… featured on this self-cleaning sage with remarkable heat tolerance. This non-hardy perennial is a pollinator magnet with special importance to migrating hummingbirds and butterflies in the … soils that dry between waterings are ideal conditions for this plant. This improved selection is shorter than the original cultivar and produces more flowers. 2020 – Ball Horticultural … @ Chicago Botanic Garden Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… encourage the stems to get too tall and flop over. Tolerant of droughts once the root system is well-established, this fall bloomer is insect-, disease-, rabbit-, and deer-resistant. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… Iris cristata has blue to lavender flowers with a distinctive orange blotch. It is a dwarf iris standing only 6 inches high, native to floodplains from Maryland to Oklahoma. It thrives in shade, spreads rapidly, and is resistant to deer and rabbits. The name iris was taken from the Greek goddess of the rainbow … of the iris flower. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… This is an extremely adaptable iris with foot-long, strap-like, arching, attractive gray-green leaves. … shape but also from the historical fact that it was grown on thatched roofs in the Orient. It is more shade-tolerant than most irises. Its unusually shaped flowers set this iris apart Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… sun. It can grow in a number of different soil conditions but cannot tolerate wet soils. It is non-flowering, but it occasionally produces berry-like seed cones. It has spiny, bluish-green foliage that may become tinged with purple in the winter. This is another deer-resistant juniper grown primarily as a ground cover. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… The queen of phlox, this species is a tall perennial native to lightly shaded woodlands of eastern and central North America. … from July to September. In hot, humid weather, mildew may develop on the leaves. Garden phlox is perhaps the most popular phlox used in the perennial border. Today, there are many superior … cultivars on the market. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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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 … width. This very large pyramidal tree with stiff, dark needles and graceful pendulous branches is good for large yards and open spaces. A classic evergreen tree for large spaces as either a … or as part of a screen. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… Blue Dragon spruce is an upright pyramidal conifer. It is initially slow-growing, but once established, it grows vigorously reaching 65 feet tall by 25 … create a screen or hedge. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… it retains its lower branches better than most white pines and can function as a screen. It is distinguished by clusters of five dark-green needles. Unusual, seldom-used pine. It needs full sun and is tolerant of a range of soil types as long as they are well-drained. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… Seeing autumn squill in bloom in early September is always a surprise, because all of its cousins bloom in the spring. Numerous spikes of starry … densely cover spikes to 10 inches in height. The leaves are narrow and strap-like. Although it is native to North Africa, these bulbs have proven quite hardy in the Chicago area. We have … swarm to this late bloomer. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
