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New York Aster
Plant Type: Perennial
Uses: Border, Cutting Bed
Propagation: Stem cuttings, Seeds
Habit: Upright
Light: Full Sun, Part Shade
Flower Color: Various
Blooms: Autumn
Width: 1.5 ft.; Height: 2 – 4 ft.
Fertility: Rich
Soil: Neutral, Well-drained
A large group of vigorous upright perennials that bring autumn color to the garden. Perfect for a mixed bed or border, they provide a colorful accent. They may need staking and are prone to mildew and attack from pests so regular spraying is recommended for this species. Rich, well-drained soil is ideal and they will grow in full sun or some dappled shade.
Catmint
Plant Type: Perennial
Uses: Groundcover, Edging, Border, Fragrance
Propagation: Division, Root cuttings
Habit: Low, Spreading
Light: Full Sun, Part Shade
Flower Color: Lavender
Blooms: Summer
Width: 1 ft.; Height: 1 ft.
Fertility: Rich, Moderately Rich, Average
Soil: Neutral, Well-drained
Attracts: Cats
Phlox
Plant Type: Annual
Uses: Wildflower/Meadow, Cutting Bed, Rock Garden, Border, Edging
Propagation: Seeds
Habit: Upright, Spreading
Light: Full Sun
Flower Color: Pink, Purple, Red, White
Blooms: Spring, Summer
Width: .5 ft.; Height: .75 – 1.25 ft.
Fertility: Moderately Rich, Average
Soil: Neutral, Moist, Well-drained
Buddleia
Plant Type: Deciduous Shrub
Uses: Ornamental, Fragrance, Border, Cutting Bed, Container, Cutting Bed
Propagation: Stem cuttings, Seeds
Habit: Bushy
Light: Full Sun, Part Shade
Flower Color: Various
Blooms: Summer
Width: 4 – 8 ft.; Height: 3 – 10 ft.
Fertility: Moderately Rich
Soil: Neutral, Well-drained, High, Medium
Attracts: Butterflies, Bees
Licorice Plant
Plant Type: Perennial
Uses: Dried Arrangements, Border, Foliage, Rock Garden, Container, Hanging Basket, Border
Propagation: Seeds, Division, Stem Cuttings
Habit: Low, Spreading
Light: Full Sun
Flower Color: Yellow
Blooms: Spring, Summer
Width: 1 – 2 ft.; Height: 2 – 3 ft.
Fertility: Moderately Rich, Average
Soil: Neutral, Well-drained
DESCRIPTION:
Licorice is a perennial rhizomes very long, branching, cylindrical, brown, creeping. The stem of a meter or more, is cylindrical, simple, erect. The leaves alternate, petioles swollen, are divided into leaflets oval, entire, slightly sticky. The flowers, purple, arranged in clusters on a long stalk at the base of leaves, are visible from June to July. The fruit is a pod oval, compressed, which contains seeds.
Cupflower
Cupflower
Plant Type: Annual
Uses: Border, Edging, Rock Garden, Container
Propagation: Seeds
Habit: Compact, Round
Light: Full Sun, Part Shade
Flower Color: Lavender
Blooms: Summer, Autumn
Width: .25 ft.; Height: .75 – 1 ft.
Fertility: Rich
Soil: Neutral, Moist, Well-drained
Generalitat cupflower
The cupflower lining has a development, it tends to widen very much. cupflower is still green in the spring assumes a pink color, adults are the best medium-size and reach 20 cm in height. These plants are herbaceous perennials.
Hosta
Plant Type: Perennial
Uses: Border, Edging, Ornamental, Foliage, Fragrance
Propagation: Division
Habit: Mound
Light: Full Sun, Part Shade, Full Shade
Flower Color: White, Lavender
Blooms: Summer
Width: 1 – 4 ft.; Height: .5 – 4 ft.
Fertility: Rich, Moderately Rich
Soil: Neutral, Moist, Well-drained
A plant trendy
Well known to gardeners insiders and very popular with designers of gardens, hostas family also deserves to be better known for less experienced gardeners.
Crocus
Plant Type: Bulb
Uses: Border, Rock Garden, Groundcover, Naturalizer, Container, Indoors
Propagation: Division, Seeds
Habit: Low
Light: Full Sun, Part Shade
Flower Color: Various
Blooms: Winter, Spring
Width: .25 ft.; Height: .25 – .75 ft.
Fertility: Moderately Rich, Average
Soil: Neutral, Well-drained
Saffron is one of the most expensive and appreciated in the world, because for some gram is necessary to cultivate flowers, because each flower contains only three stigmas (the part which gives the species).
Boxwood
Plant Type: Evergreen Shrub
Uses: Ornamental, Foliage, Edging, Border, Hedge
Propagation: Stem cuttings
Habit: Bushy
Light: Full Sun, Part Shade
Width: 5 – 15 ft.; Height: 5 – 30 ft.
Fertility: Rich
Soil: Neutral, Moist, Well-drained, Low
Zone: 5 – 9
One of the most widely grown evergreen shrubs in the landscaping world. Grown for its dark green, dense foliage and adaptability to pruning into shaped hedges or borders.
Snapdragon
lant Type: Annual
Uses: Cutting Bed, Border, Fragrance
Propagation: Seeds
Habit: Upright
Light: Full Sun, Part Shade
Flower Color: Various
Blooms: Summer
Width: .5 – .75 ft.; Height: .5 – 4 ft.
Fertility: Rich
Soil: Neutral, Well-Drained, High, Medium
Zone: 1 – 11 Attracts: Butterflies
