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Stachys coccinea
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: SCARLET HEDGENETTE 'POW WOW"
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Red
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 18"
Description:
Non stop bloomer from midsummer on. Great for hummingbirds. Deadheading is helpful to keep in bloom. |
Lychnis chalcedonica
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Common Name: Burning Love
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Red
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 30"
Mature Width: 24"
Description:
Said to be a humming bird magnet. Google pictures and see why! New to me, but is listed as an old fashioned plant. Garden Notes: All reviews I have seen have been positive. May need more water than I like to give my plants.
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Digitalis obscura
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Sunset Foxglove
Bloom Season: Spring
Bloom Color: Rose with yellow
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade Mature Height: 16"
Mature Width: 18"
Description:
Large bells of dusty rose with yellow markings at throat. Good in dry arrangements Garden Notes: Biennial? Mine has died after blooming the second year. May just be the conditions I give it. Has a very nice dusky-orange bloom.
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Buddleia daviddii
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Butterfly Bush
Bloom Season: Summer to Fall
Bloom Color: Violet
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade Mature Height: 60"
Mature Width: 48"
Description:
Excellent shrub, prune to 12" in spring. Fast growth to 6-8ft. Fragrant,lilac-like blooms summer to frost without deadheading. Garden Notes: This variety is seed grown- collected from plants that have been growing locally. It is the fastest growing, most robust variety I have. It does very well with minimal water once established. Water deeply when watering. Great for a variety of butterflies.
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Aquilegia longissima
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Common Name: Columbine: Yellow Bonnet
Bloom Season: Spring
Bloom Color: Yellow
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade Mature Height: 30"
Description:
Native to SW Texas. Similar to A. chrysanyha, with graceful, 4-6" drooping spurs TRIAL '10. Garden Notes: first trial in 06, a little chlorotic
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Aquilegia caerulea
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Columbine: McKana Giant Mixed
Bloom Season: Spring to Early Summer
Bloom Color: Blend
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade Mature Height: 24"
Mature Width: 18"
Description:
Hummingbirds, Plan to replace every three years? Give regular light feedings. Check for and wash off aphids with soap water. Garden Notes: Great plants for part shade, protect from harsh SW winds. Blooms following spring. Not long lived, but good mix of colors.
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Agastache rupestris
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Apache Sunset
Bloom Season: Summer to Fall
Bloom Color: Orange
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade Mature Height: 30"
Mature Width: 24"
Description:
Hummingbirds, Long blooming midsummer to fall, Lean, well-drained soil. Licorice scented. |
Agastache cana 'Heather Queen'
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Common Name: Wild Hyssop 'Heather Queen'
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Rose
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade Mature Height: 36"
Mature Width: 18"
Description:
Heathery lilac blooms. |
Agastache astromontana
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Pink Pop
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Pink
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 24"
Mature Width: 18"
Description:
First year blooming, many small pink blooms on long flower soikes, not real showy, but nice. Dense, bushy, aromatic plants. |