… ‘Firelight’ is an herbaceous peony with a row of single pink petals surrounding a circle of golden stamens. Peony bloom time is classified as early, mid-, and late; ‘Firelight’ is an early bloomer. It grows to 36 inches tall, taking on a shrubby appearance throughout the …
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… ‘Glory Be’ is an herbaceous peony with luminescent fuschia blooms, surrounding green pistils and cherry pink stigmas. Peony bloom time is classified as early, mid-, and late. ‘Glory Be’ is an early bloomer. It grows to 28 inches tall, taking on a shrubby appearance throughout the …
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… ‘Liebchen,’ German for sweetheart, is an herbaceous peony with semi-double flowers in delicate shades of pink. Peony bloom time is classified as early, mid-, and late. ‘Liebchen’ is a midseason bloomer. It grows to 30 inches tall, taking on a shrubby appearance throughout the …
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… fall. The flowers are sterile and ‘self clean’ (fall off by themselves), while the foliage is deep green and disease resistant. Plant this shrub rose in full sun and well-drained but moist … a minimum of a 3-foot radius between this rose and other plants. Height in the Chicago region is about 3 feet during a normal year. This is an All American Rose Society Selection and is recommended as a landscape rose. Landscape …
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… Polygonatum commutatum or Solomon’s Seal is a native woodland perennial to 3 feet in height producing up to 20 clusters of pendent white … individual plants over time will grow into good sized colonies. Each arching stem is clothed in 6” long by 4” wide green leaves in parallel rows. Unlike many other spring woodland … will not go dormant when the heat of summer sets in. Free from most insects and diseases, it is unfortunately often eaten by deer. The genus name derives from the Greek polys(many) and …
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… TRIUMPH® Japanese snowball bush viburnum is a deciduous shrub that grows to a height and width of 6'. In May, it produces white snowball-shaped flower clusters. The flowers attract butterflies. The foliage is deep green with prominent venation that gives the leaves a pleated appearance from which the Latin species name plicatum is derived; fall color is reddish-purple. Viburnums are a versatile genus of multi-stemmed shrubs …
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… Angelique yarrow is a clump-forming perennial that grows to a maximum height of 2 feet. It requires full sun or … and early fall, the plant produces red blooms that are attractive to birds and butterflies. It is useful in a border. …
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… 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 orange-red and deep red in the fall. …
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… the finely cut foliage in June. Ideal for moist soils and shady conditions. This cultivar is smaller in stature than either of the parents and so is suitable for smaller gardens. The flowers are similar in shape to Astilbe but airier. …
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… 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! …
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