… 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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… Selection Joe Pye weed is a cultivar of a native plant of the eastern parts of North America. Selection is a heavy flowerer, bearing white or purplish-white flowers in late summer and early fall which … are attractive to many butterflies. Selection grows to about 6 feet tall and 4 feet wide. It is prone to attack by mildew so planting in a sunny spot with good circulation would be ideal. …
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… Tempelhof Hinoki cypress is a native of Japan, where they are used in the timber industry. Hinoki cypress is considered sacred by the Shintos. ‘Tempelhof’ is a broad, cone-shaped conifer with deep-green foliage growing in broad overlapping whorls on …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… wide flowers that are semi doubles and face upward. Plant it in full sun to part shade. It is hardy in zones 4 – 8. It is attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds and is resistant to deer. …
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… Little Suzie’ is a medium-sized shrub that grows to a height of about 5’. Leaves are initially light green then … are slightly curled and crimped pale yellow petals that emerge from a brownish green calyx. It is a good garden plant due to its more compact habit and denser flowering. There is minimal leaf retention in winter. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… double lavender pink flowers with red centers and streaks of darker pink on the petals. This is an upright deciduous shrub 8 to 10 feet tall which blooms from mid to late summer. It is hardy in zones 5 – 9. Although when it was named syriacus, it was thought to have originated in Syria, the species is actually native to China and India. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… in late spring to early summer with fragrant white flowers. This was found in Mississippi and is considered to be a naturally occurring hybrid of Phlox maculata. It is mildew resistant and hardy in zones 4 -8. The genus name is from the Greek word phlox meaning flame in reference to the many bright colors of some …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
