What to plant: Iris cycloglossa
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Iris cycloglossa grows to about 22 inches and can bear as many as nine four-inch flowers, which emerge from the leaf axils. They are clear medium lavender blue, with prominent standards and large falls, beautifully marked with a yellow crest within a teardrop-shaped white zone with a spicy scent.
Publication Name: Horticulture, Gardening at its Best
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0018-5329
Year: 2003
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What to plant: Magnolia xloebneri 'Leonard Messel'
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The flowers of 'Leonard Messel' are relatively frost resistant and would come unscathed through freezes that turn the flowers of M.denudata and M.xsoulangeana to disgusting brown mush. The best time to plant a deciduous magnolia is early spring, preferably while it is still dormant.
Publication Name: Horticulture, Gardening at its Best
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0018-5329
Year: 2004
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What to plant: Penstemon heterophyllus
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Most gorgeous penstemons are denizens of the arid west, growing in alkaline, mineral soils under skies whose elemental blueness results from low atmospheric moisture. The enviornment and the fertilizers needed for the proper growth of Penstemon heterophyllus is discussed.
Publication Name: Horticulture, Gardening at its Best
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0018-5329
Year: 2004
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