… Girald honeysuckle is an evergreen vine with narrow, velvety, sea-green leaves. It is best grown in sun in moderate soil where it produces purple-red flowers with a hint of yellow …
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… This is a popular old-fashioned juniper. It grows to about 5 feet with full sun to partial shade and well-drained soil. It is extremely cold hardy. It has a spreading habit with gray-green foliage and can be used for …
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… This alpine currant cultivar is a dwarf (3'), dense, mounding, deciduous shrub. It tolerates a wide range of soil and light … and not become more open. Inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers appear in April. Fall color is a dull yellow. …
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… a dark center that attract butterflies from July through October. It belongs in a border and is resistant to deer. It is also attractive to birds. …
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… bloom from mid-June to the first hard frosts on fall on this Manitoba bred selection. Foliage is black spot resistant and it is hardy to USDA zone 3. Plant in full sunny locations and provide space around it to encourage …
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… This bright mid summer blooming perennial is usually planted for its brilliant scarlet flower color. The petals are interestingly notched, and the blossoms are held in tight clusters on top of sturdy stems. Its foliage is silver. Use maltese cross as an accent for its bright red color. …
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… TRIUMPH® Japanese snowball bush viburnum is a deciduous shrub that grows to a height and width of 6'. In May, it produces white snowball-shaped flower clusters. The flowers attract butterflies. The foliage is deep green with prominent venation that gives the leaves a pleated appearance from which the Latin species name plicatum is derived; fall color is reddish-purple. Viburnums are a versatile genus of multi-stemmed shrubs …
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… Aloe acutissima is colorful native aloe from the island of Madagascar where it grows in southwestern coastal … with rocky thin soils. This aloe will tolerate temperatures as low as 25 °F. In areas where it is hardy it can be grown outside or in pots, in colder climates, containers that can be moved to … increase the range and intensity of colors in the leaves, as the common name would suggest, it is commonly called the Blue Aloe. The colors range from green, blue green, red and purple. the …
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… Candelabra aloe ( Aloe arborescens ) is native to South Africa's Cape Province, north to Zimbabwe and Malawi, where it flourishes on … tall, orange-red racemes of flower—and habit of blooming in winter, when there is often little color, are most likely the reasons that it's the most planted aloe in the world. … with leaves that have soft teeth along the edges. The succulent leaves contain a pulp that is as effective medicinally as the pulp in the other more well-known species, Aloe vera . The …
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… large multi-stemmed shrub, reaching 15-20 feet tall at maturity. A native of northern Asia, it is hardy to zone 2. The glossy green leaves are smaller than most maples, divided into three … late summer, an abundance of winged seeds called "samaras" may litter the lawn and sprout. It is easy to grow in moist, rich, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade and performs well in … with orange in the fall. Unfortunately, the cooler climate of northeastern North America is so suitable to this species that is has become invasive in some areas, including Illinois. …
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