Category: Attractive Foliage

How To Grow Snake plant (Dracaena trifasciata) In Your Home or Garden

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Dracaena trifasciata Syn. Sansevieria trifasciata is commonly known as the Viper's bowstring hemp, Snake plant, and Mother-in-law's tongue. It belongs to the Asparagaceae plant family, and is winter hardy to USDA Zone 10-12. It can be grown in containers and placed outdoors in the summer in cooler areas. The plant is often used as a house plant. As it is an incredibly […]

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How To Grow Blue Oat Grass (Helictotrichon sempervirens) In Your Garden

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Helictotrichon sempervirens, commonly known as Blue oat grass, belongs to the Poaceae family (monocotyledonous grasses) and is native to the grasslands of Southwest and central Europe. This bunchgrass that is often used in garden design and landscaping as an ornamental grass. One of its main features are its attractive blue foliage. Blue oat grass has

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How to Grow Indian Hawthorn in Your Garden

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Rhaphiolepis indica is commonly known as the Indian hawthorn. It is a slow-growing evergreen shrub from the Rosaceae (rose) family. It blooms with attractive colorful white and/or pink flowers in the spring. These are fragrant and showy. It is perhaps the most popularly grown member of the Rhaphiolepus genus, and belongs to the Maleae (or

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How to Grow American Smoketree in Your Garden

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Cotinus obovatus, commonly called the American Smoketree, is native to Northern America. Other common names include Chittamwood and American smokewood. Cotinus obovatus belongs to the genus Cotinus in the Anacardiaceae Family, and it is a rare flowering plant for the genus. The American Smoketree gets the name from the clusters of its tiny blossoms, which

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How to Grow Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) in Your Garden

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Polystichum acrostichoides is more commonly known as the Christmas fern or Dagger fern. It is often grown by gardeners to help prevent soil erosion in rocky or shallow garden borders, and is great to grow in a shady part of the garden. They are also popular in Native American plant garden beds, as part of

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How to Grow Smooth Sumac in Your Garden

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A common and beautiful wild shrub in the United States is Rhus glabra. This plant is more commonly called Smooth sumac, White sumac, and Scarlet sumac. It is a member of the Anacardiaceae family (Cashews and Sumac). Rhus glabra bears green-yellow cluster of flowers that appear during the summer months and attract bees, wasps, and

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