… This mat-forming perennial rises to a height of 8 inches with partial shade to full shade and moist soil conditions. It has pink blooms from May through August. It is a specimen in a border or ground cover and is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This perennial native to the Midwest, can grow to a height of 20 feet with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. It has pink blooms that attract butterflies from July to October. It is a specimen in a hedge and is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Q. How and when should a crabapple and peach tree be pruned? A. A good time to prune fruit trees is early March before the buds begin to swell. The branching habits are clearly outlined, and the …
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… This plant is a hybrid of two native American irises, meaning it is a cross between two distinct species of … Darby' has blue- violet flowers with yellow signals on stems 2 to 3 feet tall in late spring, and typically there are 2 to 3 blooms per stalk. The leaves have shades of purple in the spring … a very attractive spring plant. It is a hybrid of two native American irises, I. versicolor and I. virginica . It does well in moist to wet soils on the edges of a pond or stream. It forms …
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… This spectacular plant is a Gregori Hambali medinilla, derived from a jungle plant from Papua New Guinea where it is a … habit, great care should be taken in choosing a light freely draining potting medium, and equal care should be taken in finding a suitable location where the plant will receive … This plant requires temperatures about 60 degrees Fahrenheit but is easily overwintered and is considered one of the easier medinillas to maintain in a home environment. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… an extended time in mid-summer. A complex hybrid, in the making for 20 years, this cultivar is sterile and produces no seeds, meaning the life span of each flower is prolonged. It is propagated by tissue culture. For this delphinium, full sun and moderately fertile moisture-retentive acidic pH soils are ideal. …
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… A large tree with a decidedly pyramidal shape, it grows to over 50 feet and is easily identified by its slightly drooping branchlets. A stately deciduous conifer, it is used … cones that change from red to yellow to brown in the fall. Its needles are soft bright green and grow in clusters along the branches; it has a beautiful golden-yellow fall color. The …
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… Enormous, dark-green leaves with purple undersides and purple stems make this plant a beautiful textural addition to the perennial garden, even when it is not blooming. However, in late summer, tall, sturdy stems arise from the foliage with huge … spikes, bigleaf goldenray Desdemona makes a bold accent, is an excellent pond-side plant, and is a bold, textural plant for shade. …
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… This evergreen tree has a densely pyramidal growth habit. It is used for screening or as a specimen. Three cultivars of this species are recommended by the Chicago Botanic Garden. The Colorado spruce performs well in the Midwest and is valued for the blue foliage found in many cultivars. Most popular evergreen tree in the … in planting this species is placing ot too close to a house. The tree grows fairly rapidly and needs a lot of space. …
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… Muscari azureum is native to Turkey. It grows 4 – 8 inches tall and blooms in March - April with blue flowers in … resembles an upside down bunch of grapes, hence the common name of Grape Hyacinth. Each flower is bell shaped with an unconstricted mouth. Most of the flowers are fertile, but the smaller, … paler flowers are sterile. Plant it in full sun to part shade. It is resistant to deer and hardy in zones 4 – 9. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
