… plant was named in honor of Queen Elizabth’s 50th year on the throne of Britain. Combine it with other perennials, where its leaf color contrasts with other plants such as low-growing nepetas. It has a thin leaf and wilts if not watered. …
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… is a ground cover that forms a tight mat 6 inches tall and 24 inches wide. It blooms in spring with spikes of pink flowers that rise above the cream and green variegated foliage. It can be grown in average soil with average moisture in full sun to partial shade and can be mowed after flowering to neaten the …
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… is a ground cover that forms a tight mat 6 inches tall and 24 inches wide. It blooms in spring with spikes of dusty blue flowers that rise above the blue-bronze foliage. It can be grown in average soil with average moisture in full sun to partial shade and can be mowed after flowering to neaten the …
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… This hardy bulb flowers in late spring to early summer with two flower spikes of airy, 2-inch umbels of golden-yellow florets. It blooms about two weeks … soil in full sun. Alliums are deer resistant and are a perfect companion to interplant with tulips and crocus to deter squirrels and chipmunks from digging up the bulbs. …
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… garden or at the woodland edge. Its flowers, which are quite numerous, bloom in the spring with a breathtaking true blue petals surrounding a small yellow eye. With flowers as early as April, they often extend into early June. …
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… The blooms of Mardi Gras™ sneezeweed ( Helenium 'Helbro') open yellow with orange-red edges to the petals but mature to red with yellow edges. The combination of younger and older flowers provides a bright, colorful …
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… 'Antong Two' is a miniature cultivar that grow to only 3 -5 feet high. The flowers are white, with ruffled petals and large red blotches at the center which bleed outward. It blooms continuously from mid summer to fall with each flower lasting up to 3 days. It is sold commercially as LIL' KIM. Hibiscus syriacus is …
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… Glow mirror bush that is named for the its shiny green leaves that are highly variegated with patches of yellow, orange, red and burgundy. Evening Glow is a low-growing tender shrub reaching about 5 feet high and 4 feet wide with a pyramidal form, although it is amenable to pruning to shape. It is not hardy in Chicago …
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… Intensely fragrant dark magenta flowers with a maroon sheen adorn the stout spikes of this 1922 sport of the cultivar 'Jan Bos'. Wonderful foil for contrasting with a range of other flower colors in the garden. Plant in full sun and well-drained soils, and …
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… Baby Blue Ice Sawara Cypress: A native of Japan, ‘Baby Blue Ice’ is a dwarf conifer with dense, silvery-blue foliage. An eye-catching gem for the small garden, it will form an upright habit with age, reaching 3 feet tall by 2.5 feet wide in ten years. It withstands heavy pruning, is …
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