… Its buds are a light, pinkish crimson, opening to reveal velvety deep crimson roses 4 inches in diameter. The scent is also described as exceptional...old rose, with hints of berries. … And care isn't complicated. Give it full sun (6 hours or more a day), regular water, a pruning in winter, and fertilizer once in the spring and again in the summer. …
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… from David Austin, who is known for breeding roses for fragrance and vigor as well as color. In this case, the old-world scent has a hint of myrrh. Left to its own devices, it will grow 5 to … but it also be pruned to a shorter shrub form. Like all roses, it prefers a garden location in full sun with space between it and surrounding plants to encourage good air movement (discourages powdery mildew and black spot). Honeybees gambol about in the multiple petals in search of nectar. …
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… white flowers appear above the green finely dissected foliage as temperatures start to warm in late spring to early summer. Not reliably winter hardy in Chicago gardens, this cool season annual is usually sold as a potted plant early in spring for planting outdoors. As temperatures warm, the plants bolt (send up their flower …
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… flowers and is one of the few native beardtongues that are adaptable to garden conditions — in fact, it thrives under cultivation. It also has a relatively long blooming season and brightens the garden in early and mid-summer. In autumn, the glossy leaves turn a rich red. Various bees are the principal pollinators. The …
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… a height of 60’ and a spread of 30’. As it ages, its branches become more pendulous. It blooms in May-June with fragrant pale yellowish-white flowers that appear in drooping clusters that are attractive to bees. These give way to conspicuous, but sterile, nutlets that ripen in late summer. It prefers moist, fertile, well-drained loams in full sun to part shade, but …
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… native to the southern-central US. It bears bracts of large 1.25 inch pinkish-purple flowers in late summer that are attractive to hummingbirds. It has unusual thread-like appendages leading … and a width of about five feet and has long, narrow leaves sometimes up to seven inches long. In an evaluation of ironweeds conducted at the Chicago Botanic Garden, Arkansas ironweed received a good rating for growing in local conditions, although some late season mildew and rust was observed on the plants in the …
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… native to the southern-central US. It bears bracts of large 1.25 inch pinkish-purple flowers in late summer that are attractive to hummingbirds. It has unusual thread-like appendages leading … and a width of about five feet and has long, narrow leaves sometimes up to seven inches long. In an evaluation of ironweeds conducted at the Chicago Botanic Garden, Arkansas ironweed received a good rating for growing in local conditions, although some late season mildew and rust was observed on the plants in the …
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… upright perennial native to East and Central North America. The narrow, toothed leaves grow in whorls of 3-7 around the stem. Numerous tiny tubular florets grow in a central spike, with smaller spikes sprouting around it at its base. The flowers vary from pristine white to pink or pale purple. Easy to grow, it prefers moist, well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade. A good background plant in the perennial bed, it is attractive to …
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… tree, it is a great specimen tree for the home landscape. Creamy-white fragrant flowers, borne in 6" to 12" pendulous panicles, adorn the tree in late July and August. The twisted fruits, which resemble pea pods, are also unique: they start … interest. The sophora tree, a native of China and Korea, is highly valued because it flowers in late summer when few trees are in bloom. An ornamental tree for late summer. …
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… Although it is common in prairies and sandy areas, Sorghastrum nutans the ornamental value of this grass has been … Native throughout most of North America except for the Far West, Indian grass grows in clumps about two feet tall. In mid-summer colorful plumes appear that extend two to three feet above the foliage on blue …
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