… One of the Tardiana group of hostas, Halcyon forms a medium-sized, dense mound of blue-green …
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… rounded shrub that suckers readily. Growing to 5 feet by 5 feet after just a few years, it is one of the fastest growing shrubs available. It is a nice small shrub for naturalizing in a …
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… 'Dorset Blue' forms a small mound of thick blue-green leaves. It is one of the Tardiana series of hostas. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long-lived. …
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… cover to buffer the coldest temperatures in winter is not always available. 'Pillow Party' is one of the few that reliably survive, despite all of the odds stacked against it. From late April …
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… Butterflies are attracted to the fragrant flowers (a trait of its American azalea heritage). One quarter of the leaves are evergreen, and take on a reddish color in winter, while the …
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… flower colors and with a wide variety of petal forms on neat clumps that slowly increase. One of the few Primulas that naturalize in Chicago-area gardens, it prefers a shady moist …
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… and Roman antiquity as Four Seasons Rose of Paestrum. It earned that name by being the only one of the Old European varieties to repeat, blooming in flushes every six weeks or so. The …
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… red with fuschia undertones. Approximately 140 petals are loosely packed into each one, giving flowers a peony-like form. A thorny rose with mid-green petals, it grows 3-4 …
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… bears abundant white flowers and fruit that starts out pink and matures to blue; it is one of the latest viburnums to bloom. Viburnums are a versatile genus of multi-stemmed shrubs …
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… a winner. Better yet, the bloom can start as early as April, and last through June. It's one of the smaller <em> Weigela</em>so it can fit nicely into a mixed border or a container, even …
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