… Iris 'Rave On' is a vibrant orange with bright orange beards, creamy white signals and ruffled petals. It stands 36 inches high and blooms in mid to late season. This is a tall bearded iris which typically blooms after the dwarf irises but before the Japanese and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Iris 'Silken Trim' is a stunning deep wine color with ruffled petals. The falls are a little darker than the … yellow. The stems stand 36 inches high with 2 branches and double socketed buds. It blooms in late season. The foliage is blue green and sword shaped. This is an excellent cut flower and is attractive to butterflies …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The horse chestnut is native to the Balkans. This cultivar is a dwarf form. It has panicles of white flowers that appear in spring. Fall color is not vivid (yellows and browns). It can tolerate some shade and has …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Muscari neglectum is native to Europe, northern Africa, and southwestern Asia. The scapes stand 4 -8 inches high with narrow, linear leaves at the base. It blooms in March and April with very dark blue, almost black, fertile flowers with white lobes, as well as smaller, paler flowers that are sterile. It is long blooming and easy to grow, but it is invasive and is considered undesirable by some …
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… How to Identify Poison Ivy Poison ivy takes many forms, so it is particularly important for parents, camp counselors, hikers, gardeners, and anyone who enjoys the outdoors to become familiar with its characteristics in all seasons. It can grow as a sprawling ground cover, a woody shrub, or a woody vine climbing fences, trees, telephone poles, or even buildings in more rural areas. Urushiol, the resin responsible for producing allergic reactions in people, …
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… Ajuga reptans 'Burgundy Glow', common bugleweed, is a creeping rhizomatous evergreen spreading rapidly by stolons. It has spoon-shaped, tri-colored leaves suffused with deep wine-red. Dark blue flowers are borne in whorls up to 6 inches tall in late spring. Burgundy Glow is a colorful ground cover that will brighten up shady areas. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Snowy Bishop's Cap is an attractive groundcover. It forms a busy mound of dark green heart-shaped leaves with bronze-reddish new growth and fall color. Snowy white flowers appear in mid to late Spring. Snowy Bishop's Cap grows well in sun or partial shade, and is tolerant of soil and moisture conditions. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… among the dark green, almost black, linear shaped leaves. This slow to spread groundcover is not winter hardy in most Chicago gardens, unfortunately. Tolerates shade and drought, once established. In tropical gardens it is frequently used as a substitute for lawn grasses. …
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… Yoshimo cherry is a small ornamental flowering tree that attains heights of 20' to 30'. Use this tree as a specimen plant. This hybrid blooms in early spring with flowers that vary from pink to white and are quite fragrant. Shiny black fruits appear in late summer. Fall color is usually yellow. An unusual cherry …
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… 12 inches tall, dwarf lily-of-the-Nile, or Peter Pan agapanthus ( Agapanthus 'Peter Pan'), is a beautiful mini version of traditional agapanthus. From early summer through fall, this cultivar displays delicate blue flowers borne in rounded umbels at the end of inflorescences to 18 inches tall, held above clumps of … season there has bred drought resistance into those cultivars. Agapanthus tend to be evergreen in coastal areas, with deciduous species occurring in inland regions. This plant's very strong …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
