… of small, white fertile flowers surrounded by sterile, large, showy white petals that age to pink. The cone-shaped flower panicles grow to 8 inches in height. Growing to 6 feet-by-5-feet, this cultivar is ideal for the smaller garden or where space is limited. It is best grown in full sun to partial shade and in moist soil. Pruning can be done in early spring …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… can sit on the floor, a bookcase, a shelf, a counter, suspended from the ceiling, or attached to a wall. We don’t often think of “decorating” with plants, but it’s an opportunity to use them … foliage trailing from the top of a bookshelf. And, you don’t have to be a gardening guru to get them to thrive . There are plenty of places to stage plants indoors. They can go near the … Decorators often choose plants for a design effect, but you can’t choose a houseplant the same way you choose a bedspread or curtains. Most people who buy plants want to keep them for the long …
Type: Plant Info
… Mid- to end of August is the best time to seed bare areas of lawn, overseed thinning grass, or lay down sod. When seeding lawns, use grass seed appropriate to your site. The best choice for most lawns in northern Illinois is a mix of Kentucky blue grass, perennial rye, and fescue …
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… Pale dogwood is also known as swamp dogwood due to its natural affinity for soggy soil. It is a multi-stemmed shrub that bears small white flowers followed by bluish white fruit. It is best suited to damp, naturalized areas. Members of the genus Cornus , commonly known as dogwoods, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Camassia leichtlinii 'Semi-Plena' produces spikes of creamy white flowers on spikes up to 36 inches tall in late spring and early summer. Each spike can carry between 20 and 80 flowers. It is one of the few North American native bulbs that are widely available for gardeners to plant that thrive in moist to wet soils. Free of most insect and disease pests, … unless the bulbs are prepared according to a narrow set of guidelines, their flavor is at best tolerable. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Carnival Rose Granita Alumroot matures to a neat 12 inch by 14 inch mound shape, has silvery gray green foliage with a rose pink glaze, … contrasting scarlet red. The leaf margins are more rounded that most. Although primarily grown for its decorative foliage, a spike of delicate pinkish to creamy white flowers appears in early … Plants, the official trade name of a Dutch company, Witteman and Co, founded in 1865. For the best foliage color grow in partial shade. It works well as a color accent in containers or …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Belle Poitevine' was introduced in 1894, and she's still regarded as one of the best hybrid rugosas available. Her magenta buds open to ruffled, almost frilly pink roses that are so fragrant you can smell them a yard away. And she … again and again. And when the flowering season is done, she has big, colorful rose hips for winter color. Like all rugosas, she's very hardy (zone 3), and that wrinkled foliage that's …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… of golden yellow, aster-like flowers from January through March. This large perennial (8 to 10 feet) has leaves to 8 inches across that are coarsely lobed and furry. The golden pollen … wilt during periods of drought. Native to the cloud forests of Oaxaca, this plant made its way from Mexico to the San Francisco Botanic Garden. Through a seed exchange, Longwood Garden … display plant during the winter doldrums. From there, commercial nurserymen began to offer it for sale. The plant was named by a Mexican priest/naturalist, Dr. Pablo de La Llave, in honor of …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ...and this year's fall colors It’s hard to think of fall without picturing a mosaic of trees with warm-colored hues. Amber browns, golden … about right this year, but the quality of the experience is a little ‘off,’” Tankersley said. “For instance, the cherry [tree] outside my office—in a good year—is a mass of light yellow … tree walk begins at the Visitor Center and proceeds south along the Garden’s East Road on the way to the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center . Given the fluctuation in …
Type: Blog
… To every perennial there is a season — often fleeting. Remember the peonies? Gone in one glorious … severe pruning. On some plants it means trimming individual stems back to where they branch. For other plants, it can mean cutting all stems back to a few inches, so they put out a whole new … Pollak. "It has a long blooming season anyway," he says. If you continue to deadhead, "you'll get blooms long into the summer." Catmint ( Nepeta spp.) is an example of a perennial that can …
Type: Plant Info
