… This perennial grows to a height of 1 foot with full sun to partial shade and moist soil conditions. It has lavender blooms that attract butterflies from May through August. It is a ground cover and is resistant to deer. …
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… An autumn visit to the fruit and vegetable garden in search of late-season surprises can be rewarding. For it's at this time … seed to harvest of the crop) are coming into their own. The vines are laden with produce that is not only beautiful but also positively delicious. The Chicago Botanic Garden's Fruit and Vegetable Garden is ripe with treasures at this time of year. The historic bed known as …
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… This vine grows to a height of 30 feet with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has yellow blooms that attract butterflies and hummingbirds from July to October. It is a ground cover that also attracts nesting birds and is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This clump-forming perennial grows to a maximum height of about 18 inches with full sun and dry moisture conditions. In late summer it produces red and purple flowers that are attractive to butterflies. The plant is resistant to deer and is successful in a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… patterned in silver produce upright flowers with reflexed petals in various pastel shades and red. Color and degree of leaf coloration is dependent upon the cultivar. This plant is not hardy outdoors; indoors provide bright light, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This beautiful shrub grows up to 6 feet high with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. From May through August it produces fragrant white blooms that attract birds and butterflies. It is a specimen in a hedge or a border and is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This mat-forming shrub grows to a height of about 6 feet with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has white blooms that attract butterflies in May and June followed by red fruit. It is a specimen ground cover and is attractive to birds. …
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… PRAIRIE DREAM® is a cultivar of paper birch reported to be more stress tolerant and resistant to bronze birch borer than the species, yet it shares the stunning exfoliating white bark and golden fall foliage for which the species is known. The primary ornamental feature of birch …
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… The Himalayan birch is indeed native to the Himalayas and Nepal -- so naturally occurs at higher altitudes and cooler climates than the Chicago region. It is notable for the whiteness of its bark. The …
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… Phlox subulata ‘Emerald Blue’ is commonly known as a moss phlox or creeping phlox. It grows only 6 inches high, forming a dense … in mid to late spring with a showy display of deep blue flowers. Plant it in full sun. It is resistant to deer and is hardy in zones 3-9. The genus name is from the Greek word phlox meaning flame in reference …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
