Horehund （Marrubium vulgare）歐夏至草

Horehund （Marrubium vulgare）歐夏至草

Horehund （Marrubium vulgare）歐夏至草

Cold hardy perennial. Well known as a medicinal herb. Easy to grow. Best in full sun location. Small white flower in summer. Flowers attract bees, butterflies and seeds attract birds to feed on. USDA Zones:4-9. Mature size:2′-3′(H) X 1′-1.5′(W). Propagate by seeds, cuttings, layering or division. Self-seed easily. Could be invasive in warm climate regions.

耐寒強健的多年生草花. 以其藥用價值聞名.又稱為銀薄荷或苦薄荷. 容易栽種. 最好栽種在全日照處. 夏開白色小花. 花頗吸引蜂蝶,種子吸引鳥類覓食. 耐寒不甚耐熱. 成熟株高2-3呎,寬幅1-1.5呎. 繁殖以種子,扦插,壓條或分株的方式來進行. 容易自行落子繁殖. 在溫暖的地區可能成為強勢植物.

Reference links:網路資料連結:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marrubium_vulgare
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/欧夏至草

How to Make Horehound Candy & Why You Should Love This Bitter Herb

https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-886/white-horehound
https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1116/

Yellow Monkey Flower (Mimulus luteus/ Erythranthe lutea) 猴面花

Yellow Monkey Flower (Mimulus luteus/ Erythranthe lutea)猴面花

Yellow Monkey Flower (Mimulus luteus/ Erythranthe lutea) have pretty good sized flowers in summer. 美麗的猴面花於夏天綻放.

Yellow Monkey Flower (Mimulus luteus/ Erythranthe lutea) flower is about 5cm in diameter. 猴面花的花徑約5公分.

Yellow Monkey Flower seed pods and seeds (Mimulus luteus/ Erythranthe lutea) 猴面花種夾與種子.

Yellow Monkey Flower (Mimulus luteus Erythranthe lutea) seeds germinated with tiny seed leaves. 猴面花種子孵出長出小小的子葉了.

Cold hardy aquatic perennial. Easy to grow. Best in full sun to partial shade location in pond or wet soil. Native in south of Canada. Yellow flowers with red/purple markings bloom in summer. Flowers attract bees and butterflies. USDA Zones:6-9. Mature size:6″-3′(H)X 9″-1′(W). Propagate by seeds, cuttings, layering or division. Self-seed. Edible leaves can be eaten raw or cooked.

耐寒多年生的水生植物. 容易栽種. 最好栽種在全日照到半日照處的池塘或濕土中. 原生於南加拿大. 夏季開黃色有著紅紫色般的花朵. 花頗吸引蜂蝶. 耐寒喜溫暖. 成熟株高6吋-3呎,寬幅9吋到1呎. 繁殖以種子,扦插,壓條或分株的方式來進行. 會自行落籽繁殖. 葉片可以生食或煮食,兼具食用與觀賞價值!

Reference links: 參考網站資料連結:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythranthe_lutea
https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/127046/
http://moorewatergardens.com/product/yellow-monkey-flower-mimulus-luteus/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythranthe_guttata

Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea) 美國香槐

Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea) 美國香槐

Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea) tree has yellow fall color. 美國香槐有著金燦燦的秋色.

Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea) seedpods ripe in late summer to fall. 美國香槐種莢於夏末到秋季時成熟.

Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea) seedpods ripe in late summer to fall. 美國香槐種莢於夏末到秋季時成熟. A seed and seed pods. 一枚種子與種莢.

Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea) seeds. 美國香槐的種子.

This Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea) seedling’s the 2nd year, just past the 1st winter!

Cold hardy medium sized flowering tree.  Deciduous. Native in US but not common. Easy to grow.  Best growing in full sun location.  Fragrant white or pink flowers in clusters dangling down in late spring.  Flowers attract bees and butterflies.  USDA Zones:4-8.  Mature size:30′-50′(H) X 40′-50′(W).  Leaves from green turn yellow in fall. Propagate by seeds.  Yellowwood has yellow wood and sap, sap can be used as yellow dye.

耐寒強健的中型開花樹.  落葉喬木.  原生於美國,但不常見.  容易栽種.  最好栽種在全日照處.  春末開微香懸垂白色花串.  花頗吸引蜂蝶.  耐寒不甚耐熱. 成熟株高30-50呎高,寬幅40-50呎.  葉色於秋冷時由綠轉為金黃.  繁殖以種子的方式來進行.  美國香槐的木材為黃色,汁液亦黃,黃色汁液可用作黃色染料.

Reference links: 參考網站資料連結:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cladrastis_kentukea                             https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1588/                               http://www.carolinanature.com/trees/clke.html                                        http://canadiantreetours.org/species-pages/Kentucky_yellow-wood.html#flowers_details

 

Hardy Water Lily (Nymphaea x marliacea ‘Chromatella’) 耐寒黃花睡蓮

Hardy Water Lily (Nymphaea x marliacea ‘Chromatella’) 耐寒黃花睡蓮

Hardy Water Lily (Nymphaea x marliacea ‘Chromatella’) 耐寒黃花睡蓮 Love the packaging! Comes with flower suppose to be! 包裝得真好! 附上一枝它的人造花開花的樣子.

Hardy Water Lily (Nymphaea x marliacea ‘Chromatella’) 耐寒黃花睡蓮 Love the packaging! Comes with flower suppose to be! 包裝得真好! 附上一枝它的人造花開花的樣子.

Cold hardy aquatic perennial.  Easy to grow.  Best growing in full sun to partial shade location in pond or container/aquarium.  Bright yellow fragrant flowers in summer to early fall.  Flowers attract bees and butterflies.  USDA Zones:4-11.  Mature size:2′-3′(W).  Propagate by cuttings/offsets, rhizomes or division.

耐寒強健的多年生水生植物.  容易栽種.  最好栽種在全日照到半日照處的水塘或容器/水族箱中.  明亮黃色芳香的花朵從夏開到初秋.  花頗吸引蜂蝶.  適合切花.  耐寒也耐熱.  成熟植株寬幅2-3呎.  繁殖方式以扦插/側芽,地下根莖或分株的方式來進行.

Reference links: 參考網站資料連結:

http://www.watergardenplants.co.uk/Nymphaea-Marliacea-Chromatella                 https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/50648/

 

Changeable Hardy Water Lily (Nymphaea rustica ‘Sioux’) 變色睡蓮

Changeable Hardy Water Lily (Nymphaea rustica ‘Sioux’) 變色睡蓮

Changeable Hardy Water Lily (Nymphaea rustica ‘Sioux’) 變色睡蓮 Love the packaging! Comes with flower suppose to be! 包裝得真好! 附上一枝它的人造花開花的樣子.

Changeable Hardy Water Lily (Nymphaea rustica ‘Sioux’) 變色睡蓮 Love the packaging! Comes with flower suppose to be! 包裝得真好! 附上一枝它的人造花開花的樣子.

Cold hardy aquatic perennial. Easy to grow. Best growing in full sun to partial shade location in pond or container/aquarium. Coral pink/apricot orange fragrant flowers in summer to early fall. Flowers attract bees and butterflies. Good for cut flower.  USDA Zones:4-11. Mature size:2′-3′(W). Propagate by cuttings/offsets, rhizomes or division.

耐寒強健的多年生水生植物.  容易栽種.  最好栽種在全日照到半日照處的水塘或容器/水族箱中.  珊瑚粉紅或杏桃橘色芳香的花朵從夏開到初秋.  花頗吸引蜂蝶.  適合切花.  耐寒也耐熱.  成熟植株寬幅2-3呎.  繁殖方式以扦插/側芽,地下根莖或分株的方式來進行.

Reference links: 參考網站資料連結:

http://aquaticaquariumplants.blogspot.com/2011/10/sioux-nymphaea-rustica-sioux.html
https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/50582/

 

Clematis recta ‘Purpurea’ 紫葉威靈仙

Clematis recta ‘Purpurea’ 紫葉威靈仙

Clematis recta ‘Purpurea’ seeds. 紫葉威靈仙的種子.

Clematis recta ‘Purpurea’ seedlings. 紫葉威靈仙剛孵出的小苗們.

Cold hardy flowering vine.  Easy to grow.  Best growing in full sun to partial shade location. Small white fragrant flowers in late spring to mid summer.  Flowers attract bees.  USDA Zones:3-9.  Mature size:4′-8′(H) X 2′-4′(W).  Propagate by seeds, cuttings.

耐寒多年生開花藤.  容易栽種.  最好栽種在全日照到半日照處.  春末到仲夏間開芳香的小白花.  花頗吸引蜂蝶.  耐寒也算耐熱.  成熟株高4-8呎,寬幅2-4呎.  繁殖以種子,扦插的方式來進行.

Reference links: 參考網站資料連結:

https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/79164/                  http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=c210-

Carolina silverbell (Halesia carolina) 北美銀鐘花

Carolina silverbell (Halesia carolina) 北美銀鐘花

Carolina silverbell (Halesia carolina) seeds. 北美銀鐘花的種子.

Cold hardy flowering tree.  Easy to grow.  Best growing in full sun to partial shade location.  White bell shaped flowers in spring.  Bell shaped white flowers attract bees and butterflies.  USDA Zones:5-8.   Mature size:30′-40′(H) X 20′-35′(W).   Propagate by seeds or cuttings.

耐寒強健的開花樹種.  容易栽種.  最好栽種在全日照到半日照處.  春開白色鈴狀花.  白色鈴狀花頗吸引蜂蝶.  耐寒不甚耐熱.  成熟株高30-40呎,寬幅20-35呎.  繁殖以種子或扦插的方式來進行.

Reference links: 參考網站資料連結:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halesia_carolina               https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/50035/              http://www.fpcn.net/a/qiaomu/20131109/Halesia_carolina.html http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a440

Jujube or Chinese Red Date (Ziziphus jujuba) 紅棗

Jujube or Chinese Red Date (Ziziphus jujuba) 紅棗

Jujube or Chinese Red Date (Ziziphus jujuba) fruit and seed. 紅棗的果與果核.

Cold hardy deciduous fruit tree. Easy to grow.  Best growing in full sun to partial shade location.  Pale yellow flowers in late spring to early summer.  Fruit ripe in late fall, from green to reddish brown.  Fresh fruit is sweet with a small pit in the center.  Fruit can be dried for snack.  USDA Zones:6-11.  Mature size:20′-30′(H/W).  Propagate by seeds or cutting.  Medicinal.

耐寒強健的落葉果樹.  容易栽種.  最好栽種在全日照到半日照處.  淡黃色花於春末到初夏盛開.  果實秋末成熟,果皮由綠轉紅褐色.   果甜,一果一核,核小.  果可乾燥成零食.  喜熱也頗耐寒.   成熟株高/寬幅20-30呎.  繁殖方式以種子或扦插的方式來進行.  藥用.

Reference links: 參考網站資料連結:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jujube                                                    https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E6%9E%A3                  https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/50048/

Yellow Climbing Rose (Rosa ‘Golden Showers’) 爬藤香玫’黃金雨’

Yellow Climbing Rose (Rosa ‘Golden Showers’) 爬藤香玫’黃金雨’

Yellow Climbing Rose (Rosa ‘Golden Showers’) is beautiful and with nice fragrance! 爬藤香玫’黃金雨’花美又香!

Cold hardy climbing rose with bright golden yellow flowers and wonderful fragrance!  Repeat bloomer!  Flowers on new canes and old canes.  Easy to grow.  Best growing in full sun to partial shade location.  Long blooming time from late spring to early summer to fall.  Flowers attract bees and butterflies.  Good for cut flower.  USDA Zones: 5-9. Mature size:12′-14′(H/L).  Propagate by cuttings or grafting.  Remove spent flowers for new growth.  Fast growth.

耐寒強健的蔓玫,金黃色的花有著極芬芳好聞的香味!  續開型!  花於新枝及老枝都能來花.  容易栽種.  最好栽種在全日照到半日照處. 春末夏初開到秋天,花期很長.  花頗吸引蜂蝶.  適合切花.  耐寒也耐熱. 成熟株高12呎到14呎高/藤長. 繁殖以扦插或嫁接的方式來進行.  將謝掉的花剪除才能刺激新的花苞形成.  生長快速.

Reference links: 參考網站資料連結:

http://www.monrovia.com/plant-catalog/plants/4637/golden-showers-climbing-rose/      http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/948/#b

Oriental Lily ‘Casa Blanca’ (Lilium ‘Casa Blanca’) 香水百合

Oriental Lily ‘Casa Blanca’ (Lilium ‘Casa Blanca’) 香水百合

Oriental Lily ‘Casa Blanca’ (Lilium ‘Casa Blanca’) has very large and fragrant flowers. The first day bloom is already over 25cm in diameter. 香水百合花又大又香. 第一天剛開就有25公分的花徑.

Oriental Lily ‘Casa Blanca’ (Lilium ‘Casa Blanca’) has very large and fragrant flowers. Very showy and easy to go with other flowers in the garden. 香水百合花又大又香. 很容易在花園內和其他花搭配爭豔.

Oriental Lily ‘Casa Blanca’ (Lilium ‘Casa Blanca’) has very large and fragrant flowers. Nice to go with other flowers in the garden. 香水百合又大又香,和花園裡其他的花很好搭配.

Cold hardy perennial flowering bulb.  Easy to grow. Best growing in full sun location.   In summer, showy, very large white flowers with perfumy fragrance.  Flowers attract bees and butterflies.  Excellent for cut flower!   USDA Zones:4-9. Mature size:3′-6′(H) X 1.5′-2′(W). Propagate by seeds, bulbs, bulbils or division (including the bulb scales).

耐寒強健的多年生球根花卉.  容易栽種.  最好栽種在全日照處.  夏天開顯眼亮麗超大朵的白花,花徑可達1呎,花有強香.  花頗吸引蜂蝶. 很適合切花!  耐寒也耐熱.  成熟株高3-6呎,寬幅1.5-2呎.  繁殖以種子,球根,子球或分株(包括拆開球根的鱗片來繁殖).

Reference links: 參考網站資料連結:

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/48948/#b                               http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=k880