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Try These Vertical or Spiky Flowers to Grow in Your Garden

Try These Vertical or Spiky Flowers to Grow in Your Garden
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  1. What are the spiky plants called?
  2. What flowering plants have thorns?
  3. What are the best flowers to plant in a garden?
  4. What are the best flowers for borders?
  5. What is the purpose of spiky leaves?
  6. Do dracaena come back every year?
  7. What tree has thorns and white flowers?
  8. What plants have thorns or prickles?
  9. Which tree has prickly leaves with white green flowers?
  10. What flowers stay in bloom all year?
  11. What perennials bloom the longest?
  12. What flowers should not be planted near vegetables?

What are the spiky plants called?

Dracaena, or spike plant, was traditionally considered a houseplant for years. However, it is finding favor in annual container gardens where the spiky upright leaves provide height and textural contrast to bushy and cascading annual flowers.

What flowering plants have thorns?

When you think of plants with thorns, the rose (Rosa sp.) may be the first to come to mind. There are many different types, but most grow with thorns along their stems. Examples include the Japanese shrub rose (R.

What are the best flowers to plant in a garden?

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What are the best flowers for borders?

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What is the purpose of spiky leaves?

In plant morphology, thorns, spines, and prickles, and in general spinose structures (sometimes called spinose teeth or spinose apical processes), are hard, rigid extensions or modifications of leaves, roots, stems or buds with sharp, stiff ends, and generally serve the same function: physically deterring animals from ...

Do dracaena come back every year?

After many years of moving the plant in for the winter (out for the summer) it is possible to grow a large specimen tree. This plant can be a perennial in zones 9-11. In zones 3-8 it is an annual only.

What tree has thorns and white flowers?

Whitethorn or English hawthorn is a small tree that can be utilized under power lines, but it may be difficult to find in nurseries. Typical of hawthorns, this species has white flowers in spring, followed by red fruits. Stems bear one inch long thorns.

What plants have thorns or prickles?

For example, in the Rose Family (Rosaceae), the hawthorns (members of the genus Crataegus) exhibit thorns (derived from stem tissue), while roses (members of the genus Rosa) and plants in the genus Rubus (blackberries, et al.) have prickles (derived from epidermis).

Which tree has prickly leaves with white green flowers?

Most prickly poppies are annuals or perennials and range from 30 to 90 cm (1 to 3 feet) in height. The plants are bristly stemmed with lobed spiny leaves. The showy flowers are typically white or yellow and have wrinkled petals and a ring of numerous stamens.

What flowers stay in bloom all year?

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What perennials bloom the longest?

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What flowers should not be planted near vegetables?

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