… ‘Ilvomindy’ is sold under its trademark name of MEGA MINDY™. This is a compact shrub 4 ½ to 5 ½ ft tall with a spread of 4 to 6 ft. It has large, conical flowerheads held upright on strong stems. The flowerheads are a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The species name of swamp white oak( bicolor ) refers to the two-tone appearance of the leaves - the upper side is dark green and glossy while the underside is whitish and fuzzy. Acorns ripen annually in the … turn yellow in the fall, but there is a fair amount of variability. Swamp white oak is native to Illinois and in the wild is found growing on moist sites, but it is adaptable to urban …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… SUMMER WINE™ Black Ninebark is a form of eastern ninebark that has very dark burgundy, almost black foliage throughout the season and grows to about six feet in height and width with gently arching branches. Eastern ninebark is a deciduous shrub that is native to the south-eastern parts of North America, where it is found along streams and in dry areas …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Hybridized by Kail-Rudolf Beckmann in 1991, the Maren poinsettia is an early- to mid-season cultivar with medium vigor. Its traditionally shaped bracts are a … At a height of 12 to18 inches and a spread of 12 to14 inches, it is a good midseason selection to perk up holiday displays. It attracts butterflies and is deer resistant. Although historically …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Blue Star is a low mound-forming evergreen shrub with attractive steel-blue foliage, blue berries, and awl-shaped needles. It prefers full sun and moderate moisture and is hardy to USDA Zone 4. This cultivar reaches only 3 feet in height and 4 feet in width and is intolerant … of hot, humid, summer conditions. It is appropriate as a blue accent plant or grouped to form a mounded ground cover. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Upright blue Scots pine is slow-growing with ascending branches and a narrow columnar form. The foliage is gray-blue, and … exhibit orange-brown exfoliating bark. It prefers full sun in well-drained soil and will grow to 10 feet tall by 3 feet wide in 10 years. It is extremely cold-hardy to minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit, and is appropriate for USDA zone 2. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The sea grape tree is native to the tropical Americas and the Caribbean where it is found on the dunes and beach areas. While it can grow to be a large tree thirty feet tall or more, in cultivated landscapes it is mostly trimmed …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… woods, dry fields, and roadsides in southern parts of the United States. Each 18-inch stalk is topped by a large umbel of flowers. The jade green outer petals, or corolla lobes, are slightly cupped forward. Five spoon-shaped pink to purple petals with white spots nestle in the center. In late summer to fall, narrow, 4-inch long, curved follicles (seedpods) form and split open, releasing seeds …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This bulb grows to a height of 6 feet with full sun to partial to full shade and moist soil conditions. It is a specimen in a border and is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Jackson aloe, or Aloe jacksonii , is native to Ethiopia and was first collected by T.H.E. Jackson in 1943. Since its discovery it … has survived in cultivation. It is considered a dwarf form, having training branches only four to eight inches long. The leaves are a dull green, with white spots, and the leaves tend to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
