… of sneezeweed. Tip Top sneezeweed has large yellow flowers with brown centers that are present from June through August.Derived from a sneezeweed native to Oregon and California, this plant like full sun and dryish soil …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… From June until the first hard frost, lavender-blue, button-shaped flowers cover Pineapple … flower ( Centratherum intermedium 'Pineapple Sangria'). This mounded, nonhardy perennial is from Brazil. Named for foliage that smells like pineapple, it repels deer, but the flowers …
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… When mature, the katsura tree can reach heights of 40 to 60 feet. Its habit varies from oval to wide-spreading, making it a fine tree for a large space. The beautiful rounded … with a tinge of orange, an observant gardener may catch the scent of cotton candy coming from the changing leaves. Native to China and Japan, the striking leaves of the katsura are …
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… curassavica 'Silky Gold') is a nonnative perennial plant that the Chicago Botanic Garden grows from seed and uses as a warm-season annual. It is a member of the milkweed family, which includes … native perennials in the Garden's permanent collection. Asclepias flowers form seedpods from which seeds with silky hairs are dispersed by wind. 'Silky Gold' is a host plant for monarch …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… landscape with the scent of Easter lilies; one of the parents of this hybrid. With parents from two different sections of the genus, hybrid vigor has resulted with fewer insect and disease … the day; "head in the sun with roots in the shade" are ideal conditions. It's prone to damage from rabbits and deer. Stake it only if it's in shaded, windy conditions. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… slightly ruffled overlapping and petals. At maturity, the plant stands 4-5 ft tall and blooms from mid summer to fall. It is hardy in zones 5 - 9. It is attractive to hummingbirds while resistant to deer. The name Hibiscus came from the Greek word “hibiskos” that meant “marshmallow.” The sticky root or stem of some plant in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The dwarf Star of Bethlehem is a low growing but prolific spring-flowering bulb that originates from the Caucasus area of Asia Minor. The star-shaped white flowers are borne on flower spikes … a two inch layer of mulch after the ground freezes in the fall will help protect the bulbs from extremely cold temperatures. …
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… Deep rose flowers are separated from the green tips by a narrow band of yellow. Multiple pendant flowers per inflorescence. The … endangered due to small population sizes. This accession is one of many backup collections from the USDA National collection near Miami, Florida that the Chicago Botanic Garden maintains …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… are 3” wide, which is huge for such a low growing plant. Iris cristata is found in floodplains from Maryland to Oklahoma. It thrives in shade and spreads rapidly and is resistant to deer and rabbits. The name Iris was taken from the Greek goddess of the rainbow to symbolize the many colors of this flower. The classic …
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… Phlox glaberrima is native from Virginia to Wisconsin and south to Florida and Texas. It likes moist marshes and the banks … The dark green leaves are thin, finely toothed and lance shaped. The genus name is derived from the Greek word phlox meaning flame in reference to the intense flower colors of some …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
