… Blue Dragon spruce is an upright pyramidal conifer. It is initially slow-growing, but once established, it grows vigorously reaching 65 feet tall by 25 … create a screen or hedge. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… it retains its lower branches better than most white pines and can function as a screen. It is distinguished by clusters of five dark-green needles. Unusual, seldom-used pine. It needs full sun and is tolerant of a range of soil types as long as they are well-drained. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… other kinds of jams and desserts. Cawood Delight rhubarb has very thick, dark red stems and is an exceptionally hardy rhubarb for colder climates. It is fast-growing reaching a height of two -four feet and a width of three-four feet. It prefers … moderate soils. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… Smooth sumac is very much like staghorn sumac, with large attractive compound leaves and an irregular growth … hairs. This large native shrub in the cashew family spreads by rhizomes and forms colonies. It is best for a naturalistic setting. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… Gemini™ is a patented hybrid tea rose released by Bear Creek Gardens, Inc. of Medford, Oregon, in 1999. … From May through October, it produces lightly fragrant salmon-pink and white blooms. It is a hybrid cross between the orange New Year™ and pink-and-white Anne Morrow Lindbergh™. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… Ground cover Rosa ‘Noamel’ is sold as Flower Carpet® Appleblossom in the retail nurseries. It is a spreading deciduous shrub that grows to a maximum height of 2 feet and 3 feet or more in … beds and as a ground cover. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… rose sports attractive waxy purple leaves and small soft pink flowers. Unlike most roses, it is grown mainly for its foliage, a unique combination of purple, gray, and green. The pink … in May and June, and are followed in the fall by orange-red hips that last into winter. It is a vase-shaped shrub with minimal thorns on reddish canes that grows 6 – 8 feet tall. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… Swamp rose ( Rosa palustris ) is one of many water-loving, water-absorbing plants selected for the Rainwater Glen. An Illinois … The large, red visible follow fragrant pink flowers that bloom in early summer. Swamp rose is used in home landscapes with full sun and moist, acidic soil, and room for colonies to form. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… Brown-eyed Susan is one of 5 species of Rudbeckia native to Illinois. It is very hardy and somewhat drought-tolerant. It forms a more bushy mound than the more commonly … but it may reseed. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… Wild or prairie petunia is a perennial species of gravelly or rocky areas in the eastern and central states. The leaves … with long petioles. The five-lobed flowers do resemble pale lavender petunias, but this is in fact in the acanthus family, not related to true petunias. A pretty little plant, it does … by taller plants. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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