… Beautiful white flowers in early spring are followed in mid-season with deep red, tart, pie-cherries on a bush maturing at 4' x 4'. Resistant to several of the fruit diseases common to cherries. Should be planted in a sunny, moderately fertile soil with good drainage (no standing water. Mixed fall color adds …
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… modified into a pouch, giving rise to the common name "lady's slipper." Insects get trapped in the pouch, and end up pollinating the flower as they maneuver to escape. The genus … America. This cultivar is a hybrid utilizing Phragmipedium besseae , a species discovered in Peru in 1981 by Elizabeth Besse. Its unique orange color, unusual in lady's slippers, has led to many …
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… romantic blue Danube waltz. The Blue Danube Stokes aster is derived from a wildflower found in the eastern parts of North America where it likes sunny spots by sandy wetlands. However in northern climates such as Chicago it does not tolerate wet soils in winter so plant in a well-drained location to ensure longevity. This pretty blue aster bears …
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… the foliage tasty. This cultivar was selected from a seedling of the original 'Milka' cultivar in the Netherlands and registered in 1999. It was in the 1990s that it was discovered that our native wild asters could be tamed, hybridized, and …
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… pulegioides ) that is grown for its rich, lemon-scented leaves that can be used fresh or dried in a variety of dishes. It is a woody perennial that can grow to 4-12" tall and 18” wide. Whorls of tiny, pale lilac flowers appear on the stem ends in early summer and are attractive to bees. It grows in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun and can tolerate drought and soils of …
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… on them. Cool Green has bright yellowish-green heart-shaped leaves that are covered in tiny hairs. The plant grows to form a mound about eight inches high but extends when each … puts roots down. Eventually it can form a bright, effective and attractive ground cover in a cool shaded area. This plant is not reliably hardy in Chicago but can be easily overwintered in a pot placed in a location with indirect light. …
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… green leaves and bears attractive three-petaled lavender and white flowers about 1.5 inches in diameter from June until September. Each flower is open at most a single day, and in some cases, for only a morning. It grows to about two feet in height and up to three feet in width. In an evaluation of spiderworts conducted at the Chicago …
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… has strappy green leaves and bears attractive three-petaled lavender flowers about 1.5 inches in diameter that appear from June until September. Each flower is open at most a single day, and in some cases, for only a morning. It grows to about eighteen inches in height and up to three feet in width. In an evaluation of spiderworts conducted at the Chicago …
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… has strappy gray-green leaves and bears attractive three-petaled pink flowers about 1.5 inches in diameter that appear from June until September. Each flower is open at most a single day, and in some cases, for only a morning. It grows to about two feet in height and nearly three feet in width. In an evaluation of spiderworts conducted at the …
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… family, is one of the most common tropical foliage plants offered by garden centers for use in annual beds and baskets in the Midwest. Native to Mexico, this vine produced elongated, succulent, rich purple leaves … that fold inward. The small pink flowers are produced at the ends of branches and are nestled in boat-like bracts. The plants will grow in sun or shade, although the color is more intense in …
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