… fading to a lighter yellow on Prairie Harvest Buck shrub rose ( Rosa 'Prairie Harvest'). This is another of the Buck shrub roses bred in Iowa specifically to survive the harsh winter climate of the Midwest. Its disease-resistant foliage is glossy and deep green in color. Root hardy to USDA Zone 4, it is a reliable selection for the Chicago …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The upright European beech has a distinctly columnar habit and can make a strong statement in the landscape as a hedge or accent tree. There is some confusion in the trade between F. sylvatica 'Fastigiata' and 'Dawyckii'; both are boldly linear in form and have glossy dark green foliage. A wide range …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… cherry dogwood offers some of the earliest spring flowers, vibrantly colored summer fruits, and exfoliating bark that adds rich visual interest to winter gardens. It is available both as a single- or multi-stemmed plant and can be a nice specimen tree if its lower branches are pruned. Small yellow flowers appear in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ‘Ruby’ typically grows 8 to 10 ft. tall and 8 ft wide. It has large, 10 inch long conical flowerheads which contain a mixture of showy but sterile flowers and smaller, fertile but nonshowy ones. The flowers emerge white in July, and turn pink as they … cone. The flowers emerge in July, and continue to bloom until fall. The color of the flowers is not affected by the pH of the soil. ‘Ruby’ does well in full sun to light shade and is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… in Mexico. The first species was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. The genus Mammillaria is currently one of the largest in the cactus family, with 171 known species and varieties. This amazing plant, with its cylindrical form and bright carmine rose flowers, is a showstopper of a cactus. The top of each cylinder is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Evangeline lilac is a cultivar of the hyacinth lilac, which is a cross between the common lilac and the Asian … the genus Syringa , commonly known as lilacs, are shrubs or small trees prized for their showy and fragrant blooms in late spring. The individual flowers are tubular in form and are borne in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Known as river wattle or narrow-leaf bower wattle, this is a graceful shrub from New South Wales, Australia. With cascades of long narrow petals, it … weeping willow. It could make a nice lawn specimen in California, but in northern climes is best suited to a conservatory or a container. It needs full sun to partial shade, with low humidity and well-drained soil that is kept on the dry side. It produces sprays of small, spherical …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The white fringe tree is a lesser-known and little-grown flowering tree that reaches a mature height of 15 to 20 feet. It is a very handsome specimen plant. In late May or early June, fragrant flowers cover the entire …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… a byproduct of hybrizations done in the 1840's on the way to developing hybrid tea roses. It is a cross between Rosa chinensis and Rosa gigantea . The flower consists of several rows of green bracts that take on a reddish tinge as they age. If you want a showy fragrant rose in your garden, this is not a good choice. It does make for a conversation piece. The plants reach about three feet …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This hybrid yew cultivar is a cross between Japanese yews ( Taxus cuspidata ) and English yews ( Taxus baccata ). This particular one is a semi-dwarf, dense, spreading, evergreen shrub that grows to 3-4' tall with a spread of 5-7’. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
