… which fade to a pale yellow as they mature. The flowers are small but clustered together in large, flat-topped flowerheads 2 to 4 inches across. The stems stand 18 to 24 inches high with lacy, fernlike foliage. It blooms from June to September in sun to part shade. This cultivar is a member of the Seduction™ Series developed in the Netherlands. It is attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds, and resistant to deer, …
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… 'Lilac Beauty' has small rosy lilac flowers packed together in large flat topped flowerheads. With age, the color fades to a pink lilac. The stems stand 24 “tall with gray green fernlike foliage. It does best in full sun and blooms from early summer to early fall. It is attractive to buttterflies, bees … 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 the Trojan Wars in Greek mythology, who used the plant …
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… of densely packed, fluffy white flowers can reach 5-feet tall, making it a dramatic presence in the shade garden, particularly in late summer when not much else is in bloom there. 'White Pearl' may be slow to establish, but it's worth the wait. There are over …
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… Red baneberry is a tough Illinois native. In fact, it can survive temperatures to 30 below on the one hand, and wildfires on the other. And … great throughout the growing season. You get fluffy little white "bunny tails" of flowers in late spring; handsome foliage throughout summer; and clusters of red berries in the fall. There are over 35 different species of bugbane or Actaea , spanning Europe, Asia, …
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… Actaea , spanning Europe, Asia, and North America. They're generally woodland plants, happiest in dappled shade and cool, consistently moist soil. Most form mounds of toothed leaves and then in mid-summer send up tall spikes of tightly packed flowers, often followed by conspicuous … though there are pink varieties. Gardeners welcome those flowers as a tall vertical element in woodland gardens or shady border, especially because Actaeas bloom later in the season than …
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… If you are here in the fall or winter perhaps you see the small red fruits on this tree? In colonial times these fruits were called 'haws' and that's why this tree is called a hawthorn. … thorns too.) The Washington hawthorn is native to eastern north America where it would grow in open areas and on the margins of thickets. This tree has dark green glossy lobed leaves and in …
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… from the tropical rainforests of south-east Asia and northeastern Australia where it thrives in consistently moist, well-drained soils and partial shade. The leaves of this plant are a bright green with scalloped edges and can grow to three to six feet in length and point upward. Giant taro is not hardy in Chicago and the rhizomes can be lifted and overwintered in a cool, dry, dark location and …
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… This perennial grows to a height of 3-5 feet in full sun and moist soil conditions. It has tiny fragrant flowers in spherical umbels and attracts butterflies in July and August. While the usual color is pink, 'Ice Ballet' was selected for its glistening …
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… Large showy pink bracts subtend the clusters of drooping yellow flowers tipped in turquoise during the winter months in Chicago. The vase forming leaves are grayish-green with black spines along the edge. This bromeliad comes from the American tropics where it thrives in the top of tree canopies deriving nutrition from the leaf litter that blows/falls into the …
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… One of the earliest colchicum to come into flower, often in late August. The goblet shaped flowers mature to a flattened star shape. Mostly white flowers (or very pale lilac) with deeper lilac colored tips to the tepals. Plant in full sun in moist but well drained soils among companion plants that can accomodate the luxuriant foliage …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
