… since 2007. Her energetic and interactive shows engage all ages, genders, and capacities with a mix of singing and dancing, games and high fives, colorful scarves, and her signature rockstar jump! First, spice it up with ¡Super Stolie Guacamole! and the Avocados. Stolie has spent the past five winter seasons … family. Then, after a quick costume change, Super Stolie and the Rockstars continue the party with a dynamic batch of fun, original kids’ songs from her four albums, traditional nursery …
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… native habitats in Asia, in our part of the world it grows to a height of just over 49 feet with full sun to partial shade and moist soil conditions. Fragrant greenish white flowers appear … While it's related to the fuzzy kiwis we see in groceries, the grape-size berries are sweeter, with smooth, edible skins. If you don't want to eat the berries, the birds will. This is a very … vigorous vine, growing 15 to 20 feet in a season. Planting in infertile soil will slow growth. With frequent pruning you can keep it under control, but do provide strong support...the vines …
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… 'Glauca' is one of several cultivars of noble fir with intensely turquoise-blue needles. It is not a dwarf and can reach 60 feet in height, with a narrow pyramidal form. Noble firs, which can live to 300 years or longer, are evergreen … of the resin. Five-inch cones, vivid red-purple when young, sit upright on the branches, with bracts protruding and draping over the cone scales. Noble in stature, they become narrow …
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… evergreen fir native to the northeastern United States and Canada. Growing upwards of 50 feet with short dark-green to blue-green needles, it has a narrow pyramidal form with upswept branches. It is primarily grown as a Christmas tree by the nursery trade but may be … dry air for too long. It requires good, loose soil. It will not thrive for too long in areas with hot, dry summers. …
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… Growing 15 feet tall with a similar spread, fullmoon maple has a spherical growth habit and beautiful leaves, similar to those of Japanese maple, rounded with up to 11 sharply pointed lobes. It makes a magnificent specimen plant. Its flowers, which … small specimen tree. It is noted for having large shallowly lobed leaves (to 6" across) with coarsely toothed margins. The foliage emerges in bronze tones, matures to green and develops …
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… Whorled milkweed is the tiniest and cutest milkweed native to Illinois, although not as showy, with greenish-tinged white flowers. It grows in dry fields and along embankments and highways. It … the shore south of the Lavin Plant Evaluation Garden. It can take drought but can’t compete with taller plants. Growing to about 1.5 feet in height, the leaves are linear and crowded in … stems. The flowers clusters appear atop the stems in mid-summer. The flowers are complex, with five reflexed sepals and five forward-pointing petals. Each petal has a “hood” at the base …
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… United States. It prefers semi-shade and rich well drained soil. It has fuzzy green leaves with shadings of purple and brown. It flowers later than other Alumroots, putting up its fuzzy dark colored flower stalks with cream flowers in late summer and fall. The mature size is a leafy mound 18 inches tall by 18 … owe their summer beauty to this plant's genes. It works well as a ground cover or mixed with other shade loving plants. It is resistant to deer, will tolerate growing under Black Walnut …
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… Twist of Lime Alumroot is a bright chartreuse yellow Heuchera hybrid with a twist. It has bright green yellow leaves with wavy textured edges. The ruffled edges diminish as the leaves mature, but new leaves … hummingbirds and resistant to deer, the foliage also remains attractive all winter in areas with milder climates. At a maturity it creates a low mound of bright colored leaves 10 inches …
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… Large creamy white flowers with soft green perianth tubes from mid-September to early October. Plant in full sun and moist … have become so congested they start to push up to the surface of the soil. Interplant corms with companion plants that begin growth late in the season to accommodate the luxuriant spring … vulgaris . All parts of the plant are toxic and should not be ingested. The toxins interfer with normal cell growth. The genus name pays homage to the ancient kingdom of Colchis at the …
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… 'Fried Bananas' is a large (20 inches tall, 40 inches wide) hosta with oval to heart-shaped chartreuse leaves. These become more yellow as they mature and if they are given bright light. It blooms with fragrant, white flowers in late summer. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy-to-grow, and … take 3-8 years for hostas to reach their full size. They all prefer moist, loamy soil enriched with organic matter. Some leaf damage by slugs is to be expected. Deer find hosta delicious. …
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