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former being woody, the latter notCH. "Perennials," as commonly used by gardeners, is a convenient shortening of the phrase "hardy herbaceous perennials...

botanical and museum gardens (e.g. United States Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden, North Carolina Botanical Garden, residential garden, Seattle, WA...

vines. The exotic flowers and fruit of many varieties are popular with gardeners. Most are vines, but some are shrubs, and a few are herbaceous. The most...

stonecresses. Aethionema species are grown as herbaceous perennials by gardeners. Species include: Aethionema antitaurus Aethionema cordifolia: Lebanon...

in a temperate climate. As such, zucchini has a reputation among home gardeners for overwhelming production, and a common type of joke among home growers...

sweet scabious (S. atropurpurea) have been developed into cultivars for gardeners. Scabiosa plants have many small flowers of soft lavender blue, lilac or...

hedge plants among gardeners in desert and chaparral climates. Xylosma congestum, the Shiny Xylosma, is the species usually seen in garden hedges and in road...

but the mossy-green type is most popular with gardeners. photo 1 photo 2 photo 3 Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607 w:Baby's tears. Some of the...

is very popular among gardeners near its native habitat, and one of the few native plants taken from the wild by local gardeners. It is described sometimes...

titled "Eastern Prince" which has perfect flowers and is self-fertile. Gardeners should beware that seedlings of "Eastern Prince" are sometimes sold under...

greenhouses, to be planted out as weather permits. Once established in the garden, leeks are hardy; many varieties can be left in the ground during the winter...

few clones are cultivated, most seedlings raised from this species by gardeners are hybrids. photo 1 photo 2 photo 3 McAllister, H.A. 2005. The genus Sorbus:...

introduced to cultivation as Gloxinia speciosa and is still commonly known to gardeners and in the horticultural trade as "gloxinia". The true genus Gloxinia is...

the few palms able to survive regions with hard winters. It is grown by gardeners and landscapers for this reason. Often those grown in cultivation are strains...

akebi. They are commonly referred to as chocolate vine, and are grown by gardeners as ornamental trailing vines. The purple or reddish purple flowers are...

foxgloves, Canterbury bells, larkspurs, and steeple bellflowers. Professional gardeners often prefer to treat biennials as half-hardy annuals, i.e., they sow the...

illustrated and described as long ago as 1859. See Tamonea. The miconias of gardeners are conservatory or warm house subjects, grown for their large and striking...

more) is cult. for the odd pods, which are sometimes used by Old World gardeners as surprises or jokes, and are occasionally grown in this country as oddities...

Midwest, such as Michigan, Wisconsin. The plant has become popular with gardeners since the 1990s, due its rapid growth, tropical look, and ease of care...

(2002) Yates Garden Guide. Harper Collins Australia Random House Australia Botanica's Pocket Gardening Encyclopedia for Australian Gardeners Random House...