… yedoense var. poukhanense ) is a low-growing azalea covered with pink-mauve flowers in spring and orange to red fall color later in the season. Like other plants native to Korea, this species is winter hardy in many parts of the Upper Midwest, including the Chicago region. The cultivar is a hybrid of the …
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… Salvia × sylvestris 'Blauhügel' is a cultivar developed in Germany and sold in the United States under the translated name of blue hills sage. Six-inch-long spikes of … mounded form of the plant. Deadheading will be rewarded with a second flush of flowers later in the summer. This cultivar is deer and rabbit resistant but attractive to butterflies and …
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… Scilla sardensis is a clump-forming bulb producing showy blue flowers with little to any white in the center of the flower. It flowers in late winter and early spring. It grows to a maximum height of 6 feet under full sun to partial … shade with moderate moisture conditions. The plant is used as a ground cover or as a specimen in a border. It is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Chinese Sedum is a mat-forming 3-inch succulent which turns a showy bronze and burgundy color in fall. Its trailing stems support round leaves that form rosettes at the tips. Star-shaped … to pale pink flowers appear from July through September. It can be grown as a ground cover in full sun to partial shade in well-drained soil and is perfect for a rock garden or a dry slope. …
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… At 2 feet in height, Vivid obedient plant ( Physostegia virginiana 'Vivid') is shorter than the straight species and produces lavender-pink flowers in vertical rows on spikes to 10 inches in height. This salt-tolerant cultivar attracts butterflies while resisting deer. Like other …
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… This dwarf growing mix of Iceland poppies features plants producing flowers in shades of red, orange, yellow, and white, and maturing at 18 inches in size. Plant these poppies in full sun after the danger of hard frosts has passed, and enjoy the flower display through …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… broad green foliage with an extended period of flowering. This annual can be allowed to reseed in the garden or seeds can be collected and sown in late winter for transplanting after the last hard freezes are past in early spring. Full sun and well-drained soils are ideal. …
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… Almost black stems support the dark green leaves, making this cultivar easy to identify in a crowd of asters. Butterflies, honeybees, etc. can't resist the nectar and pollen. The narrow upright form of the flowering stems make this a favorite cut flower. Plant this aster in full sun and in moderately moist soils. …
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… This aster blooms in late summer-early fall with masses of fine-petaled lavender-pink flowers. It can reach a height of 1 foot with a 2 foot spread, but should be clipped back by a fourth in early summer. This creates a denser, more compact plant with more flowers. It should be planted in full sun and well-drained soil. Once established, it is both heat and drought tolerant. …
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… rue ( Thalictrum aquiligiifolium ) grows 2' to 3' tall and has a lovely ethereal quality in the garden. Use it in the middle of a sunny perennial garden. Flowers, which consist mostly of colorful stamens, are very small but extremely abundant. Lilac flowers adorn this plant in early summer. The columbine meadow rue is a delicate plant of very fine texture. A first-rate …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
