… Fireworks sundrops ( Oenothera fruticosa ‘Fireworks’) explode with color in the Home Landscape Gardens during summer. Flowering best in full sun, drought-tolerant sundrops must have well-drained soil. This winter-hardy, summer-blooming perennial has exceptionally cheery, 3- to 4-inch flowers, and a loose, sprawling habit that softens edges of walkways and paths. …
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… Suzie Wong daylily has pale yellow flowers with ruffled edges. The blooms measure 4 inches and appear very early in the season. They are attractive to hummingbirds. Although each flower lasts only one day, there are multiple buds on each stalk … shade. The American Hemerocallis Society has awarded Suzie Wong the Annie T. Giles Award for Best Small Flower, Honorable Mention, and Award of Merit. …
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… Bleeding heart ( Dicentra spectabilis ), native to Japan, produces long, arching sprays of pendulous, heart-shaped, deep-pink-to-red blooms with … for shady locations, this plant needs moist soil during its growing season. Like many of the early spring bulbs, bleeding hearts thrive under the canopy of large deciduous trees and go … past the white part of the flower to gather the nectar. In so doing, they have to push their way past the pollen-containing anthers, thus ensuring the pollen reaches the female flower parts …
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… Jim Dandy is a compact cultivar of our native deciduous winterberry hollies. In the wild they are found in swampy sites and stream margins in the eastern United States. Jim Dandy is a slow grower to about 6 feet high and 8 feet wide. It is the male cultivar for the female Berry Heavy and … within 50 feet of those plants for effective pollination. Prune in spring for shape. While best suited to moist sites with morning sun and afternoon shade, it grows well in moderate soils …
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… Nodding lilac gets its name from the tendency of its panicles of flowers to arch at the stem terminal and become pendulous. The blooms are purplish pink that fade to pink … commonly known as lilacs, are shrubs or small trees prized for their showy and fragrant blooms in late spring. The individual flowers are tubular in form and are borne in large panicles. While …
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… Clusters of white flowers are blushed lavender at the tips of the stems, featuring deep purple and silver stems and leaves. This 'nativar'—a … native species—is perfectly at home in our Chicago area soils and climate. Simply water enough to get the plants established in a sunny location. They attract a number of pollinator insects, …
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… The Chalk or Whitebark Maple is native to the southern United States from the Carolinas to eastern Texas. It can reach a height of 40 feet. … means "white skin". Its dark green foliage has three to five lobes with toothed margins. In the fall, the foliage turns to yellow, orange and deep red. …
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… This Celosia was bred to continue flowering even during the hottest summer days; a significant improvement over earlier … the first frost of fall. Plant 'Dark Purple' in full sun and in average soils, and water it to get the root system established; then only water it during periods of drought or when the leaves …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… tai chi is a beautiful, slow-moving meditation in motion. Move through a selection from the 24 forms and some qi gong. Class level is best for students new to tai chi or the Yang form, or for those who would like to refresh their practice. Class …
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… tai chi is a beautiful, slow-moving meditation in motion. Move through a selection from the 24 forms and some qi gong. Class level is best for students new to tai chi or the Yang form, or for those who would like to refresh their practice. Class …
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