… makes a magnificent specimen plant. Its flowers, which are tiny and purplish-red, are produced in April. Fall color is quite noteworthy, ranging from yellow to red. Fullmoon maple is a relative of the Japanese maple and has performed well in the harsh climate of northern Illinois. It prefers dappled light in average, evenly moist, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Beautiful five-to-nine-lobed leaves emerge early. The plant grows 9 feet in height with a spread exceeding its height, and it is highly admired for its wonderful horizontal branches. Use the Japanese maple as a specimen … plant. May and June bring small reddish-purple flowers. The samaras, or winged fruits, mature in fall and turn a rich red. This maple is one of the cut-leaf or lace leaf varieties. The …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Bressingham Beauty has beautiful plumes of hot pink in early to mid summer. The thick, fluffy panicles are comprised of tiny densely packed flowers. In the early spring, the foliage is burgundy but turns dark green in the summer. The compound leaves are deeply cut and fern-like. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This variegated flax lily is derived from the flax lilywhich is native to Africa, Asia and Australasia. This flax lily has long green strappy grass-like leaves edged in white that can grow to be up to five feet long, although two to three feet is more typical. The plant forms a clump up to three feet wide. It bears blue flowers in the spring that are followed by bright blue berries in the late summer. It prefers sunny spots …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… firebush or Hummingbird bush, can be found from Florida all the way down to Argentina and is in the same family as the coffee plant (Rubiaceae). The bright,non-stop summer bloom is is an eye-catcher that draws both butterflies and birds...including hummingbirds. In the areas where it's native, it's also considered a useful plant. The berries are edible, and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Arabesque is a Kurt Bluemel eulalia grass introduction with a compact form. Its mature size is a clump 4 to 5 feet high. This ornamental grass begins blooming in August and has fluffy silver pink plumes. The foliage turns tan in the fall and remains decorative through winter. The dry winter foliage should be trimmed back …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Narcissus ‘Baby Moon’ is in Division 7. This is a dwarf Narcissus that grows to only 4 to 8 inches high. It blooms in late spring with a sweet fragrance and 3 – 5 flowers on each stem. Both the petals and the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… you have a hawthorn without any thorns? Maybe. This hawthorn tree has very few thorns and so is a good tree to plant where children might climb. Winter King hawthorn is a form of the green … to the southeastern parts of North America. Winter King bears masses of fragrant white flowers in the spring which then turn into red fruits in early fall. The dark green leaves change to red and then purple in the fall and during the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Q. Is it necessary to regularly fertilize my trees and shrubs? If so, how often should it be done? … and shrubs do not require synthetic fertilization unless a nutrient deficiency is observed. In addition, normal leaf color and size, as well as annual growth will also dictate whether or … two- to three-inch layer of compost such as leaf mulch or other organic matter can be applied in the spring and is helpful in resupplying the soil with necessary nutrients. Supplemental …
Type: Plant Info
… shelter for a range of insects, small mammals and birds, even bison. Cheyenne Sky switch grass is an upright grass of about three feet in height and about two feet in width. Spring foliage is a bluish-green which turns dark maroon by summer and persists …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
