Articles for tag: Aquatica, Flowering Plants, Hickory, Persimmon

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10 Tall Growing Trees for Your Landscape: Over 30 Feet

Want trees that will stretch on for a mile? Below are good selections to help you choose the best one for your application from those that get above 30 feet tall. Planting instructions and thorough descriptions of each tall growing tree are given. Acer negundo L. (Boxelder) Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular ...

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Shade Tolerant Native Shrubs for Your Landscape

Shady spots are hard to fill in a landscape. If you’d like to liven up a sun shy area of your yard or garden with native shrubs, then these selections will help you decide which ones are right for you. Aesculus parviflora Walt. (Bottlebrush buckeye) Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision ...

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Blue Flowering Plants for Your Perennial Garden

Plant blue flowers in your perennial garden to give your landscaping a relaxed, cooling effect. Perennials grow back year after year, so you only need to buy them once. After two or three seasons, you can divide and transplant your perennials and increase the number of plants in your garden. The blue flowers suggested are ...

Landscaping Ideas for Small Gardens

Spring is the time to start opening the windows, going for long walks with extra evening light, and planting your garden. Whether this is the first time you have considered planting a garden or you are an experienced gardener, planning is always the key. You don’t want to just walk in to the store and ...

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Annual Flowering Plants for Partial Shade Locations

Annual flowers are flowers that live for a single season-perhaps starting in the spring and dying off in the fall. These plants will need to be replanted every year. Some species of annual flowers thrive in full sun, others in full shade, but some do well in partial shade. When gardening, it is important to ...

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7 Great Native Lilies for Your Garden

Got a passion for lilies? Want a good sampling of choices for your native garden? Below are seven easy growing native lilies to get you started. Lilies are some of the prettiest flowers around today, and getting native lilies will be easier to plant. Lilium canadense L. (Canada Lily) Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta ...

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6 Great Native Phlox Choices for Your Garden

The Phlox family has some interesting and distinct choices for today’s gardener. If you are trying to incorporate Phlox plants into your native garden, then these six choices will get you started. Planting instructions, coloring, and general guidelines are included. Phlox carolina L. (Thickleaf Phlox) Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision ...

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15 Native Plants You Can Propagate Easily

Want plants that you can divide and replant? Want to find good native plants where you can separate and fill your garden with what you have instead of spending even more money on new plants? These are the native flowers for you. Rudbeckia triloba L. (Browneyed Susan) Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular ...

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Garden Maintenance Tip: How to Deadhead Flowers

In order to encourage new growth, ensure overall plant health, keep flower beds looking neat, and allow for bigger and brighter blooms proper deadheading is essential for annual and perennial plants. Many novice gardeners make the mistake of planting their garden and then leaving it to grow at will, but deadheading is a chore that ...

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10 More Tall Growing Trees for Your Landscape: Over 30 Feet

Want even more trees that will stretch on for a mile? Below are good selections to help you choose the best one for your application from those that get above 30 feet tall. Planting instructions and thorough descriptions of each tall growing tree are given. Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. (American Beech) Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom ...