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Painted buckeye (Aesculus sylvatica)

  • SCIENTIFIC NAME: Aesculus sylvatica
  • PLANT TYPE: Shrub
  • SCIENTIFIC NAME PRONUNCIATION: (ES-kew-lus sil-VAT-ee-kuh)
  • TAGS: Plant Tags: bees and Hummingbirds. Plant Types: Shrub.

Grows best in rich, moist, but well-drained soil; if the usually yellow flowers are tinged with red it might have hybridized with Red Buckeye (Aesculus pavia). Large showy flowers; makes an excellent naturalizing plant; nectar source for hummingbirds. When transplanting, dig shrubs while dormant if possible. Aesculus tends to have a deep taproot so transplant young...
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Piedmont Azalea (Rhododendron canescens)

  • SCIENTIFIC NAME: Rhododendron canescens
  • PLANT TYPE: Shrub
  • SCIENTIFIC NAME PRONUNCIATION: roh-do-DEN-dron kan-ESS-kens
  • TAGS: Plant Tags: azalea, deciduous, and fragrant. Plant Types: Shrub.

Piedmont Azalea (Rhododendron canescens) grows in partial shade to full sun; requires acid soil; does best with a lot of organic matter in the soil; like slightly moist soil; plant will be bushier with more sun; will slowly form clumps by sending up suckers. It blooms in early spring, just about time the leaves come out.   Other Common Names: Pinxter Azalea,...
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Sweetshrub (Calycanthus floridus)

  • SCIENTIFIC NAME: Calycanthus floridus
  • PLANT TYPE: Shrub
  • SCIENTIFIC NAME PRONUNCIATION: (kal-ee-KAN-thus FLOR-id-us)
  • TAGS: Plant Tags: fragrant and shade tolerant. Plant Types: Shrub.

Shade to sun; best in 5-6 hours of sun; moist, rich soil; prune after flowering; will form a colony over time via suckers. ‘Athens’ cultivar available in nurseries which has chartreuse flower with a lemon-lime scent. ‘Michael Lindsey’ is a fragrant cultivar with the traditional maroon flower color. Readily sprouts from seeds sown into moist...
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