… lance-shaped and held close to the branch. Spring to early summer abundant blooms tend to be in white or pink tones, depending on the species and/or cultivar. While individual flowers are quite small, they occur in clusters of inflorescence that can be very showy. Spireas are best used in groupings in a shrub or mixed border, where they are valued as tough, reliable and easy-care …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… lance-shaped and held close to the branch. Spring to early summer abundant blooms tend to be in white or pink tones, depending on the species and/or cultivar. While individual flowers are quite small, they occur in clusters of inflorescence that can be very showy. Spireas are best used in groupings in a shrub or mixed border, where they are valued as tough, reliable and easy-care …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 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 tiny … along its stems. It is not an evergreen groundcover, but will turn an attractive shade of red in the fall. It works well in a rock garden, where it will not be shaded by taller plants. Plant in well-drained, gravelly …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… and slowly mature to pink with white fringe along the edges and base. This cultivar originated in the Netherlands, released by W.A.M. Pennings in 1972. Plant this tulip in full sun, moderately fertile and moist soils, and protect it from rabbits and deer. Fringed …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… low maintenance, and disease- or pest-resistant. As ground covers, some can be used in place of turf grass, which is difficult to grow in shade. Others, like ferns, complement nonnative perennials in shady beds, borders, and in naturalistic designs. While there are many attractive …
Type: Plant Info
… Fall will soon settle in at the Chicago Botanic Garden and that's an invitation to engage your senses. It's a time of … and dazzling colors, of fragrance and sumptuous berries, and of trees and shrubs resplendent in their autumn garb. The usual stars—pumpkins and asters, kale and chrysanthemums—are plentiful. In the Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden, the soft sunlight falls on lush pears and apples on …
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… Apapanthus produce strong stems in summer to support the masses of brilliant blue flowers in rounded masses. Dark green strap-like foliage provides for textural interest when not in bloom. This bulb from South Africa is not hardy outdoors. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… White to pale pink grace this native onion that thrives in sunny conditions. All parts of the plant are edible, including the bulbils produced in the flower umbels. It can be toxic to cattle if consumed in large quantities. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Bright red, 3.5-inch, formal, decorative-shaped blooms appear on a smallish plant (2.5 feet in height) from midsummer up to the first hard frost. This nonhardy bulb flowers best in moderately moist, fertile, well-drained soils in full sun. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… One foot tidy mounds of fern like foliage are covered in early spring with cotton candy pink and white flowers with a red base. Plant in full sun to partial shade in moderately fertile soils. Protect from rabbits, deer, etc. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
