age it can develop side arms. ...

Camassia cusickii - Cusick's Quamash (820 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. ...

Herniaria glabra - Green Carpet (1139 readers)

Contributed by amazon 03.09 2007 on 10:24:24 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

This lovely bright green creeper spreads effortlessly in all directions filling up to two feet per plant. A fairly flat plant of about two inches, it has one long tap root (as opposed to many surface roots like a Creeping Thyme) which helps with water conservation. It likes full sun but it can take partial shade. Related to Carnations and Dianthus. Foliage turns red during winter for great winter interest. Tiny white star flowers in summer. Perfect for walkways, rock garden paths or as a lawn su ...

Liatris spicata 'Kobold' - Blazing Star (1073 readers)

Contributed by amazon 03.07 2007 on 09:43:19 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title and Article's text

Superb for garden or vase! A Colorful and Compact Bright Violet Dwarf! 18-inch bloomspikes are content in full sun or partial shade! More compact but no less colorful than its taller cousins, this dwarf Blazing Stars offers bright rosy-purple plumes on neat 18-inch stalks for the summer garden! Blooming abundantly, the plants are happy in full sun or part shade, remaining attractive long after its midsummer bloom with fresh, grasslike foliage that stays neat and colorful well into fall. A hardy ...

Brodiaea laxa 'Queen Fabiola' - triplet lily, wild hyacinth (1692 readers)

Contributed by havlis 22.03 2008 on 17:05:19 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Triplet lily is a beautiful and easy cormous perennial. It flowers in end May or June for about 3 weeks. Flowers are star shaped, violet-blue, borne on 30-50 long stems, each bearing about 10 blooms. Mid green leaves are linear. Cut flowers last 2 weeks in a vase, or left uncut in the garden they bloom for 3 weeks. The flowers look very much like agapanthus. ...

Cortaderia selloana 'Rosea' - Pink Pampas Grass (1730 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! ...

Clematis paniculata - Clematis Sweet Autumn (838 readers)

Contributed by amazon 08.07 2007 on 10:18:30 Topic: Plants / Climber Plants Match on Article's text

The beautiful sweet autumn clematis is a vigorous semievergreen (or deciduous) vine than can climb up to 30 feet. The compound leaves are glossy and deep green. The star shaped white flowers are about an inch and a quarter across and sweetly fragrant. They are borne in numerous branching panicles from late summer through autumn. Vines can be so laden with billowy masses of white flowers that they look like theyre covered with snow! The seed heads are pretty, too, with their silvery-gray featherl ...

Magnolia 'Betty' - girl magnolia (1183 readers)

Contributed by havlis 08.04 2008 on 08:40:09 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

In 1955 and 1956 several crosses between m.liliflora and m.stellata were made at the U.S. National Arboretum by William F. Kosar and Dr. Francis de Vos. These selections bloom two-four weeks later than other spring blooming magnolias, reducing the possibility of frost damage to minimum. Betty’s flowers are deep purple outside and almost white inside, there are up to 19 narrow, long petals which in full bloom open like a star as much as 20 cm wide with strong citrus scent. It has attractive brigh ...

Cortaderia selloana - Pampas Grass (888 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! ...

Flowers (480 readers)

Contributed by amazon 16.09 2007 on 05:08:15 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Cube Books | From Zen gardens on the grounds of Buddhist temples to the herb gardens of the Middle Ages and the quintessential flower gardens of English country houses, we have had an ongoing mission to tame and refashion nature. ...

Hippeastrum 'La Paz' - Amaryllis (786 readers)

Contributed by amazon 18.10 2007 on 09:14:30 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Article's text

The slender, pointed upper petals are dark coral while the lower petals are greenish-white edged in dark coral. The star-shaped flower has darker midveins and a faint green throat. Cybister Amaryllis:Another new class of amaryllis, these exotic, species-type varieties are most fanciful. They are characterized by their slender, spidery flowers. Evergreen varieties, they should be grown throughout the year in good sized pots. ...

The Romantic Herb Garden (482 readers)

Contributed by amazon 15.10 2007 on 21:11:36 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

The must-have ingredient of any garden, herbs have long been the stalwarts of the cottage garden, imparting fragrance and health as well as flavor to beds and borders. However, todays garden designers have realized that herbs can also help to shape or be a key visual element in a garden. The Romantic Herb Garden shows how you can design with herbs, using these plants in an innovative and bold way as either a backdrop to or even the star of any garden scheme. ...

Amelanchier lamarckii - muchovník lamarckov (1245 readers)

Contributed by abies 21.11 2007 on 11:49:59 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

A very beautiful, small, North American bush or tree that is attractive in all seasons, even in winter when its spreading crown of fine shoots makes a satisfying, dense, shrubby shape. In March the branches erupt with a froth of delicate star-shaped white flowers in lax conical heads, just as the coppery pink young leaves unfold. They are silky and first bronze, then maturing to dark green and finally turn orange, scarlet and crimson in autumn. ...

Magnolia 'Goldstar' - Goldstar magnolia (1495 readers)

Contributed by havlis 27.03 2008 on 16:41:39 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Title and Article's text

Another rare magnolia is this cross between magnolia acuminata var. subcordata “Miss Honeybee” and magnolia stellata. It gained flower shape fro stellata and colour from acuminate. Goldstar has medium sized flowers with 14 narrow petals, very similar to star-shaped magnolias. The colour is a delicate creamy-yellow and as the shrub flowers abundantly it brings a little bit of spring sunshine to your awakening garden. The flowers come out about a week or two later than stellata types. ...

Daylilies: facts & fiction (4521 readers)

Contributed by eurocallis 18.09 2006 on 15:20:57 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

In between the big spring tidying up and the hectic of autumn plantings there is a brief time in July when - exception granted for a few chores - the gardener has nothing to do but enjoy his flowers. No danger of cold snaps, incredible weather or other terrors. Moreover days are long and one can sit out enjoying the garden until night falls. ...