… Ghost painted fern is a clump-forming fern that requires partial to full shade with moderate moisture. It grows to a maximum height of 30 inches with a similar spread. It is mostly used as a ground cover, an understory, or in a border. …
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… native to Central America. The flower is 1½ inches across and cream to greenish-cream colored, with a white shell-shaped lip, streaked with bright purple. The flowers are extremely fragrant. It blooms from January through April. …
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… One foot tidy mounds of fern like foliage are covered in early spring with cotton candy pink and white flowers with a red base. Plant in full sun to partial shade in moderately fertile soils. Protect from …
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… ‘Bric-a-Brac’ is an herbaceous peony with unique single blooms. The petals, edged with fringe and streaked with cream, green, and rose, twist and turn around red stigmas and styles and the flowers are …
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… small root systems, they can be grown in pots as well. Then, bring the garden into the kitchen with recipes such Caesar salad spears, spinach salad with warm bacon-mushroom vinaigrette, miso and sesame dressing with carrots, and seared scallops with pea relish. Sample the varying taste and textures of …
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… evergreens native to the mountains of Korea. 'Golden Glow' is a dwarf cultivar with needles that are yellow-green above and with two white lines beneath. The form is a broad mound that will reach 3-4 feet tall and 4-5 feet wide with age. Firs can be distinguished from pines and spruces by the needles, which are flat or …
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… is a high-yielding variety that can grow in heavier soils. Asparagus is a hardy perennial with thick, succulent shoots that are harvested in April to early May, leaving younger shoots for … Asparagus is high in vitamin K and many minerals. It needs to be planted in well-drained soil, with careful selection of the site, considering that it will continue to grow for 15 to 20 years. It also makes an attractive perennial, with airy fine-textured foliage. The branches are covered with clusters of tiny short stems …
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… species native to open fields in eastern and central North America. It is a tough evergreen with fronds of scaly evergreen leaves that have a cedary fragrance when crushed. It has many … as variable as their sizes--creeping, horizontal, spreading, or pyramidal. A potential problem with this species is cedar-apple rust, which may occur if apple trees are nearby. Strange growths called "telia" dangle from the twigs with gelatinous, orange, finger-like projections. These produce spores which will infect the …
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… conditions. It produces domes of slightly fragrant bright pink flowers in spring and is graced with bright red foliage with the onset of winter temperatures. Like other Rhododendron species, it needs an acidic soil … of most Chicago area soils so care must be taken to incorporate peat into the soils, top dress with granulated sulfur, and fertilize with liquid products identified as appropriate for …
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… is a little charmer of a rose, blooming in clusters of tiny (1 inch across) flowers, each with a center of cheery, bright yellow stamens. And bloom is nonstop, from mid-June until frost. Cassie is a rose that "plays well with others." At 3x3 feet, she won't crowd out her neighbors, but she will keep the garden show going when they're not in bloom. She has good disease resistance, so even with some shade and less than perfect air circulation, she'll do better at keeping healthy than …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
