… This perennial bulb blooms in early spring with white blooms with a yellow eye. Multiple (3 to 6) flowers appear on 6” stems. It should be planted in full sun in average, well-drained soil. Foliage should not be removed until it turns yellow. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… that slowly forms a dark green mat 6" X 12". It blooms with tiny white, pink-veined flowers in late spring. It prefers average, sharply drained soils in full sun. It should be sited in a protected location. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… produces multiple stems with nine or more flowers each. The flowers have five burgundy petals in a half-circle with a white lip edged in red. It is a terrestrial orchid, which means it should be planted in soil rather than bark chips. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… her to the instrument. She became a Carillonneur member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America in 2020 and is currently studying with Eddy Mariën at the Royal Carillon School in Mechelen, Belgium. She has performed on carillons in Belgium, Canada, Japan, the UK, and the …
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… Annual plants reach up to 5 feet in height and are topped by cascading masses of coral colored flowers (bracts) from summer … through early fall. Plant outdoors only after the soils have warmed (June first or later) in well drained soils in full sun. Once established the plants thrive during the hot, humid, droughty summers. Young …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… aloe ( Aloe castanea ) features dark orange-brown flowers that adorn the curved flower spike in mid-winter. The gray-green leaves have darker teeth along the edges and can reach 5 feet in length. With age, this single-trunked aloe species can grow to 12 feet in height. The nectar is a rich chestnut brown color, which is distinctive in the genus. The …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… short flowering spikes above the low-mounded foliage produce red-orange tubular flowers tipped in gray. The leaves are gray green and feature a multitude of white spines throughout the leaf surfaces, leading to the common name of hedgehog aloe. Grow this plant in exceptionally well-drained soils and in full sun for best flower production. Once established, watering is required only during …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Meadow anemone ( Anemone canadensis ), a perennial in the buttercup family, prefers moist soil, colonizing along rivers and low, moist meadows. White, five-petaled flowers with yellow centers dance above bright green foliage in spring. The leaves are deeply cleft into five toothy lobes; leaves on the flowering stems, in opposite pairs, appear to encircle the stem. This rhizomatous perennial grows from 1 to 2 feet …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… flowers on sturdy stems held well above. This anemone is recommended as a cool season annual in Chicago-area gardens, in shaded to full sun locations. Adventurous gardeners might be able to have them return in following years, if they plant them in a sheltered microclimate, moisture-retentive, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This tropical perennial thrives in low light, high humidity, warm temperatures, and growing conditions where it produces magenta … throughout the year. It is pollinated by a number of tropical bees that visit the pollen sacs in a spiral up the inflorescence. The seeds are contained in a berry with juicy, sticky sap that birds try to remove by wiping their bills on surrounding …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
