… can take our breath away. A beautiful image can transport us to another time. It can flood us with long-forgotten memories. It can go far beyond being a record of a thing, and can instead surround us with an essence, and feelings. Learn how to make pictures that soar past postcards, and capture … are feeling, what you are seeing, and what you are thinking. The first three sessions will end with a creative photographic challenge, and you are invited to participate. The last session will …
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… colors of 'Blue Tango' are unbelievable. Multiple electric violet-blue floral bracts contrast with hot pink and purple primary bracts , with thick hot pink to red stems. Once in bloom the 18-inch flower spikes flowers will last for five months or more under proper conditions. The leaves are lime green with sharply serrated edges and arch over into a fountain shape. This hybrid of Aechmea …
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… is best eaten raw, since it loses its purple color when cooked. 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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… Carolina allspice, or sweetshrub, has untoothed, opposite, ovate leaves with a pleasant, spicy aroma. The flowers, blooming in May and June, have numerous overlapping … species, which usually has maroon flowers, by having larger flowers that are a creamy white with a hint of green. Leaves can be 4-6” long, with a rough texture. Shrubs can get quite large, up to 8 feet, and suckering may occur. Plant in …
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… Hercules Coral Bells is an attention grabbing variegated form with cream and green marbled leaves and cheerful bright cherry red flower sprays. This Heuchera … hero to emphasize its strong growth and robust appearance. The leaves emerge in the spring with strikingly striped leaves, the contrasting red flowers follow in late spring and early … of the leaves becomes more green in the heat of midsummer but the striking variegation returns with cooler temperatures. At maturity Hercules Coral Bells creates a loose, fluffy mound 16 …
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… by Plants Nouveau in 2011. They found a unique selection that has foliage that emerges with leaves that appear painted with liquid silver. As the foliage matures the silver coating becomes pale green with light purple veins. The undersides are a vivid contrasting dark purple. Stunning. Unlike …
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… ‘Lucky’ is an herbaceous peony with rich red blossoms tipped with yellow in the center. Peony bloom time is classified as early, mid-, and late. ‘Lucky’ is a … throughout the summer, then dies to the ground in the fall. Plant in sun to part shade with eyes no more than 2 inches below the soil surface. Deer resistant. Peonies are popular …
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… the gesneriad family native to tropical America. Kohleria 'HCY's Jardin de Monet' has flowers with coral pink tubes. The throat is creamy white with lobes spotted in burgundy. Flowers appear in loose spikes at the ends of branches, which are … 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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… asset to a well-rounded bulb garden. Tucked between tulips and narcissus, it covers the ground with six-inch spikes of white flowers with a show that lasts for up to three weeks beginning in late March in the Chicago area. The bell-shaped flowers measure about 1/2" across, with six petals that are pure white. The stamens in the center are fused into a little crown that …
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… foliage covers this mounding nonhardy perennial to 2.5 feet in height and smells of mint with a hint of lemon when crushed. It thrives in full sun with moderate soil moisture and very well drained soils. …
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