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Blue and Purple Asters or Starworts

Blue and Purple Asters or Starworts

Aster

Evolution teaches us that thistles, daisies, sunflowers, asters, and all the triumphant horde of composites were once very different flowers from what we see to-day. Through ages

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Tall or Giant Sunflower

Tall or Giant Sunflower

Tall or Giant Sunflower

Helianthus giganteus

Flower-heads–Several, on long, rough-hairy peduncles; 1-1/2 to 2-1/4 in. broad; 10 to 20 pale yellow neutral rays around

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Verbena

Verbenas are long blooming annual or perennial flowers that possess the virtues of heat tolerance and an extremely long bloom season. Many perennial verbenas are relatively short lived, but their vigor and heavy flowering make up for this defect. They do well grown as annual flowering plants also, since they bloom quickly during

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What’s Blooming in January and February

Witch-hazels Conifer foliage and cones Hollies in fruit Japanese apricot Wintersweet, Sweet-box Winter jasmine

Coleus

Coleus are prized for their colorful foliage which may combine shades of green, yellow, pink, red and maroon. New introductions of this popular annual have been selected for increased sun and heat tolerance.

Larger Image (166 Kb) A coleus collection shows a variety of color and leaf shape. Karen Russ, ©2007 HGIC,

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Orange or Tawny Hawkweed; Golden Mouse-ear Hawkweed; Devil’s Paint-brush

Orange or Tawny Hawkweed; Golden Mouse-ear Hawkweed; Devil’s Paint-brush

Hieracium aurantiacum

Flower-heads–Reddish orange; 1 in. across or less, the 5-toothed rays overlapping in several series; several heads on short peduncles in a terminal cluster. Stem:

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