Gaillardia Aestivalis
Gaillardia aestivalis, commonly known as lanceleaf blanketflower, is native from North Carolina to Kansas south to Texas and Florida. This is a perennial or annual that typically grows in clumps to 18 tall. Flowerheads (to 3 diameter) have ... [... more]
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Gaillardia Aristata 'Bijou'
Gaillardia aristata is a species of blanket flower that is native from North Dakota to Colorado west to California and British Columbia. It typically grows in clumps to 30 tall and is found primarily in dry sites on meadows, prairies, ... [... more]
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Gaillardia 'Burgunder'
This Gaillardia cultivar is a hybrid typically growing 2-3' tall. Features large, daisy-like, solitary, deep wine red flowers (3-4" diameter) which appear on erect but often sprawling stems. Long summer bloom period. Gray-green basal leaves are ... [... more]
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Gaillardia X Grandiflora
This short-lived perennial gaillardia is a tetraploid hybrid resulting from a cross between a 3 tall perennial gaillardia (G. aristata) and a 2 tall annual gaillardia (G. pulchella). It arguably inherited its perennial habit from the former and ... [... more]
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Gaillardia Pulchella
Annual gaillardia is a hairy annual wildflower that is native to dry open places with sandy soils from Virginia to Minnesota south to Florida, Arizona and Mexico. Steyermark lists this species as a central Missouri native, but suggests that the ... [... more]
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Gaillardia 'Tokajer'
This Gaillardia cultivar is a hybrid typically growing 2-3' tall. Features large, daisy-like solitary flowers (3-4" diameter) with bright rusty orange rays and raspberry cones which appear on erect but often sprawling stems. Long summer bloom ... [... more]
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Galanthus Nivalis
Easily grown in average, medium wet, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Prefers moist, humusy soils in part shade. Grows particularly well under deciduous trees where exposure to the sun is full in early spring but gradually changes to ... [... more]
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Galium Boreale
Although Steyermark reports that Galium boreale subsp. septentrionale is native to Missouri in several very limited areas of the Ozark region (certain limestone ledges and bluffs in Texas and Shannon Counties), the straight species is not found ... [... more]
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Galium Odoratum
Sweet woodruff is a mat-forming perennial that is most often grown as a ground cover in shady areas. Plants typically grow 8-12" tall and feature fragrant, lance-shaped, dark green leaves in whorls of 6-8 along square stems. Small, fragrant, ... [... more]
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Galtonia Candicans
Best grown in consistently moist, organically rich, well-drained soils in full sun to light shade. Plant bulbs 5-6 deep and 6-12 apart in spring. The St. Louis area is at the northern edge of this plants growing range, and plants are best ... [... more]
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Gardenia Jasminoides
In their native range, most gardenias are fairly adaptable shrubs tolerant of sun or semi-shade, and do best in a well-drained, humus-rich, acidic soil. Fall or spring is the best time for planting in warmer climates. Place in light to moderate ... [... more]
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Gardenia Jasminoides 'Radicans Variegata'
Winter hardy to USDA Zones 8-10 where this variegated gardenia may be grown in the garden in humusy, organically rich, acidic, well-drained soils in part shade. Consider raised plantings in areas with heavy clay soil. Water plant soils ... [... more]
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