… Hydrangea macrophylla var. macrophylla 'Blue Danube' is a deciduous shrub that grows 3 to 6 feet tall and wide. It features dark green leaves and large clusters of flowers, which are either lacecap or mophead in structure. Blue Danube is small in structure, growing 4 feet tall and wide, and bearing large, mostly sterile … in acidic soil and dark pink when planted in alkaline soil. Heavy flowering and compact, it is ideal for growing in a container in partial shade. The flowers dry well and can be used in …
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… Although often grown for its flowers, the foliage of yellow waxbells ( Kirengeshoma palmata ) is stunning. The bright green, hairy leaves are maple-shaped and are held nearly horizontally. In … tips of the branches, and these flowers are followed by unusual horned seedpods. This plant is best used as a backdrop for other perennials, in a shrub or perennial border, under trees, or in a woodland garden. It is a shrub-like beauty with late-summer blooms. …
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… Dwarf Pagoda Holly is a very slow growing cultivar of Ilex crenata with a ‘bonsai-like’ growth habit featuring small … a horizontal branches on a plant maturing at 30” in height. In the Chicago area, this cultivar is best grown in a container (hardy to USDA zone 7) that can be moved into a sheltered location … chlorosis. A female cultivar, this plant will only produce berries (black) if a male cultivar is planted nearby. …
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… Compacta is a female cultivar of the native inkberry, growing to 4 feet high and 6 feet wide. While … soil with morning sun and afternoon shade. Inkberries are dioecious, so a male pollinator is required to produce fruit. Birds love the black berries that mature in the fall and are held … but nectar-rich flowers. Prune in early spring for shape and to encourage new growth. It is useful for a low evergreen hedge or screen. …
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… sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. From mid-June through mid-October, it is covered with flowers whose color won't fade in full sun. Disease resistance in yellow-flowered roses is very difficult to obtain because the wild species that contributes yellow flower genes also … a strong susceptability to several foliar diseases (black spot, powdery mildew). This is another of the hardy, disease-resistant roses bred and selected by Bill Radler. …
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… Violet Pinwheels phlox is a Chicagoland Grows® selection. Chicagoland Grows® is a plant introduction partnership of the Chicago Botanic Garden, the Morton Arboretum and the … The plants consist of low, slowly spreading mounds of dark green, needlelike foliage that is soft to the touch. …
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… David's lavender garden phlox ( Phlox paniculata ‘David's Lavender’) is covered with large clusters of fragrant lavender flowers from midsummer through fall on a … parent 'David' and patented in the year 2005 by ItSaul Plants in Georgia. The flowering height is a little more than 3 feet, and the spread is about 16 inches. Plant this phlox in full sun and in moist, well-drained soil, and avoid …
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… Smooth sumac is very much like staghorn sumac, with large attractive compound leaves and an irregular growth … hairs. This large native shrub in the cashew family spreads by rhizomes and forms colonies. It is best for a naturalistic setting. This is a cutleaf version, with attractive deeply-toothed leaves that turn bright red-orange in the …
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… This plant is called Snow Hill wood sage because its white flower spikes on top of the plant resemble the snow on a hill. Snow Hill wood sage can flower continuously throughout the summer if care is taken to remove spent blooms. It grows to about two feet tall and about eighteen inches wide … The fragrant blossoms are attractive to butterflies and other pollinators but not to deer. It is suited to cottage gardens and pollinator gardens as well as mixed borders and planters. …
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… Hexagon stonecrop is a hardy evergreen perennial that forms a mat that is 4” tall and 8” wide. It blooms in summer with yellow, star-shaped flowers. It gets its name from the whorls of six leaves that grown along its stems. It is not an evergreen groundcover, but will turn an attractive shade of red in the fall. It works …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
