… Ostrich fern is an upright, arching, deciduous fern that is easy to grow in damp to wet soil in partial to full shade—it can also tolerate a fair amount of sun. One of the largest and most …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Jacob's ladder is a biblical name for a heavenly plant. It grows up to 2' in height with attractive foliage, … divided, with 19 to 27 leaflets per leaf. Drooping dainty blue flowers hover over the plant in early summer. This is a clump-forming perennial, mainly hairless but slightly hairy near the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Whitfieldia elongata is commonly called white candles for its never-ending display of 2- to 3-inch pure white flowers … by a petaloid calyx. Glossy leaves with prominent drip tips are all indicative of its origins in tropical rainforests. In cultivation it requires relatively warm temperatures and high humidity, and grows equally well …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This large shrub is called a mock orange because its white flowers are like the flowers on an orange tree. ROMANTIC KNIGHT™ Mock Orange is a large shrub that grows to about twelve feet tall and wide. It has a clumping growth habit … covered with flower spikes that carry numerous scented white flowers that are up to two inches in size. Once the flowers have faded this shrub is a useful green backdrop for summer and fall …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Brambles are those tasty, colorful delights of early summer and fall. The genus Rubus is divided into many species that include raspberries, blackberries, dewberries, and … Raspberries ( Rubus idaeus ) Raspberry bushes are either summer-bearing or everbearing. Even in Chicago, where the temperature can drop to minus 25 degrees Fahrenheit, these shrubs are still … gardeners choose them because they are guaranteed to attract birds. Raspberries ripen in mid- to late June in northern Illinois. They like a pH of 5.5 to 6.5 and full sun, and are …
Type: Plant Info
… Q. I noticed roots showing around some of my perennials. Is this normal? Is there anything that I should do about it? A. It is not uncommon to see perennials heaved out of the ground at this time of the year. Fluctuations in temperature during the winter and repeated freezing and thawing of soil cause some plants to … or push themselves out of the ground, and expose the plant's roots to the elements, especially in areas that have no snow cover. Shallow-rooted plants, such as foamflower ( Tiarella cordifolia …
Type: Plant Info
… Native to North America, this giant agave can be found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Century Plant is a hardy survivor, tolerating both heat and drought for long periods of time. Growing roughly … by 8-10', this desert gem has gray-blue succulent leaves with long, recurved spines that grow in a basal rosette. Each of the leaves ends in a one-inch or longer tip spine, giving this plant …
Type: Plant Info
… The bog or resin birch is a North American native multi-stemmed shrub naturally occurring in sub-arctic regions and in higher elevations in the western U.S. The primary ornamental feature of birch trees is the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ones. Strong stems hold the flowerheads upright without drooping. The flowers emerge white in July, and turn a deep pink as they mature. With new flowers continually emerging at the tip of … are a lovely blend of color as the deep pink at the base of the cone melts into a lighter pink in the middle and then creamy white as new flowers emerge at the tip. The color of the flowers is not affected by the pH of the soil. The blooms continue into the fall. Pink Diamond blooms on …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… bright orange with dark speckles. The blooms are outfacing and scentless with recurved petals in mid to late summer. The stems stand 3 to 5 feet and each stem may bear as many as 20 or 30 … flowers are sterile producing no seed and no pollen, but the plant produces multiple bulbils in the leaf axils which can produce flowers 2 years after they are collected. Lilium lancifolium, from which Flore Plenp is derived, is native to Guam, China, Korea and Japan. It is very resistant to disease, but it as …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
