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  • … The Georgia Bush Honeysuckle is native to the Appalachians and is endangered in its native habitat. The lemon yellow flowers are produced in mid-summer and …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … This is a semi-evergreen, upright plant that can grow up to 4 feet in height with a spread of 3 feet . … or curled. It needs to be in wet or consistently moist soil in full to partial shade.  It is an excellent choice for naturalizing in a woodland garden or a formal shade garden. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Henderson's Fawn Lily is native to Oregon and northern California.  It blooms with nodding, pink-lavender flowers in … grow in full or partial sun in well-drained soil. Reduce water in the summer when the plant is done blooming. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … The Chinese juniper is a large, versatile evergreen tree growing 50 or 60 feet in height. Cultivars of Chinese … vary greatly in size, shape, needle color, texture and hardiness. While the straight species is seldom used in the landscape, there are many cultivars available. Please click on the cultivar …
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  • … evergreen shrub reaches about 2 feet in height with full sun and dry moisture conditions. It is non-flowering, but it produces showy black and blue fruit in the winter that is attractive to birds. Resistant to deer, It can be used for erosion control and as an evergreen …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Royo red cedar ( Juniperus virginiana 'Royo') is a low-growing, spreading plant featuring silvery foliage in fall and winter accented with pale … and well-drained soils and provide room for it to spread. Bagworms can be problematic if it is planted in large masses, or under the illumination of night lights. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … are produced in summer above narrow light green leaves featuring a white midrib. Fall color is reddish. Tolerant of heavier wet soils, this is a hardy perennial adapted to most Chicago are garden soils. Don't let dry out during periods …
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  • … Geum coccineum ‘Cooky’ is also known as Geum coccineum ‘Borisii Strain’. It stands 20 inches high and blooms from early … are upward facing, measuring 1 ½ inches across. Plant it in full sun or partial shade. It is hardy in zones 4 - 9. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Native to Europe and Africa, horsemint is a wild, fast-growing herb that reaches about 1 foot tall. Leaves of the plant are long and … small white-to-lavender flowers appear at the end of the stems from July to August. Horsemint is so named due to the unpleasant scent of the leaves. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Muscari armeniacum 'Blue Spike' is an improved selection of this species featuring branched inflorescences (usually there is a single spike) of large double flowers in soft blue. Rabbits sometimes nibble the foliage in …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant