… The tepals (petals) are delicately "flamed" in various shades of pink and orange, contrasting with scarlet on the inside and a lemon-yellow … is a member of the Triumph group of tulips, grown for their long stems and graceful flowers in May. Plant 'Annie Schilder' in well-drained soil and in full sun. The Triumph tulips, as a group, are often planted in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Sunshine bromeliad features lime green leaves tipped in purple-lavender and keeps it's colorful leaves best in bright to full sunlight. A rosette of leaves forms a water tight 'cup' in the center of the plant to supply moisture in between rains. Not hardy in the Chicago area. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Dark red feathery spikes waft in the breeze above the burgundy-green strappy foliage on this non-hardy grass. Can be used as an accent in containers and seasonal bedding displays in the Chicago region but in warmer climates it can reach up to 5 feet in height. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Margaret Pan is a freelance carillonneur based in Boston. She began studying carillon in 2007 at Princeton University, graduated from the Belgian carillon school in 2012, and was a fellow at Bok Tower Gardens in 2015. Margaret was a finalist in the 2019 Queen …
Type: Event for Calendar
… Waterlily crocus ( Colchicum 'Waterlily') delights and thrills gardeners in September and October when the large (6-inch tall by 5-inch wide) double flowers begin to open. Reliably hardy in the Chicago region, the plant has broad green leaves that are produced in spring and die back in early summer, so the flowers appear to spring from the bare soil in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… blooms on a low-growing, spreading perennial plant with trifoliate leaves. Root-hardy in the Chicago area (where it gets frozen to the ground each winter), in warmer climates it grows as a deciduous creeping vine. It grows well in full sun and partially shaded gardens. Native to China, the flower shape, size, and sprawling …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Polygonatum commutatum or Solomon’s Seal is a native woodland perennial to 3 feet in height producing up to 20 clusters of pendent white flowers in spring followed by dark blue berries in late summer/fall. Best grown in a shady setting in moisture retentive soils and mulched well …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Tibouchina urvilleana , glory bush, is native to northeastern Brazil and so thrives in the bright sun, heat and humidity of Chicago summers. Royal purple 5” across flowers cover … leaves throughout most of the growing season. Will tolerate partial shade but flowers best in full sun and needs moist soils. Insect and disease free, this tough tropical makes a bold statement planted directly in the ground as an annual or in a container and overwintered in a bright warm sunny location. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… narrow, lance-shaped green fronds 24 inches long. Fronds narrow abruptly toward tips. Grow in fertile, rich, well-drained soil in deep or partial shade. Grow in a rock garden, fernery, or well-drained border. They grow in a central form called a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… to 150 feet) with a large, rounded, spreading crown and trunks that mature to 2 to 4 feet in diameter. It is native along the Nueces River in Texas but has spread from Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, south to Alabama and Mexico, … Many cultivars are available. Pecans are sometimes grafted onto the roots of other hickories (e.g., Carya cordiformis ) so they can be planted further north of their normal growing range. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
