… Glossy dark foliage complements striking dark red blooms of this peony form dahlia. This is a good cut flower with long stems, which won its class in exhibition. It is an iconic dahlia -one of oldest dahlias being grown and shown - bred … but not introduced until 1927, winner of the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit in that year. Dahlias are not hardy in the Chicago area so tubers must be dug, cleaned, and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Tyler Blue' was found growing at a tree farm in New Hampshire. It has a very narrow pyramidal form, with rich, teal blue-green needles. Balsam fir is native to the colder regions of Canada and the northeastern United States. The slow growth rate makes it an ideal low-maintenance plant for lawns in cold climates. In the Chicago area, it is prized as a Christmas tree because of its fragrance …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Beautiful five-to-nine-lobed leaves emerge early. The plant grows 10 feet in height with a similar spread, and it is highly admired for its semi-weeping 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. Foliage is red and turns a brighter red in the fall. This lovely …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Beautiful five-to-nine-lobed leaves emerge early. The plant grows 18 feet in height with a narrower spread. Use the Japanese maple as a specimen plant. Late April into early May bring small reddish-purple flowers. The samaras, or winged fruits, mature in fall and turn a rich red. Its purplish red foliage is outstanding and does not fade in heat. Fall color is a brilliant clear red. This lovely small …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Mando is in Division 1. It blooms in early to mid spring with sweetly scented bright yellow flowers. The flowers are 3 ½ inches wide with a long trumpet that is a slightly darker shade of yellow than the petals. This daffodil is commonly substituted for …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Hexagon stonecrop is a hardy evergreen perennial that forms a mat that is 4” tall and 8” wide. It blooms in summer with yellow, star-shaped flowers. It gets its name from the whorls of six leaves that … along its stems. It is not an evergreen groundcover, but will turn an attractive shade of red in the fall. It works well in a rock garden, where it will not be shaded by taller plants. Plant …
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… This is a perennial fern with ovate, lance-shaped, sterile fronds 2 to 5 feet tall with pinnate … The top of each fertile frond is a mass of cinnamon-brown sporangia (equivalent to seeds in more developed plants) from which it takes its name. It grows in moist, fertile soil, along ponds where it can make a striking focal point, or in backgrounds …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Valerie Finnis' stands 8 inches tall and blooms in mid spring. The flowers are light blue, mildly fragrant, and densely packed in a conical raceme that resembles an upside down bunch of grapes, hence the name Grape Hyacinth. … and a single scape will have more than 20 flowers. Plant it in full sun to part shade. It is resistant to deer and is hardy in zones 4 – 8. 'Valerie Finnis' is a cultivar, the species …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This plant is a small version of a plant found growing naturally in the swamps of eastern north America. Robert Fleming hardy hibiscus is a compact perennial that bears large crimson flowers in the summer months. It reaches a height of about three feet with a width of about two feet so …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Hibiscus syriacus 'Lucy' has showy rose pink flowers up to 4'' in diameter. The flowers are doubles with extra petals that create a peony-like effect. This deciduous shrub stands 6-8 feet tall and blooms in mid-summer to fall but does not set seed. It is hardy in zones 5 – 8. When the species was named syriacus, it was thought to have originated …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
