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(Candy Flowersâ„¢ Martha Washington Geranium, Martha Washington Geranium)
The Candy Flowersâ„¢ Series include numerous hybrid geraniums known for a floriferous habit as well as ease of production in cooler greenhouse conditions, resulting in earlier flowering. Regal geraniums - known as Martha Washington geraniums in North America - were first developed in Great Britain in the mid-19th century. They are bushy, frost-tender, evergreen perennials grown for their generous bloom. Grown in containers or the ground, they continuously produce large clusters of showy ruffled flowers...
James H. Schutte
(Sickle Fern)
An attractive, tufted fern with glossy, bright green fronds, sickle fern grows from an underground stem called a rhizome and spreads into a modest clumping mass. This species is native to the mild temperate rainforests of New Zealand and southeastern Australia.
The arrowhead-shaped fronds are lined in narrow, slightly curving, pointed leaflets (called pinnae) that are glossy, leathery and medium to dark green, darker more so in deeper shade. Each frond stem is dark brown and is tipped on the...
Michael Charters, www.calflora.net
(Black Wattle, Weeping Wattle)
Crinkled, fragrant, light yellow flowers appear on the spreading branches of the weeping wattle in spring or summer. A semi-evergreen tree native to Zambia and South Africa, it develops a wide, irregular-spreading canopy of thornless branches. Twigs are ghostly silvery gray, with bark becoming grooved and grayish brown. The timber is soft with a black heartwood.
New growth shoots are densely covered in fine, rusty brown hairs. The feathery leaves are doubly compound. The fuzzy and rust-colored...
João de Deus Medeiros, Flickr Contributor
(Brasiletto, Yellow Copperpod, Yellow Jacaranda)
Frilly, fern-like foliage and bright yellow summertime flowers are ornamental highlights of the yellow copperpod. Also called brasiletto, this semi-evergreen tree is native to southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. It develops a picturesque, dome-like canopy. Compared to the Asian-native copperpod (Peltophorum pterocarpum), this species is more cold hardy, sturdier in wind, has more leaflets on each feathery leaf, and overall is less flamboyant of a tree.
Leaves are large and feathery...
Carol Cloud Bailey
(Copperpod, Yellow Flame Tree, Yellow Jacaranda)
A fast-growing tree that develops a broad, umbrella-domed canopy, the copperpod is prized for its grape-scented golden flowers that seem to glow in sunlight. It's usually evergreen, but briefly drops some foliage in the height of the tropical dry season. Copperpod is native to tropical southern and southeastern Asia, from Sri Lanka to the Philippines, and to the north coast of Australia. It has rather brittle wood and a shallow root system.
Newly emerging leaves are coppery-red and fuzzy. As...
James H. Schutte
(Millet, Pearl Millet)
Highly valued as both a crop plant and ornamental, pearl millet is easy to cultivate, tough, and its seeds are attractive to birds. This warm-season grass is among the most ancient of the cultivated annual grains. It is believed to have originated from sub-Saharan Africa and was then taken to the Middle East and India approximately 4,000 years ago. In recent years garden-worthy purple and bronze-leaved forms have hit the market.
Millet is a broad-bladed grass with a narrow, upright habit....
Jessie Keith
(Millet, Pearl Millet)
The broad, bright green blades of 'Jade Princess' form dense clumps and create a fresh backdrop for its showy burgundy-red flower spikes. This Ball Horticultural Company introduction has a denser habit than most millets and is perfectly suited to hot, sunny garden spaces.
Highly valued as both a crop plant and ornamental, pearl millet is easy to cultivate, tough, and its seeds are attractive to birds. This warm season grass is among the most ancient of the cultivated annual grains. It is believed...
James H. Schutte
(Jester Millet, Millet, Pearl Millet)
Highly valued as both a crop plant and ornamental, pearl millet is easy to cultivate, tough, and its seeds are attractive to birds. The bronze-leaved cultivar, 'Jester', is a superb ornamental grass for hot, sunny areas in need of bold lines and color.
Millet is a broad bladed grass with an upright habit. Each plant is solitary and looks a bit like a small corn plant. The flower panicles are dense and upright and appear when summer temperatures are hot. Upright clusters of little, round millet...
Maureen Gilmer
(Millet, Pearl Millet)
Highly valued as both a crop plant and ornamental, pearl millet is easy to cultivate, tough, and its seeds are attractive to birds. The colorful cultivar, 'Purple Baron', has green blades when the plant is young but these quickly age to deep burgundy-purple. is a superb ornamental grass for hot, sunny areas in need of bold lines and color.
Millet is a broad bladed grass with an upright habit. Each plant is solitary and looks a bit like a small corn plant. The flower panicles are dense and...
James H. Schutte
(Millet, Pearl Millet, Purple Millet)
Highly valued as both a crop plant and ornamental, pearl millet is easy to cultivate, tough, and its seeds are attractive to birds. The striking purple-leaved form, 'Purple Majesty', is a superb ornamental grass for hot, sunny areas in need of bold lines and color.
Millet is a broad bladed grass with an upright habit. Each plant is solitary and looks a bit like a small corn plant. The flower panicles are dense and upright and appear when summer temperatures are hot. Upright clusters of little,...