… areas — but bring them back in at night. If necessary, spray fruit trees with dormant oil for insect control. If apple scab was a problem last year with crabapple or apple trees, be ready … weeks after petal drop. Wet weather will only aggravate the problem. Call Plant Information for exact timing and recommended fungicides.Fertilize fruit trees and brambles. If growing fruit trees for their fruit yields, begin a spray program for insects and disease. Call Plant Information for …
Type: Plant Info
… Lemon Drop bluestar is named for its lemon-yellow fall foliage and not for the color of its flowers, which are steel blue. Members of the genus Amsonia are commonly known as bluestars for the abundant small blue flowers borne in clusters at the stem tips in late spring or early …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… hardy in the Chicago area; the bulbs should be dug up in the fall, stored in a cool, dry place during the winter, and replanted in the spring after all threat of frost has passed. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… hardy in the Chicago area; the rhizomes should be dug up in the fall, stored in a cool, dry place during the winter, and replanted in the spring after all threat of frost has passed. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… hardy in the Chicago area; the bulbs should be dug up in the fall, stored in a cool, dry place during the winter, and replanted in the spring after all threat of frost has passed. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
Metallica Elephant's Ear is a striking plant with large, puckered, heart-shaped, dark greenish-black leaves, and purplish-black veins on the undersides of the leaves. A jungle plant, it prefers shady conditions and rich consistently moist soils and protection from drying or damaging winds and harsh afternoon sunlight. These conditions can be achieved in a pot placed in a sheltered location, or as …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… honey-scented flowers. The hairy leaves deter deer and rabbits from munching on this plant. Place 'Red Rocket' in full sun, in well-drained soils, and stake as needed to keep upright. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
Cool Gold piggyback plant is a native of the cool forests of western north America. It takes its name from the plantlets that grow from on top of more mature leaves and appear to be piggybacking on them. Cool Green has bright yellowish-green heart-shaped leaves that are covered in tiny hairs. The plant grows to form a mound about eight inches high but extends when each plantlet puts roots down. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… by Carl G. Klehm. Plant in full sun, in moderately fertile and moist soils, and leave it place! This plant is free of insects and diseases. All peonies dislike disturbance of their root …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… the willowy stems from spring into mid-summer. Use in containers and directly in flower beds for their eye-catching color and motion in even slight breezes. The flowers are very attractive to pollinator insects searching for nectar. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
