… NORTHERN BURGUNDY® arrowwood viburnum will grow to a height of 8' to 10'. It is named arrowwood viburnum because Native Americans used the straight stems to make … by birds. The arrowwood viburnum is one of the hardiest and easiest to grow of all viburnums for the garden. This shrub is a Chicagoland Grows® selection. Chicagoland Grows® is a plant …
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… an unbelievable amount of information about companion planting, but you don’t find much in the way of scientific journals or reviews,” says Tom Tiddens, supervisor of the Garden’s Plant Health … “Companion planting is an interesting technique and organic growers swear by it, but you need to have all-around good horticultural practices, like scouting for pests.” Japanese beetles … scouting or monitoring the Garden for pests, Tiddens says, “When I see my first aphid, I don’t get too worried. I’ll come back in a week and look at the plant. Often a beneficial insect is …
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… ‘Vallya’ produces a profusion of light pink flowers on an upright semi-deciduous plant. Bred for hardiness and disease resistance, it nevertheless needs soils amended with peat moss and/or treatment of the soil with powdered sulfur to survive long term in our heavy alkaline clay soils. Best grown in light shade and despite the need to keep the root constantly moist, the plant does …
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… arrowwood viburnum gets its name from the bright, shiny green mature foliage. It can grow to a mature size of 12' x 10’, blooms in late May-early June with white flower clusters and blue-black fruit in the fall. This cultivar is noted for producing fruit more abundantly than the species. This shrub is a Chicagoland Grows® … the Morton Arboretum and the Ornamental Growers Association of Northern Illinois formed to promote plant cultivars that perform well in northern Illinois. This variety was derived from …
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… reach a height of 50 feet with a spread of 35 feet. The sugar maple is an excellent shade tree for lawns and parks. Tiny yellowish-green flowers appear in spring before the leaves emerge. The tree's winged fruit, or samaras, matures in the fall. Autumn color is orange red to red. One of the best known trees of eastern North America, sugar maple is as prized for its ornamental value as …
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… reach a height of 60 feet with a 45 foot spread. The sugar maple is an excellent shade tree for lawns and parks. Tiny yellowish-green flowers appear in spring before the leaves emerge. The … fruit, or samaras, matures in the fall. Autumn color is highly variable, ranging from orange to scarlet, but it is always outstanding. One of the best known trees of eastern North America, sugar maple is as prized for its ornamental value as …
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… diva, they’ve attracted bad press—too temperamental, not playing nicely with others, demanding way too much attention. Tom Soulsby, the horticultural impresario of roses at the Chicago Botanic Garden, would like to debunk the unfair rumors swirling around the Rosaceae family. “Our goal of presenting plants … in parts of the Garden,” Soulsby said. Because it is large and fast-growing, it’s best for bigger spaces. It blooms in June and July. Above and Beyond ™ Soulsby is excited about …
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… pinkish-lilac blooms appear before those of the common lilac. It is one of the few lilacs to develop attractive fall foliage color. In its native China, early lilac can be found in the … Members of the genus Syringa , commonly known as lilacs, are shrubs or small trees prized for their showy and fragrant blooms in late spring. The individual flowers are tubular in form and are borne in large panicles. While the common name of the plant has come to define a shade of pale purple, some species and hybrids have pink or white blossoms. Lilacs …
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… white flowers in spring and bright red berries in the fall, which persist into winter. Native to China, Korean, and Japan, linden viburnums derive their name from the leaves, which resemble … 8 feet wide. Creamy white flowers in showy, domed clusters appear in May to early June, giving way to bright red fruits in late summer to early fall that persist on the shrub into early … home landscape due to their range of sizes and cultural adaptability. Some viburnums are noted for their fragrant flowers; most bear small fruit that may add visual interest. Many viburnums …
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… Bringing a bit of your garden indoors to join a celebration can be as easy as cutting a few evergreen branches for a vase. But if you … if you do this in summer, you may be able to use flowers from your own cutting garden. The best flowers to use are full and mounded, such as carnations, cushion mums, and roses — "anything … make it heavy. A cone is a little trickier, Clifton says. Start at the bottom and work your way up. Around the bottom of the cone, insert the stems with a slightly upward slant, so the …
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