… of tubular yellow flowers with long stamens and pistils protruding from the flowers. The fruit is a dry capsule with long filaments. Plants can spread by suckers and may form colonies. Diervilla lonicera is the most wide-spread of the three species, found is eastern Canada, eastern and central U.S., including Illinois. The yellow flowers turn …
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… abundant yellow flowers can be clearly seen, making this a beautiful plant when little else is flowering. Witch hazel extract is used in cosmetics and skin care products. This relatively large vase shaped shrub grows to a … petals that provide a showy display and persist through the winter months. Harvest Moon is tolerant of a range of shade conditions from full sun, to part shade to full shade, but will …
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… Introduced in 2007 as part of the CITY™ Series, Heuchera 'Paris' is a repeat blooming introduction from Terra Nova Nurseries. Paris Coral Bells has green and sliver leaves with dark rose pink flowers. This is a coral bells for part shade and, unlike many other coral bells, it will bloom all summer. It will attract bees and hummingbirds, and is deer resistant. This coral bells will mature to a tidy mounded form about 7 inches tall by 14 …
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… Heuchera villosa or Hairy Alumroot is an American native of the eastern and southern United States. It prefers semi-shade and rich … fuzzy dark colored flower stalks with cream flowers in late summer and fall. The mature size is a leafy mound 18 inches tall by 18 inches wide, the flowers increase the height to about 3 feet. It is more heat tolerant that many other Heucheras and when hybridized passes on this valuable …
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… Gerolds spurge is a critically endangered plant in its native Madagascar where it only grows in a small area of coastal forest with sandy soils. However this plant is a popular commercial nursery plant because of its appealing flowers and ease of maintenance. … to be circular but are actually two overlapping red petals with yellow centers. This spurge is thornless, but like most spurges it has caustic sap so care should be taken when pruning or …
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… The Ginkgo is an ancient deciduous conifer. Evidence has been found which shows this tree coexisted with the … tree that grows to 50' or so. The spread can be wider than the height in mature plants. It is one of the most pollution-tolerant trees and works well in the city and in large, open areas. Insignificant green flowers appear in the spring. The fruit, an edible nut, is surrounded by a malodorous fleshy pulp, best described as "cheesy" or "gym-sock smelly." The …
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… Among the most blue of hosta cultivars, Hadspen Blue is medium sized with foliage of good substance that is slug resistant. Many consider it a classic hosta. It is one of the Tardiana group. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long lived. Although …
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… Salvia leucantha 'Midnight' is a Mexican bush sage featuring dark purple calyces (bracts that surround the flower) and purple flowers on a plant that can reach up to 5 feet in height and width. This cultivar is drought tolerant once established. Chemicals in the leaves repel deer and rabbits, while the … Mexican bush sage has been used in our autumn landscapes for several years. Although it is a shrubby perennial of coniferous forests in Mexico, the Chicago Botanic Garden uses it in …
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… The Desert Mountain mock orange is native to the dry, mountainous regions of southwest North America. It bears highly fragrant white flowers with a maroon center in May to June. The Desert Mountain mock orange is a medium-sized deciduous shrub with narrow grayish-green leaves that are adapted to dry … feet in height and width with gently arching branches and an open appearance. While this shrub is adaptable to a range of conditions including drought, it prefers sunny locations and cannot …
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… moisture conditions. It produces domes of slightly fragrant bright pink flowers in spring and is graced with bright red foliage with the onset of winter temperatures. Like other Rhododendron species, it needs an acidic soil pH. Acidic pH is not a characteristic of most Chicago area soils so care must be taken to incorporate peat into … identified as appropriate for Rhododendron and other acidic-loving plants. The root system is comprised of a dense network of fine feeder roots in the top couple of inches of the soil and …
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