… Chinese witch hazel is highly valued for its yellow flowers in late winter, rich green foliage through the summer and brilliant yellow color in autumn. A hybrid witch hazel, ‘Pallida’ becomes a vase shaped large shrub with a spreading … reach a height of 9’-12’ and retain an attractive shape with pruning after flowering in spring. The highly fragrant sulphury yellow flowers with a reddish-purple blush at the base …
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… mildew disease that devastated the crop not too long ago. Healthy plants featuring flowers in shades of violet thrive in shaded to partly shaded landscape settings, containers, and window boxes from early summer through the heat and humidity of July and August and into the end of the season in mid-October. Other than drought, they tolerate most of the conditions found in Chicago-area …
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… bearded iris that stands 29 inches tall. It is pure white with light yellow beards, blooms in mid season, and reblooms later in the summer. The stems are short and branched, and the blooms have a light fragrance. It is … butterflies and hummingbirds and resistant to deer. Immortality was awarded Honorable Mention in 1986 and Award of Merit in 1990 by the American Iris Society. Iris is the name of the Greek …
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… SUNDAE™ hydrangea takes its name from the flowers that change color from a creamy white in mid-summer to pink in late summer to strawberry red in the fall. This hydrangea is a compact mounding shrub growing to only about five feet tall and …
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… Salvia leucantha 'Santa Barbara' is a nonhardy perennial first discovered in a garden in Santa Barbara, California. It features a compact growth habit, and its hairy, silver stems … At the Chicago Botanic Garden, we find this plant very useful because it starts blooming in September, making it a great alternative to chrysanthemums in the landscape. As a member of …
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… many other shrub roses, is blooming now, and you can see its clusters of cherry red flowers in the north perimeter bed in the Rose Garden. Growing about 3 feet tall and wide, ‘George Vancouver’ is winter hardy to … Zone 2 and 3, like all members of the Canadian Explorer rose series. This rose was introduced in 1994 and the assignee of the patent was "Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as …
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… is a huge selection to choose from. 'David' was awarded the Perennial Plant of the Year award in 2002. Plant 'David' in full sun and in fertile, moist soil, where it will grow to 3 to 4 feet and produce elegant panicles of white …
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… a fern-like appearance. Its green leaves turn attractive shades of orange, yellow, and red in autumn. Greenish-yellow flowers bloom in terminal panicles in early summer. Only female plants produce showy, pyramidal fruiting clusters (to 8" long) of …
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… Colorado Blue Spruce retains the symmetrical growth habit and deep blue color of the species in a much reduced size. The pyramidal shaped tree at maturity will be 6’ – 8’ tall and 3’ – 5’ wide. Hardy outdoors in the Chicago area, specimens used indoors for Holiday displays should be kept in a cool sunny location after the exhibit is closed until the outdoor temperatures are reliably …
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… a wonderful herby fragrance when stepped on). It can grow to 12" tall and 12” wide. It blooms in late spring/early summer with pale purple flowers that are attractive to bees. It grows in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun and can tolerate drought and soils of low fertility. It will rot in moist to wet …
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