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A jaundiced view of yellow
There are certainly other yellow daylilies, but only Stella D'Oro (also called Stella Doro and Stella de Oro, meaning star of gold) is equally comfortable at a gas station foundation planting or hanging out at the mall.
California
El Segundo
Antiques of the Flower Garden
Do you appreciate the rich patina of an antique? Glance over the neighbor's fence, and you are likely to see several antique flowers peeking back at you. Antiques add character to the decor of a home.
California
El Segundo
How peculiar: Green cultivars
If you love green, you might want to check out these enviously green cultivars of your favorite flowering florae. But did you know there are several available to cure your need for green?
California
El Segundo
Tender Dahlia Plants – Are Dahlia Flowers Annual Or Perennial
The plants require no winter protection.– Watch for foliage to die back after the first killing frost in autumn. The answer, again, depends on your climate. Once you know which zone you're in, the following tips will help in growing or keeping these...
Ohio
Willoughby
Norma\'s Garden Pool
I finally pulled myself away so that I could photograph the other plants and flowers. The cucumbers tasted great; I ate them out-of-hand, like an apple. This inviting combination of lovely home, nice family, and swimming pool with a garden has been a...
California
El Segundo
Green Grows the Garden
An old-fashioned favorite for a sunny exposure, the zinnia offers a huge array of flower colors that even includes chartreuse. This variety grows 12 inches wide, with two-foot high pale green flowers appearing in summer.is a black-eyed Susan with -- you...
California
El Segundo
More Plants for Less Money 1- Shopping for Clearance Plants
Admittedly I am mesmerized by low-price tags. Just like shoes or books, plants are clearanced for several reasons. Buying tropicals or landscape material from a nursery clearance rack can be a cheap yet successful way to fulfill your need for a variety...
California
El Segundo
How peculiar: A green flower
However, the blooms are a striking shade of chartreuse sometimes with crimson centers. An excellent cut flower, these blooms last for several weeks on or off the plant. Or, why not try a green-themed garden?
California
El Segundo
The Monochromatic Garden-Reds
You really can not have too much RED!With a garden of radiant reds you're sure to get a few passersby stopping in to compliment you on your color of choice. If you're like me, you love red.
California
El Segundo
Salvia - How to Grow the Easiest Plant in the World
They are wonderful and so easy to grow from cuttings that they are easy for the beginner to learn to start taking cuttings from other plants.Can you ask for a better plant for the garden?
California
El Segundo
First Flowers
How does the passion for gardening take hold and follow us throughout our lives? Long tendrils of roots growing neglected in the murky green soup of a mayonnaise jar. My window wall of greenery would not have been complete without it and to me, it was...
California
El Segundo
Liriope Big Blue
Prices start at : 33.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

Hardy, evergreen groundcover with summer flowers and winter interest. Why plant a common groundcover when you can have a Big Blue Liriope in your yard! With evergreen foliage, lovely flowers…and even berries for winter interest, Big Blue Liriope is...
  • Flower Color: Blue
  • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Sun Exposure: Full Shade, Partial Sun
  • Foliage: Green
Nebraska
Omaha
Korean Feather Reed Grass
Prices start at : 74.95 USD / #5 Container range: 2.9 - 4.6 gallons (13 - 20 liters)

Somewhat relaxed in habit, it can serve as the main feature in a fall garden long after most other plants have given up! When relaxed, the blossoms can spill over in a graceful manner.
  • Fall Color: Yellow
  • Flower Color: Pale Pink
  • Mature Spread: 40 - 60 inches
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Sun
  • Mature Height: 32 - 48 inches
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
Nebraska
Omaha
Dwarf Maiden Grass
Prices start at : 59.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

You'll be amazed by the long, bronze plumes that rise up to a foot about the foliage late season, and add a decorative touch through the winter months. It has an upright, arching nature that is drought tolerant and adapts to a variety of conditions.
  • Mature Spread: 3 - 4 feet
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Sun
  • Botanical Name: Miscanthus sinensis 'Adagio'
  • Fall Color: Yellow, Burgundy / Purple
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Soil Type: Well Drained
Nebraska
Omaha
Spicata Liriope
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

Do you need a plant that is super easy to care for, forgives you if you forget it, yet still looks graceful and beautiful and makes you look like a pro? Sun or shade, rich soil or poor, Liriope Spicata will happily make your garden look great.
  • Mature Spread: 1 - 3 feet
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Full Shade, Partial Sun
  • Mature Height: 2 - 4 feet
  • Growth Rate: Fast
  • Flower Color: Lavender
Nebraska
Omaha
Deamii Black-Eyed Susan
Prices start at : 33.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

Display the Deamii in bold drifts in a sunny or partially shady site that doesn't dry out over summer. The colonies can be divided either in autumn or spring. After the flowers drop off, they leave the black cone which will bring birds and sound to a...
  • Foliage: Green
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Sun
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Mature Height: 24 - 30 inches
Nebraska
Omaha
Twister Lily of the Nile
Prices start at : 35.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

These 8” umbels are held three and four feet high over the thick, daylily-like leaves. Each 8” flower-head is made up of dozens of the individual flowers in the form of a ball.
  • Mature Height: 20 - 24 inches
  • Moisture: Well-drained
  • Foliage: Green
  • Mature Spread: 12 - 18 inches
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
Nebraska
Omaha
Blue Fortune Hyssop
Prices start at : 33.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

Licorice Fragrance in Blue Spikes Hyssop Blue Fortune, Agastache 'Blue Fortune', originates from the Greek word aga, meaning "very much," and stachys, meaning "spikes," referring to the many flower spikes.
  • Foliage: Green
  • Mature Spread: 1 - 2 feet
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Flower Color: Blue Violet
  • Soil Type: Well drained
Nebraska
Omaha
Table Mountain Ice Plant
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / 5" Container

This Delosperma has a plant spread of 18” and a height of 2-3”. Fushia Daisies Smother Ground The Hardy Ice Plant Table Mountain, Delosperma ‘Table Mountain', has 1-2” bright single fuchsia daisy like colored blooms that just smother the plant.
  • Mature Height: 2 - 3 inches
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Foliage: Evergreen
  • Botanical Name: Delosperma 'Table Mountain'
  • Soil Type: Normal to Sandy
Nebraska
Omaha
Soft Caress Mahonia
Prices start at : 35.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

There are plenty of evergreens to keep your landscape looking warm and vibrant through the long winter months, but most of those require full sun. Gardeners revere Mahonia plants for their remarkable features, but bemoan their harsh foliage.

Medium

    • Moisture: Medium
    • Growth Rate: Medium
    • Fall Color: Yellow
    • Soil Type: Well - Moderately Drained
    • Mature Spread: 3 - 4 feet
    • Sun Exposure: Partial Sun
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Lily Of The Nile
    Prices start at : 29.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

    The purple-blue flowers are born on long wand-like stems rising above strappy, grass-like leaves. You just need to bring them indoors in the coldest months. In Southern California and the Coastal South, these beauties bloom year round.
    • Flower Color: Blue/White
    • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
    • Botanical Name: Agapanthus africanus
    • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
    • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Yaku Jima Maiden Grass
    Prices start at : 33.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

    The reddish flowers are showy but not quite as fluffy as most. Use as a specimen, in a container, as a border, along walkways, or by the water's edge. Yaku Jima Grass prefers full sun and moist, well drained soil; a great grass for small gardens.

    Red

      • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
      • Fall Color: Red
      • Foliage: Green
      • Flower Color: Red
      • Growth Rate: Medium
      • Mature Spread: 2 - 3 feet
      Nebraska
      Omaha
      Variegated Liriope
      Prices start at : 35.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

      This 'Variegated' liriope is excellent for edging and ground covers; when planting, space 12-15" apart. It is also known as Liriope variegated lily-turf, so is, as its name implies, a variegated border grass! The grassy foliage is edged with creamy yellow.
      • Botanical Name: Liriope muscari 'Variegata'
      • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
      • Mature Spread: 1 - 3 feet
      • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Full Shade, Partial Sun
      • Foliage: Variegated Green
      Nebraska
      Omaha
      Jack Frost Brunnera
      Prices start at : 29.95 USD / 5" Container

      In the north, morning sun is tolerated and in the south, dense shade is necessary. It adds hard-to-find color and dramatic texture to the shade garden with its bright silver leaves that are veined in deep green.
      • Flower Color: Light Blue
      • Growth Rate: Slow
      • Sun Exposure: Full Shade
      • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
      • Soil Type: Loam, Sandy
      • Botanical Name: Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost'
      Nebraska
      Omaha
      Gold Bar Maiden Grass
      Prices start at : 39.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

      It is easy to grow, and its intense color almost glows in the sun! * 4 Season Interest * Gold Stripes on Green Leaves * Foliage Turns Burgundy in Autumn * Compact. It is extraordinarily adaptable to many conditions and purposes in the garden.
      • Growth Rate: Medium
      • Foliage: Variegated
      • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
      • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Sun
      • Fall Color: Orange, Red
      • Botanical Name: Miscanthus sinensis 'Gold Bar'
      Nebraska
      Omaha
      Blue Ice Amsonia
      Prices start at : 33.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

      They don't need staking to stand up tall and true. They thrive in average soil in full sun to part shade. You won't see many growing in your neighborhood. A 3-season Native Star For now, Blue Ice Blue Star (Amsonia ‘Blue Ice') is not a common perennial...
      • Fall Color: Yellow
      • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Sun
      • Growth Rate: Medium
      • Botanical Name: Amsonia 'Blue Ice'
      • Foliage: Green
      • Soil Type: Widely adaptable
      Nebraska
      Omaha
      Blazing Star Kobold Gayfeather
      Prices start at : 33.95 USD / 5" Container

      Liatris ‘Kobold' has a plant height of 2' and a spread of 12-18” and should be planted in full sun in a well-drained area. With its lovely color and strong vertical effect, it provides an interesting architectural dimension.
      • Growth Rate: Fast
      • Soil Type: Normal to Sandy
      • Foliage: Deep Green
      • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
      • Mature Height: 2 feet
      • Botanical Name: Liatris spicata 'Kobold'
      Nebraska
      Omaha
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