… Amur deutzia is a deciduous shrub that can reach a height of 6 feet with a similar spread. It blooms in the spring with clusters of tiny, white 5-petaled flowers. It is not fussy about soil type or conditions as long as it is well drained, and it may be planted in full sun or partial shade. The genus Deutzia consists of medium sized flowering shrubs native …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: This cryptic bird is most often seen in large flocks during fall migration, flying erratically while catching insects. A member of the goat-sucker family, it is less likely to be seen when perched. …
Type: Birding
… needs full sun and moderate moisture conditions. It has pink flowers that attract butterflies in May and June, followed by edible red fruit. It is a specimen tree that is attractive to birds. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This rarely grown species is endemic to the southeast part of Brazil, where it is found growing in rocky areas. It has long tubular flowers. The pure white petals are reflexed …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… of the American beech once covered a large part of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky. It is a large and imposing tree at maturity with low, wide-spreading branches. Its fruit, a beechnut, is edible in fall. Autumn brings golden-brown leaf color; winter exposes the handsome thin gray bark, which … Fagus sylvatica or the European beech, accounts for the vast majority of cultivars used in landscaping. The Chicago Botanic Garden's collections contain three species but more than two …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This maple is also known as Acer cappadocicum var. cappacodicum or the Cappadocian Maple. It is native to … Iran. It can grow to a height of 20 feet with a spread of 10 feet. The foliage emerges yellow in spring, matures to green by summer and finally turns golden yellow to red in fall. Leaf Yellowish-green flowers bloom in corymbs (to 2"" long) in April ripening to the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Native to the United States, Hydrangea arborescens is an upright, deciduous shrub that prefers moist, well-drained soils in part shade. ‘Ryan Gainey’ is compact, growing to 3 feet tall and displaying dark green … hydrangea, but ‘Ryan Gainey’ has stronger stems that are less likely to flop. Flowers bloom in June and can last until October. Bloom occurs on new wood, so plants may be pruned back to the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Monte Cassino aster ( Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pringlei 'Monte Cassino') grows to 3 feet in height and is covered in white daisy-like flowers on mounded plants with wispy leaves in late fall. A native of North …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Flowering Japanese crabapple is a classic that is noted for its abundant fragrant flowers. The transition from bud to flower … the Chicago Botanic Garden. Crabapples are small flowering trees that provide a showy display in the spring landscape for 1 to 2 weeks. In addition to the eye-catching buds and flowers, their foliage, habit, and fruit make them …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Bayberries are dioecious, with male or female flowers on separate plants. Morton Male bayberry is the male plant and can be used as a pollinator for SILVER SPRITE TM bayberry, which is the … deep green foliage that SILVER SPRITE™ bayberry displays, while also remaining compact in size. The Male SILVER SPRITE™ bayberry also exhibits a deep eggplant-purple color during … Growers Association of Northern Illinois formed to promote plant cultivars that perform well in northern Illinois. This variety was selected by the Morton Arboretum. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
