… daylily has pink and cream bi-tone colored flowers with a green throat. The 3 petals differ in color from the 3 sepals. The blooms appear early in the season and measure 4.5 inches. Each flower stays open for at least 16 hours. Our Diane is nocturnal. The blooms open up in the late afternoon and close the next morning. Although each flower lasts only one night, …
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… DOLCE® Cinnamon Curls Alumroot is an outstanding dark orange alumroot selection introduced in 2013. Grown for its foliage, Cinnamon Curls Alumroot has dark orange, thick, highly ruffled … a dense mound 8 inches tall by 12 inches wide. Insignificant cream colored flowers appear in early summer and increase the height to 18 inches. Best if grown in full sun to partial shade, it works well in containers, the front of mixed border plantings …
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… Spanish bluebells, bulbs native to the Iberian Peninsula, come in a variety of colors. Dainty Maid is rosy pink with a hint of lavender and dates back to 1944. Flower spikes measuring 12 inches tall are covered in dainty, bell-shaped flowers in April. They are good for mass planting and reliably hardy in the Chicago area. In its native …
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… United States is a stiffly upright shrub that can attain heights of 4 to 6 feet. Use it in the shrub border or in a lightly wooded area. The glossy, lobed, deep-green leaves in spring and summer give way to a mix of red, purple, and bronze fall color. The flowers of the …
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… of eastern north America. Phantom is a small form of Joe Pye weed reaching about 2 to 3 feet in height and about 1-2 feet in width making it an excellent plant for small gardens and borders. Its purplish-pink flower heads attract butterflies and pollinators in the summer and the seed heads provide food for birds in the winter months if not cut back in …
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… leaves spread out into a rosette. 'Oakhurst' has deep red-purple leaves. The flowers grow in eight-inch spikes atop sturdy burgundy scapes. Atop each spike is a tuft of red-purple bracts. … open to a rosy pink, and become creamy white when fully open. Pineapple lilies are best grown in summer containers in this area. They require full sun and need to be kept well-watered. They should bloom in late …
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… form. Its mature size is a clump 4 to 5 feet high. This ornamental grass begins blooming in August and has fluffy silver pink plumes. The foliage turns tan in the fall and remains decorative through winter. The dry winter foliage should be trimmed back in the spring before new foliage emerges to avoid damage to the new leaves. Arabesque is hardy in …
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… Narcissus ‘Minnow’ is in Division 8. This is a dwarf cultivar that stands only 5-6 inches high. It blooms in mid spring with 3 – 5 flowers on each stem. The flowers are only 1 inch wide with broad, … a straight mouth. The bulbs are toxic and will not be eaten by deer or rabbits. It is hardy in zones 5 – 9. The name Narcissus comes from the Greek word for narcotic and is tied to the myth …
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… Narcissus ‘Obdam’ is in Division 4. It stands 16 – 18 inches tall and blooms in mid to late spring with double flowers. The petals are white, while the corona segments open … the look of a peony. The bulbs are toxic and will not be eaten by deer or rabbits. It is hardy in zones 4 – 8. The name Narcissus comes from the Greek word for narcotic and is tied to the myth …
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… Narcissus ‘Rip Van Winkle’ is in Division 4. It stands 5 -8 inches high and blooms very early in the season. The yellow flowers are 2 inches wide, double and fragrant . The petals are arranged in multiple whorls, while the corona segments are clustered at the center and loosely …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
