… The spreading beech features a distinctive almost horizontal branching structure and is somewhat smaller than the species -- making it more suitable for the home landscape than the classic European beech. The foliage is dark green and turns gold in the fall. A wide range of cultivars of the European beech have … or gold); they are often featured as specimen trees where space permits. The smooth gray bark is an attractive feature of the species. The genus Fagus includes 10-13 species of the beech …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Red Obelisk beech is notable for its reddish purple foliage and columnar growth habit. In a good year the fall color is a striking reddish brown. Its narrow shape makes it more suitable for a home landscape than … or gold); they are often featured as specimen trees where space permits. The smooth gray bark is an attractive feature of the species. The genus Fagus includes 10-13 species of the beech …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… suckers from the base to form in an upright oval habit, will grow to a height of 8' to 10'. It is named arrowwood viburnum because Native Americans used the straight stems to make arrows. The white flowers with yellow anthers are borne in 4" clusters in late May. The fruit is a blue-black drupe that is highly favored by birds. Fall color can be spectacular ranging from reddish orange to almost …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… sun rocketing off the white of the snow, all plants are revealed in their naked glory. This is a moment when you really love your birch. But even if the following day is shrouded in gray and freezing drizzle has slickered your garden with ice — a day when even your faithful chickadees abandon the feeder — this, too, is a moment when you love your birch. The members of the Betula genus are wonderful examples of …
Type: Plant Info
… Dendrochilum glumaceum is known as the husk-like or hay-scented orchid and it is native to the Philippines. The strap-like leaves are 20 inches long. The drooping flower stems and very thin and wiry, to 18 inches long. The top foot is covered with pairs of tiny flowers, up to 48. The petals are white, with a tiny gold lip and a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Azure monkshood ( Aconitum carmichaeli ) is a favorite of gardeners and florists. Native to China, this 5-foot-tall perennial is topped by dense spikes of royal purple flowers with inner markings in a lighter shade. Full … sun and moist soil are the plant's preferred growing conditions. In its native range, Aconitum is disliked by herders because of its toxicity to livestock (which avoid it assiduously). …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Brazilian Dutchman's pipe or pelican flower is native to Central and South America where it can grow to a height of twenty feet. The flowers … to attract the flies that pollinate this plant. The flowers are a dark purplish-maroon that is veined in white and are very showy. However this vine is poisonous to some native butterfly larvae, so plant carefully if you are trying to encourage …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… can persist until fall. It makes a bold statement in the garden. Native to western China, it is one of the tallest species of artemisia. Unlike its cousins, it is grown for its showy flowers and is a bold standout in the border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Tall bellflower is an upright annual or biennial that is native to moist and shady areas of the Midwest. It is a biennial, producing leaves in the first year. In the second year, it produces tall flower …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Burgundy Fireworks coneflower is a Chicagoland Grows® selection. Chicagoland Grows® is a plant introduction partnership of the Chicago Botanic Garden, the Morton Arboretum and the … with deep pinkish burgundy blooms throughout summer on a compact plant. Burgundy Fireworks is part of the MEADOWBRITE™ series. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
