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Garden to Vase: Growing and Using Your Own Cut Flowers

Salix chaenomeloide - Giant Pussy Willow (1490 readers)

Contributed by amazon 06.08 2007 on 10:06:45 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

Catkins the size of a rabbits foot. Rare According to an old Polish legend, many springtimes ago a mother cat was crying at the bank of the river in which her kittens were drowning. The willows at the rivers edge longed to help her, so they swept their long graceful branches into the waters to rescue the tiny kittens who had fallen into the river while chasing butterflies. The kittens gripped on tightly to their branches and were safely brought to shore. Each springtime since, goes the legend, t ...

Bacopa ‘Bridal Showers’™ - Bacopa Bridal Showers (1565 readers)

Contributed by amazon 16.05 2007 on 10:18:28 Topic: Plants / Annuals Match on Article's text

Bacopa Cordata is a rather rapid spreading annual used in container planting. Creating a beautiful shower of tiny white flowers flowing. Blooms all summer in sun to part shade. Makes a lovely hanging baskets also ...

Ficus pumila 'Quercifolia' - Creeping Fig (2535 readers)

Contributed by amazon 12.12 2007 on 09:41:43 Topic: Plants / Climber Plants Match on Article's text

Tiny deep green leaves are deeply lobed. Not only is the individual leaf considerably smaller than the normal Creeping Fig, but each dimpled leaf is deeply lobed as if was a tiny oak leaf. More clumping than vining in habit, this is the choice for the sophisticated terrarium or living topiary. It is considered crown jewel of the Creeping Fig cultivars. ...

Myosotis sylvatica 'Victoria Rose' - Forget-Me-Not (715 readers)

Contributed by amazon 27.07 2007 on 08:28:55 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Forget-Me-Not Victoria Rose - Tiny, rose-pink flowers on compact bushy plant. Use for borders and edging. Reseeds. Great for shady rock gardens, beds or borders. ...

The Tiny Garden (488 readers)

Contributed by amazon 09.08 2007 on 09:40:05 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title

Stairs, passages, light wells, the tops of fire escapes--no site is too small for a garden, or the illusion of one. This book shows you how you can create a garden in even the tiniest and most unpromising of spaces. ...

Polystichum setiferum 'Herrenhausen' - soft shield fern (705 readers)

Contributed by havlis 27.03 2008 on 16:49:16 Topic: Plants / Ferns Match on Article's text

This fern brings softness to your shady garden. The fronds are very decorative, composed of many, tiny leaflets forming a lacy-like, glossy leaves of bright green colour. They are evergreen. Though they are very hardy and can withstand heavy frosts evergreen we suggest cutting off all leaves in spring to encourage new growths. ...

Crambe cordifolia - Giant Kale (1611 readers)

Contributed by amazon 02.08 2007 on 10:08:03 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Giant Babies Breath Plant | Just as the spring perennials are finishing up in the Dry Border and the Buddleias are setting their bloom, massive leaves unfold from a huge purple rootstock. Soon, clouds of tiny white flowers appear on 8 ft stems. The effect is one of a giant babys breath. The flowers are very fragrant. The plants are growing in 4 pots and are well rooted ...

Achillea millefolium 'Red Velvet' - yarrow (610 readers)

Contributed by havlis 04.08 2008 on 11:43:00 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Yarrow is a maintenance-free perennial suitable for standard flower beds as well as dry locations. Fern-like leaves are fine and deep green, basal leaves are larger than stem leaves. Flowers come out in flat corymbs in early summer. They are vivid red with tiny yellow centres. It tolerates wide range of soils except for boggy and wet. ...

Herniaria glabra - Green Carpet (1134 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 ...

Panicum virgatum 'Prairie Sky' - switchgrass (567 readers)

Contributed by havlis 07.06 2008 on 06:16:52 Topic: Plants / Grass, Grasses Match on Article's text

Switchgrass comes from Canada and USA and its variety “ Prairie Sky ” offers the bluest possible version of it. Erect leaves tend to arch in its last third. Beginning of autumn it produces long spikes of broad, weeping panicles of tiny flowers. It is best grown in sunny and warm areas, in well-drained soil with occasional watering in summer. It is recommended to tie up the leaves before winter or provide dry mulch. Cut back in early spring. ...

Malus 'Evereste' PERPETU® - crab apple (999 readers)

Contributed by havlis 17.05 2008 on 13:20:36 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

Malus Perpetu® is another crab apple. This variety offers snow-white flowers, very similar to those you can see on apple trees. They open from pink buds and their number is very high every year. Deciduous leaves are green, ovate, mid-sized. The best attraction is the fruit – many tiny apples of vivid golden yellow colour with orange and red highlights mature in September. ...

Syringa vulgaris 'Primrose' - common lilac (1986 readers)

Contributed by havlis 20.04 2008 on 21:08:03 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

Lilacs are famous shrubs with showy flowers from May to June. Rich and dense upright panicles of tiny fragrant flowers last for 3-4 weeks. Variety Primrose has yellow-green buds and light creamy yellow flowers. Stiff leaves are heart-shaped, upto 10 cm long, mid to dark green. ...

Abelia Confetti® 'Conti' - glossy abelia (3399 readers)

Contributed by havlis 21.10 2007 on 12:12:02 Topic: Plants / Evergreen Shrubs Match on Article's text

Abelia Confetti® can be the true dwarf jewel, for instance, in the evergreen group of your front yard. It has 2-3 cm long, pointed, glossy, semi-evergreen, variegated leaves with white margins and green centres. It blooms from July until October with pale pink, funnel-shaped, tiny flowers. ...

Mentha pulegium - English Pennyroyal (512 readers)

Contributed by amazon 10.09 2007 on 18:47:22 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Pennyroyal Mentha pulegium Rare - Heirloom - Medicinal 6-12 In. Hardy Perennial Strongly aromatic with a menthol-mint aroma. A hardy ground cover used since early Greek times as an insect repellant. Tiny pale-purple flowers bloom from July to August. Zones 5-9. ...

Veronicastrum virginicum - Culver's Root (860 readers)

Contributed by amazon 09.07 2007 on 10:40:59 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

These elegant perennials impart a lofty vertical element to the late summer garden. Graced with distinctive narrow spires of densely arranged tiny flowers, Veronicastrum are native to meadows and woodlands, and are easy to grow in adequately moist soil. Ericas strong leafy stems taper delicately into long two-toned racemes of lavish red buds and small tightly packed pale pink flowers with prominent darker stamens. Opening from the base up, the slender wands bend and curve, adding a playful air t ...

The Art of Perennial Gardening (614 readers)

Contributed by amazon 02.06 2007 on 19:58:39 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Creative Ways with Hardy Flowers | In The Art of Perennial Garding Patrick Lima shares the secrets and strategies he has gleaned from gardening in Ontarios Burce Peninsula, bringing a seasoned, pragmatic perspective to his latest work. ...

Teucrium chamaedrys - Wall Germander (674 readers)

Contributed by amazon 02.08 2007 on 10:03:39 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Germanders offer a small, tight, shrub-like presence in the garden, with tiny, shiny, fragrant, evergreen leaves. Wall Germander has thrived for us as a wide, low (6) edging above a rock wall, looking beautiful every day of the year and drawing many questions during our guided garden walks. Delicate spires of pale pink flowers top the plant in early summer; a shearing after bloom keeps foliage dense and beautiful. Germanders love to grow in full sun, require good drainage, and are quite tolerant ...

Sagina subulata - Irish Moss (822 readers)

Contributed by amazon 24.09 2007 on 09:57:44 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Also called: SCOTCH MOSS or PEARLWORT A flowering plant, and not a moss at all, but spreads slowly to form a dense, evergreen, moss-like carpet with dense, tiny feathery leaves. Studded with a galaxy of white flowers for a short time in mid-summer. Tolerant of sandy or rocky soil, sun or part shade, but needs a steady moisture supply. Can make a fine ground cover or lawn substitute where conditions are suitable. Perfect for planting between stepping stones, in small crevices between rocks or poo ...

Thymus serpyllum - Mother of Thyme (768 readers)

Contributed by amazon 20.06 2007 on 09:24:54 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Fragrance, Color, and Beauty -- This Ground Cover Has it All! A perennial Thyme for use between paving-stones or as an edging! Mother of Thyme is an ideal choice for planting between walkway stones or bricks and used as a groundcover. Like other thymes, the leaves are highly fragrant; great to inhale as you are walking along the pathway to the front door! This prostrate, mat-forming perennial with slim stems is lined with tiny, oval, hairy leaves. Clusters of pink-purple flowers appear in summer ...

Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var.repens - creeping blueblossom (1739 readers)

Contributed by havlis 08.03 2008 on 10:49:46 Topic: Plants / Evergreen Shrubs Match on Article's text

Creeping blueblossom (Californian lilac) is a beautiful, true blue flowering mounding shrub. It grows about 0.5m tall and spreads 1-2m wide. New branches are soft and drooping. Flowers are dense panicles of tiny, sky blue blossoms and appear in warmer days of late spring. ...