… Heavily branched plants up to 3 feet high and 2 feet wide produce magenta-rose double flowers throughout the growing season. Deadhead (remove old blooms) or cut for indoor vases to encourage additional flowers. Full sun and average soil are ideal for this zinnia. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Georgia Pancake bluestar is also known as creeping bluestar for its low-growing and spreading habit. The thread-like green foliage grows on prostrate stems, … clusters at the stem tips in late spring or early summer. The foliage ranges from threadlike to willow-like and looks attractive throughout the growing season with the bonus of good to outstanding yellow to gold fall color. Species may vary in plant size from a ground cover …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… of fresh produce from my veggie garden. What can I plant in March? A. It’s not too early to select and purchase onion sets for late March planting. Onion sets are available at some garden centers and by mail order. If … for Illinois. Sets may be planted in early spring as soon as the soil is dry enough to work. For green onions, the sets should be placed upright about 1 inch apart and about 3 to 4 …
Type: Plant Info
… growth can continue at lower temperatures until the ground freezes. Some plant species prefer to be transplanted from late summer to early fall (through mid-October). Fall transplanting is especially recommended for peony plants because it gives them time to develop a good root system before the ground …
Type: Plant Info
… Native to northeastern Greece, northern and northeastern Turkey, and Georgia, Lenten rose ( Helleborus orientalis ) is quite at home in Chicago's chilly spring. It blooms for six to eight weeks, beginning in mid-February when snow is often still on the ground. Lenten roses …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… or yellow margins dependent on amount of sunlight. This hosta was named Hosta of the Year for 2000 by the American Hosta Growers Association. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long-lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks … are also common; new introductions abound. Hosta cultivars range in size from several inches to several feet; it may take 3-8 years for hostas to reach their full size. They all prefer …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… orientalis 'Delft Blue') is a beautiful, soft lilac-blue flowered, short-lived perennial for Chicago-area gardens that flowers in early spring. The dozens of florets clustered around the central flower stalk are all wonderfully fragrant. A favorite for forcing indoors for winter bloom, this cultivar was introduced in the waning years of World … Dutch flower breeder J.W.A. Lefeber. Plants survive outdoors in the Chicago area for four to five seasons, with the flowers in years two through five less densely packed on the flower …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… <p>For at least a month in late spring, Purple Leaf <em>Weigela</em> is loaded with clusters of rosy … the colors of your summer garden stand out. It's also a tidy, compact bush, making it easy to fit in even in smaller gardens or even containers. For darker foliage and more bloom, give it … hummingbirds love <em>Weigela</em>, and so do gardeners. For a plant that gives you so much to look at, they're very easy to care for. No particular disease or pest problems. No special …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… separated by a fine white line from narrow gold centers. It was named Hosta of the Year for 2005 by the American Hosta Growers Association. Striptease is a vigorous growing sport of H . ‘Gold Standard.’ It is an effective specimen plant. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks … also common, and new introductions abound. Hosta cultivars range in size from several inches to several feet; it may take 3 to 8 years for hostas to reach their full size. They all prefer …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 1936, Frances Williams has long been a staple of the shade garden. This large hosta is noted for its gold margined leaves. It is a sport of H. sieboldiana 'Elegans.' This is a large hosta (2 … in June and July with white flowers that attract hummingbirds. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks … also common, and new introductions abound. Hosta cultivars range in size from several inches to several feet; it may take 3 to 8 years for hostas to reach their full size. They all prefer …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
