… Q. Is there an all-purpose mulch I can use throughout the different areas of my garden? A. Looking in garden centers today, with choices ranging from white stone to shredded cypress to cocoa shells, it appears the selection of mulch materials is never-ending. One of the best …
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… the top of white snakeroot (was: Eupatorium rugosum ) for much of the fall. The plant grows up to 5 feet tall and 3 feet wide. Chicago-area gardeners should take care to deadhead this plant before the seeds are dispersed (toward the end of October) to prevent … to slightly dry soils. Butterflies, bees, wasps, and moths all cover this plant when it is in full bloom—it is truly a pollinator magnet. A toxin (tremetol) found in this plant is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Alumroot has gold-green leaves with contrasting dark red veins. This electric combination is reflected in its cultivar name. It is a Heuchera villosa hybrid from Terra Nova Nurseries in … a target for leaf scorch in hot afternoon sun, so Red Lightning Alumroot would prefer partial to full shade for the best leaf color. It will mature to a leafy mound 11 inches high and 16 inches wide, the scapes of foamy white flowers will appear …
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… Noted for its yellow margins that resist burning, Olive Bailey Langdon is a large (3 feet tall by 5 feet wide) blue-leaved hosta with wide, light green to yellow margins. It is a sport of H . 'Sieboldiana' and blooms with purple flowers in summer. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks …
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… Honeybells is a fairly large hosta (2 feet high by 3 feet wide) with elliptical, wavy, shiny green leaves. … with highly fragrant pale lavender flowers. Like other hostas, it prefers moist soil and shade to partial shade. It is a native of Japan. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks …
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… Red kalanchoe ( Kalanchoe) is one of about 125 species of tropical, succulent, perennial flowering plants in the … their ease of propagation, low water requirements, and wide variety of colors. They can grow to 2 feet in height and width with blossoms that are typically borne above the leaves in large, … clusters of five petals with yellow stamens. The flowers can last anywhere from seven days to a month. The large, smooth, leathery leaves are 2 1/2 inches long and 1 1/2 inches wide, with …
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… Norway spruce is a tall evergreen tree native to the cool forests of Europe where it can grow to over 200 feet in height. In the US it tends to grow to only about 60 feet tall and about 30 …
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… The Ural false spirea is a medium-sized spreading shrub native to northern Asia, from the Ural Mountains to Japan. An unusual summer-flowering shrub, it spreads by suckers and will form large colonies. …
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… This species is endemic to west Hubei, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in China. It was first discovered in 1875 by a surgeon in the Russian army and introduced to western cultivation in 1908. It blooms heavily in winter through early spring and is …
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… The southern wood fern is native to the southern parts of north America where it thrives in the summer heat and high … rich moist soils that do not dry out. Under optimal conditions the southern wood fern can grow to 4 feet in height and width, making it a spectacular addition to any garden or fernhouse. This …
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