… Little Suzie’ is a medium-sized shrub that grows to a height of about 5’. Leaves are initially light green then … are slightly curled and crimped pale yellow petals that emerge from a brownish green calyx. It is a good garden plant due to its more compact habit and denser flowering. There is minimal leaf retention in winter. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… double lavender pink flowers with red centers and streaks of darker pink on the petals. This is an upright deciduous shrub 8 to 10 feet tall which blooms from mid to late summer. It is hardy in zones 5 – 9. Although when it was named syriacus, it was thought to have originated in Syria, the species is actually native to China and India. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 12 inches above a clump of medium green foliage. It blooms in late spring to early summer with 1 ¼ inch wide flowers that are semi doubles and face upward. Plant it in full sun to part shade. It is hardy in zones 4 – 8. It is attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds and is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Selection Joe Pye weed is a cultivar of a native plant of the eastern parts of North America. Selection is a heavy flowerer, bearing white or purplish-white flowers in late summer and early fall which … are attractive to many butterflies. Selection grows to about 6 feet tall and 4 feet wide. It is prone to attack by mildew so planting in a sunny spot with good circulation would be ideal. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Korean azalea ( Rhododendron yedoense var. poukhanense ) is a low-growing azalea covered with pink-mauve flowers in spring and orange to red fall color later in the season. Like other plants native to Korea, this species is winter hardy in many parts of the Upper Midwest, including the Chicago region. The cultivar is a hybrid of the straight species ( yedoense ) and the naturally occurring regional variant …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… in late spring to early summer with fragrant white flowers. This was found in Mississippi and is considered to be a naturally occurring hybrid of Phlox maculata. It is mildew resistant and hardy in zones 4 -8. The genus name is from the Greek word phlox meaning flame in reference to the many bright colors of some …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Native to western Turkey, Scilla sardensis is a clump-forming bulb producing showy blue flowers with little to any white in the center of … height of 6 feet under full sun to partial shade with moderate moisture conditions. The plant is used as a ground cover or as a specimen in a border. It is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… conifer needs full sun and moderate moisture conditions to reach a height of 3 feet. It is a specimen and is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Purple Fountain European beech is both a weeping and columnar form of the species and thus suitable for narrow spaces in the home landscape. It is a sport or naturally occurring variation of F. sylvatica 'Purpurea Pendula' but the foliage is not as deeply purple and it has a narrower habit than its parent. A wide range of cultivars of …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This perennial grows to a height of 2 feet with full sun and moist soil conditions. It is a ground cover and is native to the Midwest. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant