… Narcissus ‘Harlequin’ is in Division 2. It blooms in early to mid spring with 4 inch flowers. The petals are white with a touch of yellow at the base. The corona is a brilliant reddish orange shading to yellow at the base. The bulbs are toxic and will not be eaten by deer or rabbits. The name Narcissus comes from the Greek word for narcotic and is tied to the myth of a young man known as Narcissus who fell in love with his own reflection. …
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… Narcissus ‘Grower’s Pride’ is in Division 1. It blooms in early to mid spring with 2½ inch flowers that have a sweet scent. The petals are broad and yellow while the corona is golden yellow, long and funnel shaped. The bulbs are toxic and will not be eaten by deer or rabbits. The name Narcissus comes from the Greek word for narcotic and is tied to the myth of a young man known as Narcissus who fell in love with his own reflection. …
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… Iris ‘ Again and Again’ is a lovely creamy yellow Tall Bearded Iris with a sweet fragrance. The standards are a pale … sit on top of 3 ft high stems are very wide with lots of ruffles. As the name implies, this is a repeat bloomer. In 2001 Again and Again was awarded Honorable Mention. Iris is the name of the Greek goddess of the rainbow. The classic fleur de lis which has been a symbol …
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… The Pyrenees Star of Bethlehem is a native of rocky mountain hillsides from the Pyrenees in Spain right across southern Europe to Turkey and the Caucasus mountains. It is also known as Bath asparagus as the flower spikes are edible and the plant was cultivated for … flowers that appear in showy 1 foot tall flower spikes in May and June. The common name is after the star of Bethlehem that appeared in the biblical account of the birth of Jesus. It …
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… Paeonia suffruticosa, ‘Yae-Zakura’ is covered in double soft pink flowers up to 9” across. This cultivar can eventually reach 7’ x 7’ in size but is slow to establish. Young plants should be planted 4” – 6” deeper than they were previously grown – one of the few times planting ‘deep’ is recommended. The extra depth provides the woody part of the peony to produce its own roots. …
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… Opening Night™ ( Rosa 'Jacolber') is a tall-growing hybrid tea rose—to 4 feet—featuring clear, fire-engine red, 5-inch blooms with just a hint of fragrance. This cultivar produces 16-inch long stems and is perfect for cutting and bringing indoors. The parents of this cultivar are two of the best red hybrid tea roses, 'Olympiad' and 'Ingrid Bergman'. Site this heat-tolerant cultivar toward the back of the flower bed to accommodate its height. …
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… White Lights azalea is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub that grows slowly, reaching a final height and width of about 5 feet. White Lights is completely smothered in pinkish-white fragrant blossoms in mid-spring. Like most azaleas, it prefers a partly shaded site, with protection from afternoon sun, such as on a northerly or eastern frontage. It requires …
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… in the center and are produced on disease-resistant plants with glossy deep green leaves. This is an offspring of the famous Carefree Wonder rose; the first of the disease-resistant roses that … so easy to grow, they are referred to as landscape roses. This plant attracts pollinators but is not fragrant. It needs full sun, and fertile, well-drained soils, and space around it to encourage good air movement. This is one of a very few, if not the only, deep red roses in the landscape group. …
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… that open to double golden-yellow petals, shading to orange at the center of the flower. This is another of the really tough shrub roses to be released by Iowan and noted breeder Griffith … fungus and mildew on a bushy habit that reaches 4 feet high by 3 feet wide. This color range is more typically found in hybrid tea roses and is a real treat for USDA Zone 5 gardeners (like those in the Chicago area) who prefer not to …
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… Peking mock orange is a dense compact deciduous shrub that is native to China and Korea. It bears fragrant single creamy white flowers in May to June and grows to about six feet in height and width. While this shrub is adaptable to a range of conditions, it prefers sunny locations and consistently moist soils, …
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