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The Nature of Plants: Habitats, Challenges, and Adaptations

Malva sylvestris 'Zebrina' - French Hollyhock (1433 readers)

Contributed by amazon 18.09 2007 on 10:36:57 Topic: Plants / Biennials Match on Article's text

This Old-Fashioned Striped Favorite Can Really Take the Heat! Masses of 2-inch lavender blooms,striped with purple, all summer long! This delightful charmer looks like it came from Grandmothers garden (and it probably did!), with soft lavender blooms merrily striped and scored in deep purple. The neatly-spaced petals have a notched form reminiscent of four-leaved clover, and the merry white eye completes the effect of whimsical charm and exquisite detail! Masses of these 2-inch blooms arise alon ...

Acer pennsylvanicum - Snakebark Maple, Moosewood, Striped Maple (1469 readers)

Contributed by amazon 30.05 2007 on 09:08:19 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Trees Match on Title

Grows to 40 ft. A small North American native maple with brilliant golden yellow fall color. Smooth green bark with white stripes. Excellent landscape tree. ...

Tulipa 'Flaming Parrot' - Parrot Tulip (660 readers)

Contributed by amazon 30.07 2007 on 10:19:20 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Article's text

Yellow creamy , soft yellow with bright red flames, inside golden yellow with blood red flames. Specially selected tulips for their unique beauty and characteristics. Parrot tulips with their exotic shape, color and design, are the largest and most spectacular of all tulips. They resemble their namesake, colorful tropical birds. Frilled, ruffled and flared petals are splashed and striped with brilliant color combinations that are unlike those of any other tulip. They make gorgeous cut flowers. ...

Hosta 'Ginko Craig' - Hosta (716 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. ...

Yucca filamentosa 'Bright Edge' - Bright Edge Adam's Needle (1466 readers)

Contributed by amazon 05.07 2007 on 14:41:35 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

An exotic-looking tuft of sword-shaped leaves, striped with yellow centers and green edges. Tall panicles hung with white bell-shaped flowers, sprout high above the plant in summer. ...

Lewisia longipetala 'Little Plum' - Lewisia (889 readers)

Contributed by amazon 02.11 2007 on 13:40:49 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Pinkish-red, striped flowers in late May. Flowers are large for a Lewisia, up to 1 in diameter. Many flowers per plant. Very showy when in bloom. This particular variety is reputed to be hardier than many other Lewisia and we have found this to be the case. They appear to do best if given some shade from afternoon sun during our zone 3 winters. Flower stems up to about 6 tall, about 6 in width. ...

Rosa 'Mundi' - shrub rose (799 readers)

Contributed by havlis 17.03 2008 on 10:51:32 Topic: Plants / Roses Match on Article's text

A sport from Officinalis and an equally good shrub but with crimson flowers, striped with white. A very showy plant, giving a wonderful effect in the garden. Will form a very good low hedge. Non-repeating. ...

Iris pseudacorus x 'Berlin Tiger' - Yellow Flag (1236 readers)

Contributed by amazon 23.05 2007 on 08:26:29 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Article's text

Berlin Tiger is a tall, vigorous Iris, reaching fully 3 feet high but just about a foot wide. It loves damp and even wet soils, but once established can even tolerate short periods of drought. And if you are fortunate enough to have no boggy or poorly-draining soil, simply give this Iris a bit more shade and a lot more water, and it will flourish! ...

Buried Treasures (711 readers)

Contributed by amazon 07.04 2007 on 11:12:15 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Finding and Growing the Worlds Choicest Bulbs | Take a few chapters from a John le Carré spy thriller, add a hefty dose of exotic travelogue, blend with one of the best books on bulb growing ever written, and youve got Buried Treasures . Since launching his first international mail-order catalog in 1991, Latvian nurseryman Janis Ruksans has rapidly gained a reputation as one of the worlds foremost experts on rare and unusual bulbs: Juno irises striped like exotic birds; gem-like corydalis; dusky ...

Tillandsia cyanea 'Pink Quill' - Air Plant (1146 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.09 2007 on 08:46:34 Topic: Plants / Other Match on Article's text

Lava rock from the Big Island of Hawaii is hand selected to provide a home for your Pink Quill Tillandsia plant. These exotic plants thrive on their rock homes and make excellent house, dormitory or office plants! ...