Organisms
LobeliaCampanulaceae
CardinalisErinusTrailing LobeliaPerennialVerbenaCalibrachoaLaxifloraShowyPetuniaHerbaceousUpright stemsContainersFoliagePerennialsTallPlantingDaintyBedsFlowersLeavesTextureSoftenMoistWater'sLobeliaceaeGracefullyBasketsCladClustersStreamsPlantsPondBranchesGorgeousFlowerSpeciesGardenWoodlandGrowBlueSummerBloomDark greenLongVineColorLawnGround
Cardinalis3
  • Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) organically grown flower seeds. (floralencounters.com)
  • The water-loving Lobelia cardinalis may come to mind with its rich green foliage and striking dark red, tubular flowers attractive to hummingbirds. (ucanr.edu)
  • Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) grows about 3 feet tall. (gardenguides.com)
Erinus1
  • Annual Lobelia erinus with blue or purple blossoms is frequently used as a trailing interest in hanging baskets, containers, or as an edging along garden beds. (ucanr.edu)
Trailing Lobelia1
  • Plant cascading flowers like petunias, verbena, or trailing lobelia for a stunning display of color and texture. (helperplant.com)
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  • This a showy and dependable edging plant that is categorized as a perennial. (backyardgardener.com)
  • Lobelia laxiflora is a sun-loving perennial with brilliant, two-lipped, orange-red, tubular flowers with a bright yellow throat that lights up garden beds in summer. (ucanr.edu)
  • Gardeners may be more familiar with a popular annual Lobelia or a different perennial species. (ucanr.edu)
  • Rudbeckia laciniata is a native clump forming perennial with multiple upright stems. (newmoonnursery.com)
  • Lobelia is also technically a perennial. (realmensow.co.uk)
Verbena2
  • A colorful combo basket containing Dekko Deep Lavender Vein (Petunia), Techno White (Lobelia), and Lanai Royal Purple w/ eye (Verbena). (sedanfloral.com)
  • A beautiful combo basket containing Lanai Deep Purple (Verbena), Techno Heat Violet (Lobelia), and Whispers Lavender Eye (Petunia). (sedanfloral.com)
Calibrachoa1
  • Beautiful combo basket containing Callie Yellow (Calibrachoa), Techno Heat Light Blue (Lobelia), and Whispers Star Rose (Petunia). (sedanfloral.com)
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Showy1
  • Each flower has three spreading lower petals and two upper petals, all united into a tube at the base, they often bloom in clusters along the stem making it a very showy plant. (floralencounters.com)
Petunia1
  • A beautiful combo basket containing Mexican Gold (Bidens), Techno Heat Electric Blue (Lobelia), and Whispers Red 11 (Petunia). (sedanfloral.com)
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  • Techno® Blue Lobelia is an herbaceous annual with a trailing habit of growth, eventually spilling over the edges of hanging baskets and containers. (hicksnurseries.com)
Upright stems2
  • This native of Eurasia grows 4 feet tall with stiff, upright stems and fuzzy leaves. (gardenguides.com)
  • In late spring to early summer, many species of primroses produce upright stems with candelabra-like flowers. (gardenguides.com)
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Foliage5
  • From a distance, Nemesia looks like an edging lobelia- with flowers that cover low mounds of foliage. (2bseeds.com)
  • These two border plants display very pretty foliage for the entire summer, so they make a nice edging. (gardenclubmpls.org)
  • When autumn arrives, the deep green foliage boasts tinges of red, and stems become brilliantly bronze as if tanned by the warmth of the sun. (coolgarden.me)
  • With the crown fully submerged beneath the water, many (such as Water Lilies) produce foliage on long stems that float at the water's surface. (thompson-morgan.com)
  • It will form the backbone of any container with its beautiful copper-bronze foliage and its abundant curved stems. (finegardening.com)
Perennials1
  • The best that most gardeners have to say about plants for the front of the garden is that they're short, diminutive, small-statured, or, heaven forbid, dwarf-a word that implies misshapen, which most edging perennials are anything but. (finegardening.com)
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  • Red-tinted stems up to 3 ft. tall are clothed with narrow, linear leaves. (ucanr.edu)
  • Techno® Blue Lobelia will grow to be about 8 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 12 inches. (hicksnurseries.com)
  • Its cheerful yellow buttercups on foot-tall stems brighten wetlands over much of the temperate Northern Hemisphere as winter turns to spring. (fafard.com)
  • The smallish 'Kim's Knee High' flaunts typical purple-rose blooms, 'Kim's Mop Head' produces white flowers, and 'Little Giant' has larger, purplish blooms with horizontal petals that are supported on 16-inch-tall stems. (finegardening.com)
  • Three-fingered seed heads top tall stems in August. (northcreeknurseries.com)
  • Stems can be 24 - 30 inches tall. (englishcountrygardensusa.com)
Planting1
  • Techno® Blue Lobelia is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in hanging baskets. (hicksnurseries.com)
Dainty3
  • Techno® Blue Lobelia features dainty royal blue flowers with white eyes at the ends of the stems from mid spring to mid fall. (hicksnurseries.com)
  • Dainty, bright green fronds are held aloft on shiny black stems, creating a light, airy texture in the woodland garden. (northcreeknurseries.com)
  • The very narrow stems are a great accent at the back of the pot, and the dainty white flowers dangle from the underside of the stems like jewelry. (finegardening.com)
Beds3
  • The ideal height of edging plants depends on how close you will be to the beds when viewing them. (finegardening.com)
  • Bacopa trails gracefully over edges of flower beds, pots, planters and is exceptionally nice in hanging baskets! (sedanfloral.com)
  • Define the edges of your garden beds or pathways with flowers. (helperplant.com)
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  • Trailing growth habit with leafy, branching stems covered in blue, pink, crimson, or white flowers (three quarters of an inch across) from summer to frost. (backyardgardener.com)
  • The large, deeply cupped, creamy-white to dark orange flowers appear from late spring to early summer on 18- to 32-inch stems, depending on the variety. (fafard.com)
  • Borne on two-foot stems above rosettes of large, tongue-shaped leaves, the flowers come in numerous shades of red and pink, as well as white. (fafard.com)
  • The flowers appear on long canes and a freshly cut flower from a long stem looks gorgeous. (coolgarden.me)
  • These beautiful flowers are especially valuable, since rain has no effect on them, though rough winds so easily break the brittle stems. (llansadwrn-wx.info)
  • All around the foundation, and along the edge of their property, flowers (and tomatoes) blossomed. (adirondackalmanack.com)
  • Plant low-growing flowers like lobelia, alyssum, or dwarf marigolds along the edges to create a neat and colorful border. (helperplant.com)
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  • Leaves are 2 to 3 inches long, ½ to 1½ inches wide, hairy, toothed around the edges, generally oval with a pointed tip and little to no leaf stalk, alternately attached. (minnesotawildflowers.info)
  • They cluster on 18-inch stems above broad, waxy, blue-frosted leaves that die back as flowering ceases in late spring. (fafard.com)
  • Stems leaves linear to narrowly oblanceolate, less than 3mm wide. (thismia.com)
  • Plants with various textures add a level of interest by using shapes of leaves and stems that dramatically differ. (finegardening.com)
  • Sitting atop upright flowering stems, clad with stiff, lance-shaped leaves, the colorful umbels, 2-5 inches across (5-12 cm), are followed by attractive seed pods in fall. (gardenia.net)
  • As the stems rise, the leaves become progressively smaller and unlobed. (newmoonnursery.com)
  • It may survive in sunny well drained sites but leaves are usually wilted with brown edges. (newmoonnursery.com)
  • The leaves are large, up to 7 inches long, and arranged opposite one another along the stems. (englishcountrygardensusa.com)
  • These blooms grow on short, close stems above their light- to dark-green and glossy oblong leaves. (whyfarmit.com)
  • They are also very common in variegated varieties, which have beautiful heart-shaped leaves with medium green centers and white edges. (realmensow.co.uk)
Texture1
  • The perfect way to soften the hard edges of your pond, they also add interesting texture and create intriguing reflections on the water. (thompson-morgan.com)
Soften1
  • No garden is complete without low-growing plants, which beautifully accentuate bed lines, define path and bed boundaries, soften harsh edges, and counter large-scale plants for visual interest. (finegardening.com)
Moist2
  • Although most of these species are not actually aquatic plants, they will enjoy reliably moist or even boggy soil around the edge of ponds, lakes and watercourses. (thompson-morgan.com)
  • While waterlilies, lotus, duckweed or cattails may be seen growing in or on the edges of a lake or pond, many other plants tend to grow upland in soils that can still be fairly moist. (gardenguides.com)
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Baskets2
  • But if the plants in your baskets are things like petunias, lobelia, callibrachoa and nasturtiums, these will all respond well to a hard pruning in mid summer. (frillfree.com)
  • There's something thrilling about watching plants tumble over the edge, whether it's large patio pots or hanging baskets. (realmensow.co.uk)
Clad1
  • The stems are smooth, light green and clad in alternate drooping blades. (newmoonnursery.com)
Clusters1
  • For 1-2 months beginning in summer, stems terminate in clusters of daisy-like heads. (newmoonnursery.com)
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Plants6
  • Still, true geraniums make excellent edging and filler plants. (rslandscapinginc.com)
  • Geraniums can be propagated in the fall or spring by dividing clumps of existing plants, taking care not to damage the roots, and retaining as many plantlets by cutting back any stems that have formed. (rslandscapinginc.com)
  • Geraniums make excellent edging plants because they hold their deep green color and are low growing. (rslandscapinginc.com)
  • These plants thrive in the shallow waters at the inside edge of your pond and are often referred to as emergent plants. (thompson-morgan.com)
  • Many submerged aquatic plants are sold as bunches of stems that can be weighted or planted into pots to anchor them at the bottom of the pods. (thompson-morgan.com)
  • The stems tend to spread out, intermingling with other plants in the container. (finegardening.com)
Pond2
  • Great for stabilizing pond edges or filling a boggy area. (northcreeknurseries.com)
  • Giant Lobelia (Lobelia deckenii) in the Mt. Kenya National Park with giant groundsel Dendrosenecio keniodendron and Red-winged Starling (Onychognathus morio) and reflection in a pond. (biosphoto.com)
Branches2
  • There should be many branches coming up from the main root stem. (thepotteddesert.com)
  • Use individual stems or entire branches of this purple-blue flower. (espoma.com)
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Flower3
  • The attractive fall and winter stems make a unique addition to cut flower arrangements! (northcreeknurseries.com)
  • Encouraging Bushiness: To make lantana bushier, lightly prune the stem tips to stimulate more branching and flower buds. (ogg.com)
  • Now, instead of one main stem, there is a profusion of new growth, each with at least one potential flower bud. (frillfree.com)
Species1
  • Although it's not the native Solomon's seal ( P. biflorum , Zones 3-8), I chose this hardy Japanese species because of its 2- to 3-foot mature height and slender stems. (finegardening.com)
Garden2
  • A robust and competitive native plant that brightens up woodland edges and shady corners of the garden. (northcreeknurseries.com)
  • Generally it is best to plant them in hills at the edge of the garden and let them run off into unused space. (projectpurityseeds.com)
Woodland1
  • Native to the eastern United States, this little plant is great in an open woodland edge, rocky slope, rock gardens, or prairie. (northcreeknurseries.com)
Grow1
  • As multiple stems grow with age, the plant tends to assume a bushy form to 3 ft. wide. (ucanr.edu)
Blue2
  • Colorful Benary's Dreamland Zinnias are lined with deepest blue edging lobelia. (fafard.com)
  • The king of native grasses, big bluestem has handsome gray to blue-green stems in spring, turning to green alternating with deep red in summer, then to coppery red in fall. (northcreeknurseries.com)
Summer2
  • In summer it produces a long stem from 1-6 feet in height. (floralencounters.com)
  • Dead-heading dahlias and roses, trimming lawn edges, pulling out weeds - doing all those mundane mid-summer things. (mooseyscountrygarden.com)
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Long1
  • The plant's stems can get 15 ft (5 m) long, climbing without tendrils, suckers or root hairs, but rather by twining through and around its support. (englishcountrygardensusa.com)
Vine1
  • This magnificent vine can trail quite far over the edge of a potter's fence. (realmensow.co.uk)
Color1
  • It will be most effective if you stick to using the same plant variety and color for the whole edging. (coolgarden.me)
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Ground1
  • Harvest the shoots with plenty of underground stem when they are about 8 - 10cm above the ground. (pfaf.org)