… When mature, this plant will reach heights in excess of 50 feet to grace the garden with its oval shape. Use yellow buckeye as a shade tree. Showy yellow flowers are produced at the tip of each branch in a 6-inch panicle. It flowers in May after the leaves emerge. Fall color ranges from yellow to orangish-brown. This lesser …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 6 by 9-inch mound with heart-shaped leaves marked with dark green and silver-white. It blooms in colors ranging from white to reddish-pink to purple in late winter/early spring. Cyclamen coum clumps go dormant in the summer and prefer to be very dry during this rest period. This can be accomplished by …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… single flowers are produced from June to mid-October on this deciduous shrub to about 3 feet in size. Plant 'Primrose Beauty' in full sun and in moderately to well- drained soil, and prune back the older woody stems every couple of years …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… late summer through fall. The billowy mounds of foliage on this cultivar top out at 4 feet in size (in comparison to the species, which can grow 5 to 6 feet tall). Grow in full sun, in low-fertility soils, and water only during the most severe droughts once the root …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The leaflets appear to be pleated, an appearance which is enhanced by this difference in color. The Miraguama palm grows to about 30 feet tall in suitable conditions. This palm is not hardy in Chicago and must be overwintered in a warm sunny greenhouse. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… red flowers held just above the thick, fleshy, triangular leaves. A native of the Ceres Karoo in South Africa, this plant does not tolerate frost or excessive moisture. In its natural setting, the seeds (nutlets) are held in the fruiting capsule until the next rainfall event, during which they are forcibly ejected. It …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… derives from its medium-green foliage that turns an attractive heather purple to plum purple in winter. It is easily grown in average, moist, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. This plant functions well as a landscape specimen or as a hedge in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… from June-July and new wood from August through October. Flower color is dependent on the soil in which the hydrangea is planted – blue in acidic soils and rose-pink in alkaline soils – and color will change as the flowers age. It is hardy to zone 4 so will …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… bracts (the actual flowers are not showy) on top of a perennial plant growing to 3 feet in height by 4 feet in width. Green willowlike leaves that spiral out from the stems turn bright orange and yellow in fall. This species tolerates moist soil, and dry soil later in the growing season. Deer find …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Deep red bracts in a rosette are produced above the dark green leaves that are slightly curved. The bright gold flowers (cyathia) tucked within the center of the bracts are larger and last longer than in most varieties of poinsettia. Keep poinsettias in a brightly lit environment with good air movement and poke a hole in the bottom of the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
