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Monarda hybrida 'Bergamo'
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Bee Balm
Bloom Season: Summer-All
Bloom Color: Rosey Purple
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade Mature Height: 18"
Description:
FSG- Butterflies, branching, flowers early- then all summer. Nice container plant, High mildew tolerance. |
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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Lonicera x hecktrottii
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Coral Honeysuckle
Bloom Season: Summer to Fall
Bloom Color: Coral with Yellow
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade Mature Height: 12'
Mature Width: 48"
Description:
Vigorous to 12 feet. Blue green leaves. Blooms summer to frost- Blue-green leaves. Deciduous or semi evergreen. Good for Hummingbirds Garden Notes: I have had this plant for many years. It has performed very well each year.
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Lonicera
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: 'Mandarin'
Bloom Season: Spring to Summer
Bloom Color: Orange with Yellow
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade Mature Height: 150"
Description:
Deciduous vine. Fast growing: up to six feet per year. Foliage begins a deep coppery color turning to a lush green. Garden Notes: This variety sent as a substitute for another that I had ordered. One source says this variety needs neutral or acidic soil.
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Caesalpinia gillesii
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Common Name: Yellow Bird of Paradise
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow/Red
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 60"
Mature Width: 60"
Description:
Good shrub, small tree for hummingbirds. Reseeds readily. Nuisance in flower beds due to reseeding. It tends to come up in the middle of other plants and is difficult to remove due to its deep tap root. Okay surrounded by grass. Little water. |
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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Anisacanthus quadrifidus v. wrightii
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Flame Acanthus
Bloom Season: Summer to Early Fall
Bloom Color: Orange/Yellow
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 36"
Mature Width: 30"
Description:
Bright orange tubular flowers, long mid summer to fall bloom. Drought tolerant. Dies back in winter, cut back to ground in spring. Garden Notes: Great plant! Starts blooming end of July till cooler days of fall. Hummingbirds love it and butterflies feed on nectar as well. Throws seed several feet to get new plants, not hard to remove.
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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. |
Zauschneria arizonica
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Common Name: Hummingbird Trumpet
Bloom Season: Late Summer
Bloom Color: Orange
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade Mature Height: 36"
Mature Width: 24"
Description:
Thrives in hot sun, well drained soil. May spread by rhiizomes |