… desert and is best known for jojoba oil, a very long, straight chain wax that has more in common with whale oil than with more traditional vegetable oils. This wax is used in cosmetics and has potential for use as biodiesel fuel for automobiles as well as in a biodegradable lubricant. To reduce the harvest of sperm whales, large plantations of jojoba …
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… magnet whose flowers are also noted for long vase life indoors. This is a reliable perennial in the Chicago area if planted in locations that don't stay waterlogged in winter. …
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… summer above the finely divided feathery, pale green leaves. Plant this native of North Africa in sandy, well-drained soils in hot/dry situations in the garden. Water only enough to germinate the seeds or establish the root system of …
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… 'Sunny Swirl' has fine, threadlike bright chartreuse foliage irregularly produced in dense, cockscomb-like tufts at the tips of twisting upward arching branches. It grows to 8 feet high by 3 feet wide after 10 years. It is best grown in filtered shade to avoid sunburn in hot summer climates, with consistently moist, well-drained soil. …
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… Fully double rose-red flowers are edged in burgundy on this hardy perennial that thrives in shaded conditions and moist acidic soils. The trademarked name refers to a series of large, double flowered Lenten roses that must be hand pollinated in order to reliably set seed. Rabbits and deer avoid all parts of this plant. …
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… shrub. It blooms with lightly scented shell pink trumpet-shaped flowers with a red blotch in early spring. The narrow leaves turn purple in the fall, giving the plant some additional interest. Like all rhododendrons, it prefers well-drained, fertile, acidic soil in partial shade. …
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… White Catawba Rhododendron is considered an ironclad vigorous grower with medium-sized leaves. In late season, pale lilac buds open to conical trusses of bell-shaped white flowers 2½ inches high with green clashes in the throat. This rhododendron tolerates sun and wind, and is beautiful in a border or as a specimen near the house. …
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… Small reddish flowers cover this low growing drought tolerant groundcover in summer followed by brilliant red leaf color in fall. Needs full sun but is not fussy as to soils as long as they are well drained. Rabbits and deer avoid the foliage. Does not tolerate mulches and tree leaves in fall should be removed. …
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… with large golden centers seemingly pop up from the compact mass of yellow-green foliage in summer. 'Golden Moss' is a favorite of honeybees and other summer nectar/pollen feeding insects. Plant it in full sun and in average soils and water during periods of drought. This particular species comes from the …
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… solitary or three-branched. Inconspicuous, greenish yellow to greenish white flowers appear in racemes in late spring. Flowers are followed by long, twisted and flattened, dark purplish-brown seedpods (to 18 inches long) which mature in late summer and persist well into winter. Seedpods contain, in addition to seeds, a sweet …
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