… This oval shade tree can grow as high as 75 feet with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. …
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… This specimen evergreen perennial grows to a height of 3 feet with partial to full shade and moist soil conditions. …
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… and pedagogue. As founding Artistic Director and composer for Healing Bells, she works with international journalists and filmmakers to tell underreported stories of social injustices … (2 vols). She applies her improvisation expertise to global styles, most recently with Global Rings and Global Rings Improv , two pedagogical, performance, and publication initiatives Ruiter-Feenstra led in collaboration with University of Michigan carillon students to diversify carillon repertoire and engage new and …
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… to injury and even death of young plants. Damage can be prevented by wrapping plant trunks with fine mesh hardware cloth or wire fencing with holes less than ¼ inch in diameter. The material will need to be buried a couple of inches … of the soil and can be as high as 4 feet to prevent rabbits from causing damage during winters with deep snow cover. Larger-diameter plastic corrugated cylinders can also be used by splitting …
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… to sunny, protected areas — but bring them back in at night. If necessary, spray fruit trees with dormant oil for insect control. If apple scab was a problem last year with crabapple or apple trees, be ready to start spraying with an approved fungicide as soon as the leaf buds begin to swell and open. Spray routine will …
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… This Asian native spirea can grow to a height of 3’ with a 5’ spread and is covered with small white flowers in May or June. This shrub can be planted in full sun in a wide range of … for the next season. The genus Spiraea consists of small to medium sized flowering shrubs with a fine-textured twiggy mounding habit. The small simple leaves are generally lance-shaped …
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… as the most attractive of the American prairie grasses. It is a clumping warm season grass with bright green leaves and delicate flower spikes that appear in late summer and early fall. … by back-lighting in early morning or late afternoon. This grass is a wonderful all year plant with bright green foliage in spring and summer, flower spikes in late summer, fall and winter, … can provide visual interest through the winter. This beauty is tough also, being able to cope with drought, deer, black walnut, pollution and clay soils while providing food for insects and …
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… can be planted just about anywhere; however, for naturalizing, a position in full sun with well-drained soils that tend to the dry side after mid-June is best. The Dutch, consummate … year’s flower. To dissuade gophers and voles (voles eat worms, not bulbs), interplant with narcissus, snowdrops, ornamental onions, or crown imperial fritillaries. Tulip species are almost all native to the higher elevation mountains in Central Asia, with a few outliers as far east as the mountains of North Africa. The generic name derives from …
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… Blanchet's vase plant produces sawtooth-edged chartreuse leaves overlain with red-orange. Colors are more intense grown in sun. The flower spikes are red and yellow. This … growing on the recesses of tree branches in tropical climates. They grow in rosettes, with narrow stiff leaves radiating from the center. Small flowers emerge from long-lasting … can be restarted from “pups”: small side shoots. They like filtered light and loose soil mixed with small bark chips to increase porosity. …
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… and a branched inflorescence of lax dull coral flowers. The leaves are thick and marked with horizontal bands of white spots creating a zebra pattern on the leaves. It has leaf margins edged with pungent brown teeth. Flowers appear in February to May but can also bloom during other parts … cold temperatures to around 25°F, making it useful for gardens in California and areas with similar climates. It would not be hardy in Chicago and would need to be taken indoors for …
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