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Garden Plants for Flower Arranging: Peachleaf Bellflower (Campanula persicifolia)

Karen April 10, 2018 0 Comments

Peachleaf bellflower is an herbaceous perennial native to the mountains of Europe, North Africa, and Asia where it grows in meadows and woodland edges. It forms a evergreen basal rosette…

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Garden Plants for Flower Arrangements: Plume Poppy (Macleaya cordata)

Karen March 13, 2018 0 Comments

Plume poppy is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial native to east China and Japan where it grows in woodland margins, along lake and river edges, and within scrub. Plants have lobed…

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Garden Plants for Flower Arrangements: Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis)

Karen February 13, 2018 0 Comments

Lily of the valley is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial native to the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere and is often grown as a ground cover. It grows best where…

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Garden Plants for Flower Arrangements: Hybrid Japanese Anemone (Anemone x hybrida)

Karen January 9, 2018 0 Comments

Hybrid Japanese anemone are herbaceous perennials that form a substantial mound of handsome dark green leaves carried on long stems (petioles). Each leaf is palmately compound with three toothed leaflets.…

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Garden Plants for Flower Arrangements: Red-Hot Poker (Kniphofia uvaria)

Karen October 12, 2017 0 Comments

Also called torch lily, this herbaceous perennial is native to South Africa where it grows on damp slopes as marshy areas. Stiff, semi-evergreen, grey-green leaves up to 36” inches long…

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Garden Plants for Flower Arrangements: Catmint (Nepeta x faassenii)

Karen September 14, 2017 0 Comments

This herbaceous perennial is a sterile hybrid from N. racemosa and N. nepetella and although variable in habit is usually upright and billowy. The narrowly ovate leaves are 1.5 inches…

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Garden Plants for Flower Arrangements: Lupine (Lupinus) Russell Hybrid

Karen August 10, 2017 0 Comments

If you grow lupines in the US the chances are great that they are the Russell Hybrids. These herbaceous perennials are beautiful garden plants but don’t tolerate heat and humidity…

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Garden Plants for Flower Arranging: Wintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox)

Karen December 22, 2016 0 Comments

Wintersweet is a vigorous deciduous shrub native to China where it grows in mountainous forests. The small pendent flowers are fragrant and have yellow tepals with purple centers. They appear…

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Garden Plants for Arrangements: Periwinkle (Vinca major)

Karen November 28, 2016 0 Comments

This trailing perennial vine is native to the Mediterranean area where it grows in woodlands and hedgerows as well as on river banks. It is a member of the dogbane…

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Garden Plants for Flower Arrangements: Japanese Angelica Tree (Aralia elata)

Karen September 27, 2016 0 Comments

This deciduous small tree or shrub is native to eastern Russia, Japan, China and Korea but is grown in the US where it has become invasive in some areas due…

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