… Flowering Japanese crabapple is a classic that is noted for its abundant fragrant flowers. The transition from bud to flower offers a color range from almost red to pink to white. The fruit is yellow with a pinkish blush. This species is extensively planted at the Chicago Botanic …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… <p>Even though the flowers are yellow and the foliage is deep green, <em>Sedum</em> kampschaticum is commonly known as orange stonecrop. That’s because the long-lasting yellow flowers age to russet, and the foliage is tinged with red once the weather turns colder. It’s native to the Kamchatka peninsula in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Senecio stellata ‘Giovanna’s Select’ is a seed strain featuring purple, blue, and blue-purple flowers on 3 feet tall plants that thrive under cool, moist, shady conditions. This species is an annual in the Chicago area but is perennial in USDA zones 9 to 10. Free of most insect and diseases (botrytis on the petals in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Simmondsia chinensis , or jojoba, is native to the southwest desert and is best known for jojoba oil, a very long, straight chain wax that has more in common with whale oil than with more traditional vegetable oils. This wax is used in cosmetics and has potential for use as biodiesel fuel for automobiles as well as in a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Weigela florida ‘Pink Princess’ is a 6-to-9-foot shrub that, in May and June, is covered with lavender-pink flowers that hummingbirds find irresistible. Flowers are produced … so any pruning to keep the shrub within bounds needs to be done immediately after flowering is complete. 'Pink Princess' has no fall color or ornamental fruit to speak of; this shrub …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: This is one of two visible woodpecker species with red highlights on its head. Oak woodland restoration has helped to increase their numbers in recent years. It is most often seen in McDonald Woods. …
Type: Birding
… 'Sienna' can reach a height of 50 feet with a 30 foot spread. It is extremely cold hardy and has bright red fall coloring. Like other Freeman maples, it is tolerant of varying soil and moisture conditions. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Caucasian spurge is a rounded perennial that produces yellow flowers during the summer. It grows to a height of 2 feet under full sun in moist soil. The plant is mostly used as a ground cover or in a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Tatting fern is a clump-forming fern that grows to a maximum height of 12 inches. It requires partial to fulll shade with moderate moisture and is mostly used as a ground cover, an understory, or in a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… BUZZ™ Soft Pink Butterfly Bush BUZZ™ series is a compact butterfly bush series that is perfect for containers and small spaces. It has continuous blooms in brilliant colors. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
