… featured on this self-cleaning sage with remarkable heat tolerance. This non-hardy perennial is a pollinator magnet with special importance to migrating hummingbirds and butterflies in the … soils that dry between waterings are ideal conditions for this plant. This improved selection is shorter than the original cultivar and produces more flowers. 2020 – Ball Horticultural … @ Chicago Botanic Garden Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… Seeing autumn squill in bloom in early September is always a surprise, because all of its cousins bloom in the spring. Numerous spikes of starry … densely cover spikes to 10 inches in height. The leaves are narrow and strap-like. Although it is native to North Africa, these bulbs have proven quite hardy in the Chicago area. We have … swarm to this late bloomer. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… (a campion) are almost yellow, that's why it's called a Golden Campion. Ray's Golden campion is derived from a common European wildflower and in the spring it bears hot pink flowers that … This campion prefers damp alkaline soils but will tolerate most garden settings provided it is kept watered during dry periods. it grows to about two feet tall and two feet wide. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… The Ural false spirea is a medium-sized spreading shrub native to northern Asia, from the Ural Mountains to Japan. An … related European mountain ash—they are large and pinnately compound with toothed leaflets. It is topped by large white feathery flower heads measuring 4- to 10-inches long in late June and into early July. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… plants produce red, fleshy, single-seeded fruit instead of cones (these are poisonous). This is a cross between Japanese yews and English yews T. baccata. ; It prefers average, medium moist, … soil in full sun to part shade, but can tolerate a wide range of soils as long as drainage is good. It can also tolerate full shade and considerable pruning. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… plants produce red, fleshy, single-seeded fruit instead of cones (these are poisonous). This is a cross between Japanese yews ( T. cuspidata ); and English yews ( T. baccata ). It prefers … soil in full sun to part shade, but can tolerate a wide range of soils as long as drainage is good. It can also tolerate full shade and considerable pruning. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… This is a clump-forming perennial which can reach a height of 5' with a 4’ spread. The foliage is lacy and fine-textured resembling columbine or maidenhair fern. It blooms with tiny, double … dappled sun to part shade. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… Bailey Nurseries, who market the plant. It retains its green color in winter like Techny, but is much more dense and compact, forming a pyramid about six feet tall by three feet wide. This cultivar would be good for a low hedge or an accent plant where space is limited. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… This cultivar is a semi-dwarf, narrow columnar evergreen conifer.It can reach a height of 30’ but a width of … living fence. It will tolerate a wide range of soil types as long as periodic deep watering is provided. It prefers full sun and partial shade; too much shade will result in a loose, thin … from bending too far. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… TRIUMPH™ elm is a Chicagoland Grows® selection. Chicagoland Grows® is a plant introduction partnership of the Chicago Botanic Garden, the Morton Arboretum and the … and pest resistance. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
