… This corm is marginally hardy in the Chicago area. It can reach a height of 24 inches with an 18-inch spread. It blooms in mid to late summer with arching stems of bright yellow flowers. It is not fussy about soil type or conditions as …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Squash This new winter squash produces uniquely ribbed, round fruit that ripen to dark tan with a frosted overlay. The fruit is similar in taste to a butternut squash, with superior flavor and long storage quality. It is best planted in the ground to allow for …
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… This cultivar of Potentilla fruticosa is a shrub, upright in habit with silvery gray leaves and creamy white flowers, 1½ inches in size. It grows to a height of 4 … size makes it adaptable for a mixed border or hedge. The silvery gray leaf color is adaptable with pink flowers and dark green hostas. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Hybridization with wild South American species has produced an exotic shaped flower featuring wine red petals with green to cream midribs to produce a distinctive star shape. Force like other amaryllis to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Geum ‘ Fireball’ stands 18 – 23 inches tall and blooms from mid-May to early July with gold to orange semi double flowers on branching stems. The edges of the petals are infused with scarlet orange. The flowers are 2 inches wide and face outward. Plant it in full sun to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This shrub is a mid-western native, winter-blooming, deciduous shrub with a rounded habit. It typically grows to 10' tall with a somewhat larger spread. It is noted for its extremely early (January-March) bloom of …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… HONEYMOON® Sandy Shores Hellebore HONEYMOON® series are a single-flowered series with bold dark purples, bi-colored yellows and pinks and purples. HONEYMOON® Sandy Shores is a soft pink-yellow bi-color flower with a maroon center. HONEYMOON® series is a vigorous perennial that blooms early spring or late …
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… This low-growing, creeping evergreen shrub reaches about 2 feet in height with full sun and dry moisture conditions. It is non-flowering, but it produces showy black and … birds. Resistant to deer, It can be used for erosion control and as an evergreen ground cover with very little maintenance. …
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… Large, bold, palmate-shaped leaves with deep incisions and teeth form the backdrop for upright flowering stems featuring bright golden yellow daisies. Ideal for areas with moist soils and partial shade or those areas that can be irrigated during dry spells. Makes …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… tips of the branches. This tropical shrub hails from the Philippines and features large leaves with the characteristic Melastomaceae patterns i.e. veins running parallel to the central vein from the base to the tip of each leaf and the flowers with the typical claw-shaped stamens. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
