… and in quantity as a crop, they can also be grown in the home garden. Special attention to pollination, disease/pest vigilance, and pruning may be required for the trees to thrive and fruit in the home environment. Although apple fruit trees produce … tree for the home garden that is smaller than its commercial counterpart. Apple trees produce best fruiting when they are between 10 and 30 years of age. …
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… Native to the Midwest, 'Indian Warrior' grows 58 inches tall and 38 inches wide, with its green leaves … in the fall. The dark purple flowers appear on the stems from July through October. It grows best in full sun and moist, well-drained soil and enjoys the heat. It is most effective when grouped into large drifts and makes an excellent ground cover for parks, highway medians, and prairie gardens. The genus Andropogon contains more than 200 …
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… with the dinosaurs. Its unusual fan-shaped leaves adorn this large, lovely tree that grows to 50' or so. The spread can be wider than the height in mature plants. It is one of the most … appear in the spring. The fruit, an edible nut, is surrounded by a malodorous fleshy pulp, best described as "cheesy" or "gym-sock smelly." The fruits create a litter problem when they fall. Try to plant only male ginkgoes for this reason. Ginkgo has wonderful yellow fall color. It produces stout spurs along the …
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… white pine is a dense, slow-growing dwarf conifer with short, lime green needles that grows to 1 foot in 10 years. Best in full sun, it will tolerate part shade and prefers fertile, well-drained soil. Use in the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Cut-leaf Beech is best known for its deeply serrated and lance-shaped leaves. A wide range of cultivars of the European beech … of the species. The genus Fagus includes 10-13 species of the beech tree, which are native to temperate regions of Asia, Europe and North America. Only Fagus grandifolia , the American …
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… ) is a sprawling perennial from southeastern Europe that can reach 6 feet in height and up to 3 feet in width before it produces large, glistening-white daisy flowers in September and October. Giant daisy grows best in full sun and moist soils, attracts butterflies, and is prone to no serious pests or diseases in the Chicago area. …
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… Bright purplish-pink flowers cover this low (to 1-foot tall), mounding, hardy perennial from late summer through fall. Hot Stuff showy sedum ( Hylotelephium spectabile 'Hot Stuff') grows best in full sun and moderate soil fertility. Songbirds are attracted to the ripe seeds in late fall through winter. Its flowering clumps don't split apart like some …
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… brown center. Plant 'Yellow Polka Dot Bikini' in average soils, and water just enough to establish the root system and thereafter only during periods of drought. It flowers best in full sun; the flowers attract butterflies and other pollinating insects to the garden. …
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… Q. When and how do I divide irises? A. The best time to plant and transplant rhizomatous (or self-seeding) iris is after flowering but before the end … Please contact Plant Information Service at (847) 835-0972 or plantinfo@chicabotanic.org for more detailed information. …
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… ARCTIC FIRE™ dogwood is a dwarf cultivar of the native redosier dogwood that is grown for its showy red winter stems. It lacks the stoloniferous (spreading) habit of the species. … pruning in early spring/late winter encourages growth of new stems, which have the best color. Members of the genus Cornus , commonly known as dogwoods, are welcome in the home … -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, varies among the species. Dogwoods are native …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
