… Allium caeruleum is a native of Central Asia and is known as a blue globe onion. People seem to be attracted to … blue — at least as it is displayed by flowers. Name the rarest, most sought after cultivars and species, and there will be a disproportionate number of blue-flowered plants on the list, yet …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Scarlet O'Hara is a cultivar of our native deciduous winterberry hollies. In the wild they are found in swampy sites and stream margins in the eastern US. Scarlett O'Hara is a slow grower to about 6-8 feet high and 6-8 feet wide. After the dark green leaves have fallen, the brilliant red berries are carried …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Vanilla, besides being a fragrant extract essential to baking, is a vining orchid native to Mexico. It is not at all difficult to grow indoors given the proper … flowers, which are mostly lime green with long yellow tubes. The large ovate leaves are thick and waxy, and the vines can easily grow to over 100 feet long in the tropics, clinging to trees with aerial …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This is the product of a crossing of the Korean Maple and Japanese Maple. It grows upright to a height of 20 feet and then starts to spread outward to 24 feet. Its foliage is a rich green which turns to bright …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Angelique yarrow is a clump-forming perennial that grows to a maximum height of 2 feet. It requires full sun or partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. In late summer and early fall, the plant produces red blooms that are attractive to birds and butterflies. It is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… overlapping petals surround the black fertile flowers on this pollenless cultivar in July and August. Flowers and stems are ideal size and strength for the cut flower industry. This is the first sunflower that is downy mildew resistant - a breakthrough in plant breeding! …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This perennial grows to a height of 3 feet with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has yellow blooms that attract butterflies in May and June. It belongs in a border or a ground cover and is resistant to deer. It is also attractive to birds. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This perennial grows to a height of 10 feet with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. It has yellow blooms that attract butterflies from July through October. It is a specimen in a border or a ground cover and is attractive to birds. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… GardenGuide app (available at chicagobotanic.org/app ) to locate these trees within the Garden and to learn more about them. Accolade ™ elm ( Ulmus 'Morton') Named by the Society of Municipal Arborists as the 2012 Urban Tree of the Year, Accolade™ elm is one of the top-performing trees for urban and residential planting in the Chicago region. This hybrid elm provides the iconic vase-shape …
Type: Plant Info
… FOX VALLEY® is a river birch cultivar that was selected for its uniform compact habit, adaptability to various soils, excellent disease/pest resistance, and ornamental exfoliating bark. The bark character becomes evident at an early age, exhibiting colorful patterns of cinnamon-red and pale salmon on trunks and main branches. This tree is a Chicagoland Grows® selection. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
