… well in shade to partial shade where it adds a welcome touch of color to a shady garden. It is generally pest free and tough, and is resistant to rabbits and deer. It is attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. It is an excellent cut flower. After the blooms …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Pink Blush Aloe is a highly decorative dwarf aloe hybrid. Mature size is an upright rosette about 12 inches tall and from 8 to 12 inches wide. The leaves are green and white patterned with raised ridges of pink and pink toothed edges. The all over aspect is of a green aloe washed in pink with darker color toward the leaf tips and older leaves. The …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… blotch and leaf scorch ensures the dark green summer foliage persists all season. Fall foliage is bright red. The tree silhouette is uniform and attractive year-round. This tree is a Chicagoland Grows® selection. Chicagoland Grows® is a plant introduction partnership of the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Marmalade Coral Bells is part of the MARMALADE™ Series created by Terra Nova Nurseries of Oregon. Introduced in … this striking Heuchera hybrid has highly ruffled robust bright pink and amber leaves. This is a very strong growing sturdy plant. Mature size is 10 inches tall by 18 inches wide. The tall clusters of tiny white flowers increase the height …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Australian fan palm is a native of Queensland, Australia and is the dominating species in the Licuala Rainforest. The glossy green leaves of this tree are … and bunches of bright red berries are suspended from the branches. The Australian fan palm is a very slow-growing tree but can reach heights of up to forty feet. It usually has a single, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Spicebush is a large deciduous shrub native to wooded areas from Ontario to Texas and Florida. In late … crushed, the leaves, twigs, and berries are very aromatic, reminiscent of bayberry. Spicebush is tolerant of sun or shade, but does require a good, well-drained soil. It is a host plant for the spicebush swallowtail caterpillar. Since male and female selections are …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… has unusual foliage texture that looks like the scales of a crocodile. This epiphytic fern is a native of the equatorial rainforests of south-east Asia and Polynesia where it enjoys … of this fern are long and strappy and can grow to 4 feet long in the wild, although 2 feet is more typical in most houseplants. Since the crocodile fern is epiphytic, care should be taken to ensure that the growing medium is light and freely …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Narcissus ‘After All’ is in Division 3. It grows 18– 20 inches tall and blooms in very late spring. The flowers that … inches across and strongly scented. The petals are white and slightly inflexed, while the cup is small with a band of orange at the frilled rim. It is hardy in zones 3 to 8. Narcissus bulbs are toxic and will not be eaten by deer or rabbits. The …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Narcissus ‘Barrett Browning’ is in Division 3. It has white petals which have a touch of bright yellow at the base. The inner segments of petals are slightly inflexed. The corona is orange and bowl shaped with a mouth that is flared out and frilled at the rim. The bulbs are toxic and will not be eaten by deer or …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Narcissus ‘California’ is in Division 2. It stands 18 - 20 inches high and blooms in early to mid spring with 3 ½ inch flowers which face slightly downward. The petals are bright yellow and the corona is a slightly darker yellow. The cup is long and cylindrical with a flared rim. The bulbs are toxic and will not be eaten by deer or …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
