… Narcissus ‘Hawera’ is in Division 5. It stands only 5 – 6 inches high and blooms in mid to late spring. Each stem bears 6 - 8 fragrant flowers. The petals are pale yellow and … point at the tip of each petal. The cup is a paler yellow, broad and shallow. Hawera is hardy in zones 4 – 9. It was named for a town on the North Island of New Zealand. The bulbs are toxic …
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… and white with white style arms. It stands 33 inches high with multiple blooms on each stalk in early to mid season. The flowers are quite large, measuring 6 inches in diameter. The name “Shirabyoshi“ means white dancing girl. This is a pseudata iris, a cross … Typically they have branched stems with multiple buds on each stem. Pseudata irises thrive in or near water but also do well in garden conditions. They are attractive to hummingbirds while …
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… Kohleria are herbacious perennial plants in the gesneriad family native to tropical America. Kohleria ‘Ingrid’ has large flowers with … red on the outside and pale yellow on the inside. The lobes pale yellow, heavily spotted in red set in an intricate pattern as if designed by an artist. The leaves are solid green. Kohlerias are …
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… Spanish bluebells, bulbs native to the Iberian Peninsula, come in a variety of colors. White City is snowy white, with fewer flowers per stalk than most pink or blue varieties. Flower spikes measuring 12 inches tall are covered in dainty, bell-shaped flowers in April. They are good for mass planting and reliably hardy in the Chicago area. In its native …
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… If you are here in the summer or fall what color are the flowers of this plant? The flowers change color depending on the season: In early summer they are white, by mid-summer they begin to turn pink, and by fall they will have … of eastern north America. This plant has a dwarf form only reaching about four to five feet in width. It prefers rich, consistently moist soils, but can manage as an understory planting …
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… to the golden shades above. At maturity the plant's mounded form reaches about 12 inches in height and 20 inches wide, the foamy spikes of creamy white flowers in mid summer increase the height to 24 inches. Heuchera 'Caramel' was introduced in 2006 by French breeder Thierry Delabroye, it was discovered by his wife, Sandrine. This …
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… an amazing variegated red hybrid Heuchera with large leaves patented by Terra Nova Nurseries in 2014. It is a smaller plant, maturing to a mound 9 inches tall and 12 inches wide. White flowers on dark stems appear in late spring to mid-summer, increasing the height only to 14 inches. The leaves are very large … pink spots. The spots become more noticeable on the older leaves. Works well as color accents in containers, massed as a groundcover or in the front row of a border. It is deer resistant, …
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… It definitely has an unusual black frosty look and the foliage coloration develops best in part shade. Huechera Velvet Night will mature to 7 inches tall, 17 inches wide and the lacey white flower panicles in the late spring will increase the height to 26 inches. It will attract birds and bees, and is resistant to deer. The foliage will remain attractive all winter in milder climates. It is suitable for containers, mixed perennial borders and planted in partial …
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… stately plants, hybrids of our native rose mallows, are prized for their use as structure in a perennial border. Everything about them is large, from their rich green, three-lobed lobed … are maple-shaped and dark red-black, making this plant attractive all season long. Introduced in 2015 by Walter’s Gardens, Zeeland, MI, it is a cross between Hibiscus ‘Crown Jewels’ x ‘Midnight Marvel’. The blossoms have conspicuous columnar reproductive structures in the middle, making them appear quite tropical. They prefers moist, and even wet, soils but can …
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… 'Pink Grapefruit' is a hardy waterlily with pale carnation-pink flowers and yellow stamens in the center, held several inches above the water. Waterlilies are rhizomatous aquatic plants with about 50 species occurring in the wild, mostly found in the tropics of the Northern Hemisphere. They are characterized by round notched leaves that …
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