… Album White Catawba Rhododendron is considered an ironclad vigorous grower with medium-sized leaves. In late season, pale lilac … 2½ inches high with green clashes in the throat. This rhododendron tolerates sun and wind, and is beautiful in a border or as a specimen near the house. …
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… ‘Coral Carpet’ is an herbaceous perennial that grows to a maximum height of approximately 6 inches under full … and early summer it produces pink and white blooms that are attractive to butterflies. It is also resistant to deer. The plant can be used as a ground cover. …
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… Tufted buttercup is a mounded native wildflower with small basal leaves and yellow flowering stalks that grows 6 … or sandy soil, making it perfect addition to the rock garden. Attractive to butterflies, it is the earliest buttercup to bloom, beginning in March and continuing through June. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Eagle Rock Virginia pipevine is derived from a plant native to the shaded forests of eastern North America. It is a small clumping plant with medium green arrow-head shaped leaves and bears showy pipe-shaped …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… of Hummelo alpine betony ( Stachys officinalis 'Hummelo') throughout the summer. This cultivar is a butterfly magnet whose flowers are also noted for long vase life indoors. This is a reliable perennial in the Chicago area if planted in locations that don't stay waterlogged …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… shaded locations with moist soils. The spent flowers drop off on their own, meaning there is no need to deadhead. This plant is insect and disease resistant. Its parent species are native to Florida, which explains their …
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… PEACH PERFECTION® Abelia is a new shrub with tricolor leaves that change from orange to yellow and then green as the season progresses. With white flowers and red stems, this is a beautiful plant. It requires a sunny spot in the garden and blooms from spring into fall. …
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… This buckeye is native to Japan and China. It is large (60 feet high, 40 feet wide) compared to other buckeyes. It blooms with panicles of …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… and black stems complete the ornamental characteristics of this cultivar. Fragrance in dahlias is very rare and the chocolate scent is carried in only one species that was only recently moved to the genus Dahlia from Cosmos . …
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… in May in a dazzling display that can last for weeks. This easy-to-care-for hardy shrub is forgiving of poor soils, which endears it to Chicago area gardeners. Free of insect and diseases, its one drawback is the musty socks smell of the flowers. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
