… can grow in full sun to partial shade and prefers moist, fertile soils. Useful as groundcover for controlling erosion, it naturalizes by rhizomes and can become aggressive. …
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… This Chinese lily is vigorous and easy to grow in neutral soil in partial shade, which accounts for its popularity. Late in the season it produces from 10 to 20 faintly scented, recurved …
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… flowers. It can be used as a screen or hedge or at the back of a border or as the pollinator for the Scarlett O'Hara Winterberry. …
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… (in frost-free climates) to the following spring. Dark green foliage makes a great backdrop for the flowers. This sage needs fairly most growing conditions. It's a hummingbird magnet. …
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… with a slight fragrance of old rose. The glossy evergreen leaves have a good tolerance for foliar diseases (black spot, powdery mildew). This cultivar maintains the spreading growth …
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… continuously from mid-June to the first hard frost. Dark green, almost black leaves provide for a dramatic effect in the landscape when flowers are present. It requires full to partial sun …
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… It asks little more than sunshine and a little drink every once in a while in return for producing a bountiful mass of colorful flower spires from late spring into early summer. It …
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… of lavender-blue flowers from June through September. Grow it with silver or white plants for a stunning effect in the perennial border. …
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… yellow petals are streaked in dark red to maroon splashes on this modern cultivar selected for its similarity to the "broken" tulips of the tulip mania period in Dutch history. Plant in …
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… in moderately moist and fertile soils. Unfortunately, the lily-flowered tulips are not known for their ability to naturalize in Chicago-area gardens; protect it from rabbits and deer. …
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