… Named after Abel Carriere, a prominent horticulturalist and botanist, this Weigela is a direct descendant of those first brought back from Japan in the 1850's. It's still prized today for its heavy bloom, which lasts well into midsummer, and clear strong pink of its flowers. These days, Weigalas are enjoying increasing popularity as garden plants, for good reason. In addition to the many combinations of red and pink bloom in older varieties, you can now get them in yellow and white, and in sizes that …
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… together in large flat-topped flowerheads 2 to 4 inches across. It blooms in early summer and continues into the fall. This is a compact plant 18 to 24 inches high with gray-green, … a member of the SEDUCTION™ Series from the Netherlands. It is attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds and resistant to deer, rabbits, and drought. This is a favorite cut flower and is also excellent …
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… where it grows at high elevations, Sitka alder is a shrubby tree growing 15 feet tall and 10 feet wide. In its native habitat, it is beneficial to wildlife and the environment. It grows quickly to form thickets for animal shelter and improves the soil through nitrogen fixation. Its fallen leaves stabilize steep slopes, and …
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… They differ from grasses in having flowering stems with sharp edges, usually triangular, and separate male and female flowers. There are over 1,000 species world-wide and over 130 species native to prairies, woods and streams in the Chicago area. Most have limited …
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… It's Majic beebalm grows to about 5 feet high and around 3 feet wide and has large magenta flowers during mid-summer. Beebalm grows in sunny or partially shady areas. … you'll be pleasantly surprised by its fragrance. Bright pompoms of flowers bloom in midsummer, and removing faded flowers will extend flowering. Beebalm is great for attracting bees, …
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… Leading Lady Lilac beebalm grows to around 1 feet high and 2-3 feet wide and bears fragrant pale lilac flowers in the summer months from July to August. If you gently rub … surprised by their bergamot fragrance. Bright pompoms of flowers bloom in midsummer, and removing faded flowers will extend flowering. Beebalm is great for attracting bees, …
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… Narcissus ‘After All’ is in Division 3. It grows 18– 20 inches tall and blooms in very late spring. The flowers that are 4 ½ inches across and strongly scented. The petals are white and slightly inflexed, while the cup is small with a band of orange at the frilled rim. It is …
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… is also known by its common names of Wood Avens, or Herb Bennet. It grows 1 to 2 feet high and blooms from late May to mid July with small pale yellow flowers. The flowers are singles, measuring1 inch across and facing upward. Hairy stems rise from the basal rosettes of hairy green leaves formed over … the Latin word ‘urbanus’ referring to the tendency of the plant to follow people. The hooked and hairy seed pods attach to people and animals and end up growing along well used paths. The …
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… Hush Little Baby daylily has deep rusty-rose flowers with a lighter pink eye and midribs, and a glowing yellow-green throat. The petals are heavily ruffled. The flowers which measure 5 inches are late blooming and may re-bloom. It is rabbit resistant. Although each flower lasts only one day, there are …
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… Barbara Ann wood vamp is a climbing vine that has large glossy dark green leaves and grows along fences, walls and trees to about thirty feet in height. In June and July is bears clusters of fragrant fertile white flowers that are attractive to butterflies …
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