… These orange flowers with rose undertones feature yellow tips to the flowers typically around mid-May, in Chicago-area gardens. The tall stems hold the flowers … change throughout the day. Like other members of the Triumph class of tulips, this cultivar is best enjoyed as an annual. …
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… by-16-inch hardy perennial. Descended from native parents, this cultivar is well-adapted to Chicago's climate and soil. It flowers best when planted in full sun and in well-drained soil. Protect the young plants from rabbits in …
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… I love coming home to my quiet, tree-lined Chicago neighborhood, but one thing I miss about urban living is ample … stairs. Growing an herb container doesn’t require a whole lot of space, luckily. To find the best inspiration, I turned to Lisa Hilgenberg, horticulturist for the Regenstein Fruit & … work if that’s allowed on your porch, or a strawberry jar with a dozen holes in it. You can get really creative." Consider the light: Most herbs like at least four to six hours of bright, …
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… by clippers. In woodlands it may be seen climbing high into trees, where it may be mistaken for poison ivy, but remember –poison ivy has leaves of three. Its best use in the garden is to cover a semi-shady slope or a sturdy fence. It can climb walls, hanging on with its tendrils, …
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… by clippers. In woodlands it may be seen climbing high into trees, where it may be mistaken for poison ivy, but remember –poison ivy has leaves of three. Its best use in the garden is to cover a semi-shady slope or a sturdy fence. It can climb walls, hanging on with its tendrils, …
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… Native to the Midwest, 'Red Bull' grows 88 inches tall and 48 inches wide, with its green leaves turning … the fall. The purple flowers appear on the stems in the late summer and early fall. It grows best in full sun and moist, well-drained soil and enjoys the heat. It is most effective when grouped into large drifts and makes an excellent ground cover for parks, highway medians, prairie gardens, and perennial beds. The genus Andropogon contains …
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… rose ( Rosa 'Auspeet') is a selection of the David Austin English shrub roses which grows to 4 feet in height and features rich, yellow flowers opening to produce a shallow cup of … This cultivar produces some of the largest of the roses in the David Austin series. It is best grown in full sun with room to grow to its full height, and space around it for air circulation to discourage foliar diseases such as black spot and powdery mildew. Like …
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… Eremurus stenophyllus , or Bunge desert candle, sends up a spike to 3.5 feet tall with hundreds of yellow flowers from a rosette of foliage that resembles yucca … early summer. After flowering, the plants go dormant fairly rapidly, leaving the tall spike to mature the seed capsules. The seeds disperse in fall and sound like a rattle when hit by the … where snow melt provides moisture early in the year. It bursts into growth in a very dramatic way. The foliage seems to spring from the ground, followed by the tall spikes of flowers. …
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… introduction from Princeton Nurseries in New Jersey. Its oval habit makes it a good candidate for narrower home spaces. The white blooms in spring followed by bird-friendly black fruit in summer and yellow to orange-scarlet fall color are typical of the species. Members of the genus Amelanchier offer … usually multi-stemmed. Found at woodland's edge in the their native habitats, amelanchiers are best used in a naturalistic setting in the home landscape. Amelanchiers are native to temperate …
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… of the founders of the Royal Horticultural Society in the 18th century, forsythias are medium to large shrubs that produce four- petaled clusters of bell-shaped flowers in the axils of the … soils and varying moisture, but the flower buds may be tender on older cultivars. Pruning is best done immediately after flowering, giving new growth time to form flower buds. Never shear … natural shapes are graceful enough. Golden Times Girald forsythia is a selection grown as much for the foliage as for the yellow bell-like flowers. The leaves are quite different from the …
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