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  • … a luminous, beautiful medium. Learn to pair the delicacy and gestural brushwork of watercolor with expressive line work in pen; and add depth and vibrancy to your watercolor paintings with the enhancement of colored pencil. Some experience with watercolor painting is helpful.  This class will be taught online via Zoom. All …
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  • … The American linden is native to Illinois, found growing in woodlands in association with sugar maples. This tree, with its huge heart-shaped leaves and flowers favored by bees for making a fine honey, grows rapidly with wide-spreading branches up to 90' tall, too big for most yards. It is not readily available …
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  • … across make it a nice size for indoor collections. It has glossy dark green and brown leaves with numerous white spots and leaf margins with sharp teeth. The inflorescence is quite large compared to the tiny plant, almost 15 inches tall, unbranched and with about 20 pink lax flowers, quite showy. Aloe jacunda is native to a forested area in Somalia …
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  • … Dicentra ‘Burning Hearts’ grows to 6 – 12 inches high with bluish gray green foliage that is fernlike and deeply cut. It blooms in mid spring with deep rose flowers lined with white which dangle from long, arching, leafless stems. The heart shaped flowers have an …
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  • … ‘Hillstar’ is in Division 7. It grows 14 – 16 inches high and blooms in mid to late season with 2 – 3 flowers on each stem. The flowers are 2 ¾ inches wide with bright yellow petals that blend into white at the base. There is a small point at the tip of each petal. The corona is white and funnel shaped with a flared mouth. The bulbs are toxic and will not be eaten by deer or rabbits. The name …
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  • … family native to tropical America. Kohleria ‘Designer Halloween’, bred in Taiwan, has flowers with orchid lobes. The throat is pale lime green, heavily spotted with purple. The dark green leaves have red-purple undersides. Kohlerias are characterized by soft, ovate scalloped leaves and tubular flowers that are covered with soft fuzz. Related to African violets, the leaves are often suffused with purple or brown. …
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  • … America. Kohleria ‘Flashdance’ , hybridized by Susanne Hvegholm of Sweden, has flowers with soft red lobes. The throat is pale yellow with large burgundy spots surrounded by white patches. The leaves are a lighter green than the … are characterized by soft, ovate scalloped leaves and tubular flowers that are covered with soft fuzz. Related to African violets, the leaves are often suffused with purple or brown. …
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  • … to tropical America. Kohleria ‘Mother’s Lipstick’ has tubular red flowers densely covered with golden fuzz. The calyx lobes have irregular magenta spots over a white and pale yellow background. It has deep green leaves suffused with reddish-brown. Kohlerias are characterized by soft, ovate scalloped leaves and tubular flowers that are covered with soft fuzz. Related to African violets, the leaves are often suffused with purple or brown. …
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  • … America. Kohleria ‘Ruby’ The flowers are small and cherry red. The throat is white, overlain with red dotted lines. The attractive foliage is very dark green suffused with chocolate above and a rich purple beneath. Kohlerias are characterized by soft, ovate scalloped leaves and tubular flowers that are covered with soft fuzz. Related to African violets, the leaves are often suffused with purple or brown. …
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  • … Narcissus ‘Spellbinder’ is in Division 1. It blooms in early to mid spring with 4 inch wide flowers. The petals are broad and brilliant yellow with a small point at the tip. The cylindrical corona opens a paler yellow but matures to white with a line of yellow at the rim. Released in 1944, the garden worthiness of this cultivar has …
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