… Bright canary yellow petals are streaked in dark red to maroon splashes on this modern cultivar selected for its similarity to the "broken" tulips of the tulip mania period in Dutch history. Plant in full sun, moderately moist, well-drained soils as an annual or use as a forced bulb to provide …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… flowers with reflexed pointed tips are anchored by an ivory white base. Plant this tulip in full sun and in moderately moist and fertile soils. Unfortunately, the lily-flowered tulips are not known for their ability to naturalize in Chicago-area gardens; protect it from rabbits and deer. …
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… This perennial bulb blooms in early- to midspring with luminous red buds with a yellow base that open to dark red-purple. It has a citrus scent and will grow to a height of 12”. It should be planted in full sun in average, well-drained soil. Foliage should not be removed until it turns yellow. …
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… This perennial bulb blooms with bright vermillion flowers in late spring and will grow to a height of only 4”. The flower color provides a nice contrast to its wavy, gray-green foliage. It should be planted in full sun in average, well-drained soil. Foliage should not be removed until it turns yellow. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… techniques applied through winter and spring will give you a round of fresh flowers next year. In the interest of full disclosure, I do not attempt to keep a poinsettia alive year-round. It is too frightening to see it virtually naked in spring. Let's examine a few other holiday plants and review the simple steps to keep them … when it was purchased. It prefers bright light, sparse watering, and no fertilizer while in bloom. Because it's a succulent, it has no need for extra humidity. When all the flowers have …
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… Garden and throughout the Midwest, spring arrives with a flush of flowers on hardy, small-in-stature trees that can wake up a home landscape. Almost all trees, with a few exceptions, produce flowers. It’s in their DNA. They flower, develop, and drop their seeds, and a new generation of plants unfolds. Towering shade trees —maples and oaks—produce flowers in spring, but they are so small or high up that we can’t appreciate their unique beauty until …
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… agapanthus. From early summer through fall, this cultivar displays delicate blue flowers borne in rounded umbels at the end of inflorescences to 18 inches tall, held above clumps of … season there has bred drought resistance into those cultivars. Agapanthus tend to be evergreen in coastal areas, with deciduous species occurring in inland regions. This plant's very strong root system makes it ideal for growing in rock …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… is a tall, dramatic plant that grows to 3 feet or more with large spherical umbels best grown in clumps. Sterile flowers have a long bloom time because they are not pollinated. Its leaves are long and strap-like. It may be possible to get blooms on plants in the shade of deciduous trees if the leaf canopy is not complete when flowers open. This has been observed in habitat of the parent species, Allium giganteum , in Central Asia. Trial in such shade might …
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… compact shape. It can be trained as a small tree or as a multistem shrub. It would work well in small spaces, as an accent, in a container and as a bonsai. It is very slow growing, about four inches a year, and ultimately only reaching 6 feet in height. 'Chris's Dwarf' was reportedly found by Crispin Silva of Crispin's Creations Nursery …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… of Amalfi amaryllis ( Hippeastrum 'Amalfi') bear a white central star, and are produced in clusters atop stout stems that can reach 2 feet in height. This cultivar is ideal for forcing indoors in the winter, as the bulbs reliably come into flower six weeks after the onset of watering. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
