This annual cosmos grows to 6 feet tall and has gold or yellow summer to fall flowers. This particular cosmos, because of its height, tends to get weedy looking towards the end of the season. Best planted in generous drifts. […]
Cosmos bipinnatus ( Candystrip Cosmos )
The annual cosmos is known for its showy summer to fall blooms atop an upright branching habit. Leaves are light green and fern-like. Daisy-like flowers may be single, double, crested or frilled. Heights range from 2 feet to 5 feet […]
Cosmos atrosanguineus ( Chocolate Cosmos )
The tuberous-rooted perennial is known for its late summer to fall blooms atop coarsely cut, silver foliage. Daisy-like flowers are brownish red and have a chocolate or vanilla fragrance. Heights range from 2 feet to 2.5 feet. Best planted in […]
Corylus cornuta ( Beaked Filbert )
C. cornuta is a deciduous shrub, reaching 4-8 feet high and wide. It is smaller and more refined than other filbert shrubs and might be a good edition to an informal shrub border. Foliage is dark green in summer, yellowish […]
Corylus avellana ( Contorted Filbert )
A unique, multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub with twisted and gnarled branches clothed in similarly twisted foliage. Weeping, pale yellow flower clusters adorn bare branches in early spring. Interesting winter specimen.
Corylopsis pauciflora ( Winter Hazel )
This is a deciduous shrub with a bushy and spreading growth habit, known for its early spring flowering and lovely fragrance. Leaves are ovate and bright green to 3 inches long, bronze when young. Pale yellow flowers to 1 1/4 […]
Corydalis ( Corydalis )
Clumping perennial with foliage resembling that of maiden hair fern or bleeding heart. Spur-shaped flowers are yellow, sometimes blue, and hang in dainty clusters. As with bleeding hearts and maiden hair ferns, this plant loves moist, rich, humus-filled soil and […]
Cortaderia selloana ( White Feather Pampas Grass )
Species in the grass family(Poaceae)have narrow grasslike foliage, with leaf veins typically parallel to one another, and the leaf margins are most often smooth. With a few exceptions, such as bamboo, most grasses are herbaceous, meaning they do not develop […]
Cortaderia selloana ( Sunningdale Silver Pampas Grass )
Species in the grass family (Poaceae)have narrow grasslike foliage, with leaf veins typically parallel to one another, and the leaf margins are most often smooth. With a few exceptions, such as bamboo, most grasses are herbaceous, meaning they do not […]
Cortaderia selloana ( Sun Stripe Pampas Grass )
Species in the grass family(Poaceae)have narrow grasslike foliage, with leaf veins typically parallel to one another, and the leaf margins are most often smooth. With a few exceptions, such as bamboo, most grasses are herbaceous, meaning they do not develop […]