… ) produces brilliant turquoise flowers accentuated by intensely orange anthers. Best grown in full sun with a very well-drained potting soil in low humidity, it takes years for a plant from seed to reach flowering size. To grow your own, … This particular accession was received as a small plant from the Huntington Botanical Garden in San Marino, California, in 1993, and has come into flower for the first time. You may be …
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… The yellow-green foliage mottled in dark green is attractive year round. In spring, and again in fall, spikes of exotic lady-slipper shaped flowers are produced well above the foliage. The …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This attractive vigorous native vine in the grape family can be found growing in woods throughout east and central North America. It has strong, thick stems covered with large … toothed leaves with five lobes. Each leaflet is about five inches long by two inches wide. In fall, the leaves turn a beautiful crimson. The flowers and fruit are not ornamentally …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This attractive vigorous native vine in the grape family can be found growing in woods throughout east and central North America. It has strong, thick stems covered with large … palmate toothed leaves with five lobes. 'Engelmannii' has smaller leaves than the species. In fall, the leaves turn a beautiful crimson. The flowers and fruit are not ornamentally …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… shrub native to the south-eastern parts of North America, where it is found along streams and in dry areas such as woodlands and rocky areas. Ninebark is named for its peeling bark on mature branches which reveal lighter bark underneath, although this is only noticeable in winter when the leaves have fallen. In late spring it bears clusters of small pink or white flowers. Nanus grows to a height and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… is native to the south-eastern parts of North America, where it is found along streams and in dry areas such as woodlands and rocky areas. Ninebark is named for its peeling bark on mature branches which reveal lighter bark underneath, although this is only noticeable in winter when the leaves have fallen. In late spring it bears clusters of small pink or white flowers. Nugget Ninebark grows to a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… is native to the south-eastern parts of North America, where it is found along streams and in dry areas such as woodlands and rocky areas. Ninebark is named for its peeling bark on mature branches which reveal lighter bark underneath, although this is only noticeable in winter when the leaves have fallen. In late spring it bears clusters of small pink or white flowers. Royalty Ninebark grows to a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… is native to the south-eastern parts of North America, where it is found along streams and in dry areas such as woodlands and rocky areas. Ninebark is named for its peeling bark on mature branches which reveal lighter bark underneath, although this is only notieable in winter when the leaves have fallen. In late spring it bears clusters of small pink flowers. SUMMER WINE® Ninebark grows to a height …
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… of our most beautiful native trees, with long, delicate, bluish-green thin needles that grow in bundles of five. Found growing in the eastern half of North America, white pines were once the predominant forest species in large parts of Pennsylvania, upstate New York and Michigan, until they fell to timber …
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… x cymosus ‘Mer de Glace' ("Sea of Ice") mock orange is a medium-sized shrub that covers itself in globular semi-double white flowers redolent of the fragrance of orange blossoms. This is an … by French plantsman Victor Lemoine. Undemanding as to culture, it is successful when planted in a sunny position and is virtually immune to insect and disease problems in the Chicago area. The leaves turn yellow in fall but the fruit capsules are small and not …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
