… stand 2’ tall with dark green fernlike foliage. It blooms from early summer to early fall. It is attractive to butterflies, bees and hummingbirds while resistant to deer, rabbits and drought. This is a favorite as a cut flower and is also excellent as a dried flower. The genus name Achillea is in reference to Achilles, hero of …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… blotch and leaf scorch ensures the dark green summer foliage persists all season. Fall foliage is bright red. The tree silhouette is uniform and attractive year-round. This tree is a Chicagoland Grows® selection. Chicagoland Grows® is a plant introduction partnership of the …
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… Pink Blush Aloe is a highly decorative dwarf aloe hybrid. Mature size is an upright rosette about 12 inches tall and from 8 to 12 inches wide. The leaves are green and white patterned with raised ridges of pink and pink toothed edges. The all over aspect is of a green aloe washed in pink with darker color toward the leaf tips and older leaves. The …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… flowers from late summer through fall on a perennial that tops out at 32 inches in height. It is best grown in shade to partial shade with room to spread over time. This cultivar is among the most heat and drought tolerant of the fall-blooming wind flowers. However, it still … consistently moist soil to avoid leaf burn and damage to the flowers. The deep green foliage is densely hirsute (hairy) on the underneath side and is rabbit resistant. The flowers attract …
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… The flora of Madagascar is as different from the flora of Illinois as possible, and silver thicket is a real curiosity. The entire shrub is a mass of thorns. There are no leaves, just pale, frosty blue-green branches and twigs that …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The golden shield fern or scaly male fern is native to the moist woodlands of eastern Europe and western Asia where it is an evergreen plant. It grows into a classic shuttlecock form with yellowish-green fronds when young, maturing into dark green fronds. The base of each frond is covered with distinctive tawny scales. This slow-growing fern can grow to about 3-4 feet high …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Echium fastuosum or Pride of Madeira, is a member of the Boraginaceae family, featuring spikes of blue flowers in spring. A native of … of Madeira in the Canary Island chain, this species has escaped cultivation in New Zealand and is on a watch list in Victoria, Australia - at the same time it is rare and endangered in it's native habitat. The leaves carry bristly hairs that can cause …
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… Marmalade Coral Bells is part of the MARMALADE™ Series created by Terra Nova Nurseries of Oregon. Introduced in … this striking Heuchera hybrid has highly ruffled robust bright pink and amber leaves. This is a very strong growing sturdy plant. Mature size is 10 inches tall by 18 inches wide. The tall clusters of tiny white flowers increase the height …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Spicebush is a large deciduous shrub native to wooded areas from Ontario to Texas and Florida. In late … crushed, the leaves, twigs, and berries are very aromatic, reminiscent of bayberry. Spicebush is tolerant of sun or shade, but does require a good, well-drained soil. It is a host plant for the spicebush swallowtail caterpillar. Since male and female selections are …
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… has unusual foliage texture that looks like the scales of a crocodile. This epiphytic fern is a native of the equatorial rainforests of south-east Asia and Polynesia where it enjoys … of this fern are long and strappy and can grow to 4 feet long in the wild, although 2 feet is more typical in most houseplants. Since the crocodile fern is epiphytic, care should be taken to ensure that the growing medium is light and freely …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
