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Soil type: Well-draining,All types. Catmint is the ideal low-maintenance perennial for any garden setting. Available in heights ranging from 8 inches to 3 feet tall, the silvery-green foliage has ...
Raised bed gardening. Raised-bed gardening is a form of gardening in which the soil is raised above ground level and usually enclosed in some way. Raised bed structures can be made of wood, rock, concrete or other materials, and can be of any size or shape. [1] The soil is usually enriched with compost. [2]
The inflorescence of flowers consists of a bracteate raceme, one-sided, with 5–15 flowers at the ends of branches. Each flower is composed of a deeply five-parted, glandular-haired calyx and an urn-shaped pink to white, glandular to hairy, five-lobed petals (corolla), 7 to 10 millimetres ( 1 ⁄ 4 to 3 ⁄ 8 in) long.
1. Perennial Salvia. Why We Love It: Pollinator favorite, extra hardy Spikes of purple, pink or white flowers atop mounded foliage make these summer bloomers a favorite. While bees and butterflies ...
Less maintenance, a lower cost...what’s not to love? Health. Home & Garden
Phlox paniculata is an erect herbaceous perennial growing to 120 cm (47 in) tall by 100 cm (39 in) wide, with opposite, simple leaves on slender green stems. The flowers are 1.5–2.5 cm (0.6–1.0 in) in diameter, often strongly fragrant and borne in summer through fall (autumn). [10]
Gaillardia / ɡ eɪ ˈ l ɑːr d i ə / [3] (common name blanket flower) [4] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America.It was named after Maître Gaillard de Charentonneau, [5] [6] an 18th-century French magistrate who was an enthusiastic botanist.
They can penetrate up to 1.2 m (4 ft) deep, but 0.4 m (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft) is typical in sandy soil. [ 8 ] [ 10 ] The leaves are about 2 cm wide in average and 12–80 centimetres ( 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 31 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) in length [ 9 ] near the base of the plant and narrow to a sharp point at the top; the margins are finely toothed and are embedded with ...