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A heavy bloomer is this single with deep magenta-pink flowers, the flowers have a small yellow center of stamens and blooms early. Plants grow 22 inches tall. The Queen of Garden Flowers! We offer the best, free blooming varieties. Flowers are 5-7 across. During late spring-early summer, they fill the …
Contributed by amazon 06.06. 2007 09:05:34 (22852 readers) |
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Early 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 14.09. 2007 08:37:01 (17984 readers) |
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This crab apple is a beautiful small tree with excellent flowering in the spring. The flowers are deep pink to bright purple and are followed by non-edible dark purple small fruits. The leaves are small-ish as opposed to real apple, shiny, deep purple throughout the season. …
Contributed by havlis 02.05. 2008 09:07:43 (50705 readers) |
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Large tobacco species growing up to the size of a small tree. Bluish foliage with rubber texture. Small tubular yellow flowers, about 4 cm long. Huge plant, 3 to 4 m high. Needless to say, this plant needs a very big container. Toxic foliage containing an alkaloid similar to nicotine. Hardy to -5 Celsius. …
Contributed by amazon 05.07. 2007 12:01:04 (16709 readers) |
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Achocha (Lady s Slipper) | Vigorous climber producing small edible pods like okra. The small fruits have a tender, crunchy white flesh with a beany, cucumber flavor. Nice in salads or for stir fries. They can also be made into novelty pickles. Pick fruits young, when still green. …
Contributed by amazon 21.10. 2007 11:36:16 (50684 readers) |
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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. …
Contributed by amazon 07.10. 2007 19:15:21 (23041 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Gentian blue flowers with white centers. A super naturalizer. Small starry flowers in a spray per stem; great naturalizers in rock and woodland gardens or in lawns. …
Contributed by amazon 09.08. 2007 08:42:06 (18891 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Fringe tree is a very rare and beautiful small shrub or small tree. In early summer it has profusion of upto 20 cm long pendent panicles of fragrant, shiny snow-white, narrow flowers, turning to bluish black berries. Mid to deep green opposite leaves are elliptic and glossy. Fringe tree grows slowly, …
Contributed by havlis 07.06. 2008 07:08:21 (22633 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Tamarisk is a beautiful plant with tiny leaves and profusion of flowers in late summer. The flowers are small, pink, composed in long racemes. Deciduous leaves are scale-like, blue-green, very small. Overall appearance is feathery and very fluffy and the plant looks great in a Mediterranean-style landscape, …
Contributed by havlis 04.09. 2016 12:02:19 (17674 readers) Match on Article's text |
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This buckeye is a garden hybrid between aesculus pavia and aesculus sylvatica, both from S.E. USA. It was described already in early 20th century but in Europe it is still little known since another, very similar tree has been popular here for decades = aesculus pavia “Koehnei”. …
Contributed by havlis 22.09. 2016 14:23:16 (10665 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Some crab apples can easily compete with Japanese ornamental cherries as far as the beauty and colours of their flowers. This is the case of ´Royal Beauty´. It is a small tree growing about 2.5m tall, with weeping, somewhat narrow crown. In the spring it brings a profusion of deep pink to light purple …
Contributed by havlis 02.05. 2008 09:04:50 (44369 readers) Match on Article's text |
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If you like big trees for their leaves but own only a small plot have a look at this dwarf red buckeye. Koehnei is a fantastic variety with attractive both foliage and flowers, and moreover, slow growth. …
Contributed by havlis 22.09. 2016 14:18:10 (27099 readers) Match on Article's text |
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False spirea is a valuable plant for small sized gardens as it quickly fills limited space with mass of beautiful leaves. It is a woody plant spreading with suckers like some perennials. Its leaves are fresh green during summer, pinnate, and look like service-tree leaves but are finer and prettier. When …
Contributed by havlis 12.03. 2008 13:21:07 (48306 readers) Match on Article's text |
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False spirea is a valuable plant for small sized gardens as it quickly fills limited space with mass of beautiful leaves. …
Contributed by havlis 06.10. 2016 22:15:27 (12931 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Judas tree is a rather special plant with profusion of beautiful, bright pink flowers in mid spring. They are small, pea-like, and so special due to their appearance on bare wood and even the main stems, however large and old they are. For prolific flowering the plant needs a hot and sunny summer in …
Contributed by havlis 01.02. 2010 14:01:36 (27928 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Latin name enkianthus was made up from two Greek words although this deciduous shrub originates in Japan. It belongs to the heath family and also fits in there perfectly. No other rhododendron or azalea has its structure. Its main stems are always fully vertical with tops of small, alternate leaves. …
Contributed by havlis 08.02. 2008 10:20:10 (45118 readers) Match on Article's text |
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Grows to 100 ft. Dense foliage, profuse small red flowers in April. Native to eastern United States. More cold hardy than Acer platanoides (Norway maple) and faster growing. Brilliant scarlet fall color. …
Contributed by amazon 30.05. 2007 08:58:17 (34316 readers) Match on Article's text |