Ruellia elegans, Ruellia Ragin Cajun, Red Ruellia Ruellia elegans, ‘Ragin Cajun’ is a member of the Acanthaceae family. It grows 12-16 inches high by 12-18 inches wide in zones 8, 9, and 10. ‘Ragin Cajun’ Red Ruellia produces red, trumpet shaped flowers held above the medium green foliage from late spring to fall. Blooms practically […]
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Holiday Cactus If your Christmas cactuses have finished blooming don’t throw them away. Christmas cactuses can become long-lived house plants that will bloom year after year. Move them next to a sunny window or place them on your porch or patio throughout the summer and into fall. Christmas cactus is known by the scientific name
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Color in the Garden thru Fall and Winter Popular plants such as, Camellia japonica and Camellia sasanqua, cyclamen, pansies, mums, petunias and snapdragons, are great this time of the year as they bring us colorful flowers, but it can be difficult to keep color in the Fall and Winter garden. How about introducing wildflowers in
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Tropical Color for the Garden One of the best plants for tropical flowers from midspring through fall is the tropical hibiscus. Tropical hibiscuses, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis is also Chinese Hibiscus. It is a Tropical evergreen shrub which can grow 6-8 feet depending on the variety. The plants can be single or double flowered with large funnel-shaped
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Chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum x morifolium (Dendranthema x morifolium) Chrysanthemums are the showiest of the fall plants. They provide quick color in the fall landscape. Whether you plant them into beds or feature them in containers, these mounded plants are covered in flowers of gold, bronze, purple, lavender, white, pink, red or burgundy and are a welcome
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