… of Letterman's ironweed which is a perennial plant that is native to Arkansas where it grows in dry rocky sites that may occasionally be inundated. It bears delicate green folaige similar to Amsonia and bright purple one inch flowers in late summer to mid-fall providing a pop of color in the late season. Iron Butterfly grows to a height of around three feet and a width of about …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… that grows to a maximum size of about 50 feet under full sun or partial shade. It leafs out in spring on reddish stems and green leaves which turns to red and purple in the fall. It flowers in late spring or early summer, and it produces black fruit that attracts birds. The fruit is …
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… Monte Cassino aster ( Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pringlei 'Monte Cassino') grows to 3 feet in height and is covered in white daisy-like flowers on mounded plants with wispy leaves in late fall. A native of North America, Monte Cassino — like all other species formerly included …
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… double early tulip features intensely colored orange flowers that age to tangerine. Introduced in 2003, this is a sport of the yellow-flowered 'Monte Carlo'. With short sturdy stems, it will withstand windy days in late April and early May. For good displays tulips should be planted close together in masses, rather than in lines like soldiers. Like all tulips, 'Orca' is at best a short-lived …
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… Iran. It can grow to a height of 20 feet with a spread of 10 feet. The foliage emerges yellow in spring, matures to green by summer and finally turns golden yellow to red in fall. Leaf Yellowish-green flowers bloom in corymbs (to 2"" long) in April ripening to the familiar maple ""whirlybird"" samaras in fall. …
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… The Hedge Maple is native to most of Europe (in Scotland, it is the only native maple) and has been naturalized in North America and New Zealand. It is a slow grower and has deeply fissured, cork-like bark. The leaves have five, blunt, rounded lobes. 'Carnival' is a dwarf cultivar (10 feet in height with a similar spread) with gray- green variegated foliage outlined in white and pink. …
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… Light pink, ping pong ball-sized blooms appear above the twisting green leaves in July on this rhizome-producing (not bulb) ornamental onion. In Chicago-area gardens, the ornamental onions producing rhizomes are better adapted to our heavy soils that often get excessively wet during periodic rainy periods. Plant in full sun in average soils and avoid crowding, shading, or disturbing the plant for several …
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… warm summer weather on this nonhardy, evergreen shrub from Central America. Winter hardy in USDA zones 7 and warmer, it is used as an annual in Chicago-area gardens. Full sun in the hottest microclimates available in your garden and average soils are keys to success in …
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… untoothed, aromatic glossy green leaves. It produces interesting many-petaled, nodding flowers in later May. The cupped flowers have broad outer sepals that are glistening white, sometimes tinged in violet, with a ring of inner petals of yellow with a purple blotch at the base. Originally placed in the genus Sinocalycanthus , this species was been merged with Calycanthus , and it has been …
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… Autumn Brilliance serviceberry owes its cultivar name to its outstanding red-orange fall color. In addition to its autumn appeal, it displays the classic features that make amelanchiers welcome in the landscape -- abundant white flowers in spring, edible berries and interesting branch structure/bark. It is considered trouble free …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
