Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening: Horticulture and Landscape DesignNorman Taylor |
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acid American annual areas azaleas basal begonias bloom blue bracts branches buds bulbs cacti Calif called calyx capsule clusters racemes color corms corolla crop cult culture cymes deciduous dense disease dwarf Eastern N.A. Eurasia evergreen fern fertilizer fleshy flower cluster Flower heads Flowers small Flowers white foliage fragrant fronds frost Fruit garden plants genera genus grass Greek green greenhouse grow grown growth hairy handsome Hardy from zone herbs hort hybrid leaf axils leaflets Leaves oblongish Leaves ovalish less lily lobes marginal teeth moist narrow nearly numerous ornament outdoors panicles perennial perennial herb pesticide petals pink potting mixture propagated purple racemes rock garden roots rootstocks seeds segments sepals showy shrub soil solitary sometimes southern species spikes spring stalk stalkless Stamens stem summer toothed tree tropical umbels usually varieties vines wide wild winter woody zone 4 southward