… and the flowers on my pumpkin plants dropped off. Any suggestions for next year? A. If weather is unusually rainy or cold or bee activity is limited due to improper timing of insecticides, pollination will not occur. Additionally, plants in extreme stress (due to very high temperatures, prolonged drought or other conditions) will abort developing fruit by …
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… Sweet abelia is a Korean native shrub with pink buds opening to tubular white blooms in late spring or early … summer. The flowers are tubular, with five flaring petals that start with red buds that open to white. It is prized for its fragrance and may be used as a hedge. Glossy opposite leaves and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This shrub typically grows to a maximum height of 5 feet with full sun and moist, well-drained soil. It has spikes of rich magenta-purple blooms that attract butterflies and hummingbirds from early summer to early fall. It is good in a border when grown in massed plantings. It is also a popular cut flower. The plant …
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… heart-shaped which turn yellow in the fall. In early spring before the leaves appear, the tree is covered with masses of violet-pink flowers that spring straight from the bare trunks and which provide early season sustenance to hummingbirds and a range of other pollinators. Ace of Hearts is a dwarf redbud, designed for smaller gardens, reaching heights of only 9 to 12 feet and widths of 10-15 feet with a graceful spreading growth habit. It is a suitable …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… nonhardy, evergreen shrub from Central America. Winter hardy in USDA zones 7 and warmer, it is used as an annual in Chicago-area gardens. Full sun in the hottest microclimates available in your garden and average soils are keys to success in the Upper Midwest. Once the plant is rooted in, you will need water only during extended droughts. It's insect and disease resistant, and is difficult to overwinter indoors because of the full sun and warm temperature requirements. Butterflies, …
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… Black Ace turtlehead is a perennial that gets its name from its dark leaves. The white flowers, which appear from July through October, are said to resemble a turtle with its mouth open but are more reminiscent of snapdragons. It grows 3-4 feet and prefers wet soil in part shade where it will attract butterflies. Native to North America, it is a host plant for the Baltimore Checkerspot butterfly. Cut it back in the …
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… Glitter Coral Bells is a striking Heuchera hybrid with green-black veined silver leaves and fuchsia pink flowers. The underside of the leaves are purple. It matures to a mound 10 inches high and 14 inches wide, the short showy flowers increase the height to 16 inches. Glitter Coral Bells will grow in sun or shade and will bloom continuously all …
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… Frosty Morn Coral Bells is a lovely plant. Reliably variegated cream and green foliage topped by 16 inch clusters of red … it makes a delightful show. Its mature size is 10 inches wide and high, it prefers part sun to shade, avoid full afternoon sun, and moderate moisture. The flowers will develop in spring and early summer and will be attractive to bees and hummingbirds. It is resistant to deer and can be used as a cut flower. Useful in …
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… PRAIRIE TITAN® Kentucky Coffeetree is derived from a tree native to the streambanks and floodplains of midwestern North America. … TITAN® has fine bluish-green foliage and grows into a large upright but spreading tree up to sixty feet high and thirty feet wide. Although it prefers moist rich soils it is highly …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… hydrangea takes its name from the flowers that change color from a creamy white in mid-summer to pink in late summer to strawberry red in the fall. This hydrangea is a compact mounding shrub growing to only about five feet tall and about four feet wide. It …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
