… compact growth, a uniform arrangement of branches forming a full crown, and rapid growth. It is a male cultivar, will not produce the distinctive smelly female Ginkgo fruit, and has the … mature to a 55 foot tall by 40 foot wide tree and will work well as a shade or street tree. It is one of the most pollution-tolerant trees and works well in the city. Ginkgo is sometimes called the maidenhair tree due to its beautiful fan shaped leaves that resemble a …
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… Galaxy Alumroot is an amazing variegated red hybrid Heuchera with large leaves patented by Terra Nova Nurseries in 2014. It is a smaller plant, maturing to a mound 9 inches tall and 12 inches wide. White flowers on dark … as color accents in containers, massed as a groundcover or in the front row of a border. It is deer resistant, heat tolerant and attracts birds and bees. I milder climates the foliage is …
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… of tubular yellow flowers with long stamens and pistils protruding from the flowers. The fruit is a dry capsule with long filaments. Diervilla sessilifolia , native to the Southeast, named for the very short petioles on the leaves, is also distinguished by four thin ridges running along the branches. Fall color is reddish-purple. Bush honeysuckles, native to dry woods and clearings, are adaptable to many …
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… Caribbean copper plant is a tropical American plant with foliage that provides a burst of rich burgundy red color to a garden. Outdoors in warmer climates it is a large shrub or small tree reaching 12 feet high, with a nice rounded habit. The broad … to Cotinus , the genus for our native smoke bush, which it resembles from a distance. This is more closely related to poinsettias, though, and it has milky sap that can be irritating to …
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… Pamina anemone or Pamina windflower is originally from China and Japan where it grows wild on hillsides and beside streams. It is called a windflower because the long flower stems move in the slightest breeze. Pamina bears … and naturalize over time. Because of its size and the beauty and timing of its flowering it is a useful addition to a border, and is suitable as a specimen plant. …
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… Flowering Japanese crabapple is a classic that is noted for its abundant fragrant flowers. The transition from bud to flower offers a color range from almost red to pink to white. The fruit is yellow with a pinkish blush. This species is extensively planted at the Chicago Botanic …
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… Bayberries are dioecious, with male or female flowers on separate plants. Morton Male bayberry is the male plant and can be used as a pollinator for SILVER SPRITE TM bayberry, which is the female and will produce fruit. They bloom at the same time. The male form has the same … a deep eggplant-purple color during the winter for additional display value. This shrub is a Chicagoland Grows® selection. Chicagoland Grows® is a plant introduction partnership of the …
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… Narcissus ‘Acropolis’ is in Division 4. It stands 13 – 18 inches tall and blooms in mid to late spring with double … whorls with segments of the white corona interspersed. The base of each corona segment is marked with flecks of deep orange. Acropolis is hardy in zones 3 – 9. Narcissus should be planted in average, well-drained soil in full sun or …
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… Narcissus ‘Bell Song’ is in Division 7. This is a dwarf narcissus that blooms late in the spring with 2 -3 flowers on each stem. The flowers … are pale yellow but become white as they mature. The petals are slightly reflexed. The corona is a light yellowish pink and cup shaped with a straight mouth. The bulbs are toxic and will not …
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… Narcissus ‘W.P. Milner’ is in Division 1. This is a dwarf cultivar that blooms in early to mid spring. It has 2 ¼ inch flowers which face … a small point at the tip. They open pale yellow but become white as they mature. The corona is cylindrical with an expanded mouth. It opens yellow and usually turns white, although it may …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
