… or ovoid in cross-section and slightly curved; and the cones, which are upright and persist on the tree until the seeds have dropped. 'Silver Show' is a dwarf cultivar with short, curled … undersides of the needles. The cones are very showy, turning violet-blue and appearing even on young trees. Korean firs may not be easy to grow in areas with clay soil and they don't like …
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… Red baneberry is a tough Illinois native. In fact, it can survive temperatures to 30 below on the one hand, and wildfires on the other. And it looks great throughout the growing season. You get fluffy little white …
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… from its mother, Alocasia odora . The leaves are a deep glossy green suffused with purple on top, and deep dark purple on the underside, both strongly marked with light green veins. Alocasias are jungle understory …
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… aloe, creating a dense mound. It is known as a cremnophyte, or a plant that prefers to grow on cliffs. The inflorescence is simple and reaches about a foot tall. The flowers are laxly arranged on the stem and are a bright coral pink with white tips. A cute little miniature aloe only kept …
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… If you are here in the fall or winter perhaps you see the small red fruits on this tree? In colonial times these fruits were called 'haws' and that's why this tree is … Washington hawthorn is native to eastern north America where it would grow in open areas and on the margins of thickets. This tree has dark green glossy lobed leaves and in June it bears …
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… Tall spikes of tubular flowers rise above the mounded foliage throughout the growing season on this nonhardy cultivar of foxglove. The large flowers are a rich plum-pink on the outside. The inside is speckled with dark pink spots, with yellow stamens. The …
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… Lace’, which grows 5’ tall, is a lace cap with light blue flowers and striking gold mottling on the leaves. Flower color is dependent on the soil in which the hydrangea is planted – blue in acidic soils and rose-pink in alkaline …
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… fertile but nonshowy flowers underneath. The flowers emerge white in July and slowly take on a greenish hue as they mature. The fertile florets will stay limegreen while the sterile … plant does well in full sun to light shade and is moderately drought – tolerant. It blooms on new wood so the flowers are not susceptible to late spring frosts. Greenspire is a hybrid of …
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… or boggy soil, or standing water. The flowers are huge, measuring 4 to 6 inches across and sit on top of stems that stand 2 ½ to 3 ft tall. The Louisiana irises are native to the bayous and wetlands of the Gulf Coast where they thrive on moist soil and partial shade. Typically the flowers are quite large, wide and flat with …
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… rosy lavender flowers with reddish brown dorsal (towards the back) spotting that ages to pink on an evergreen shrub that can grow up to 8’ in height and 12’ in width in favorable climates. … are approximately 800 species of Rhododendrons in the world found in cool moist environments on acid soils. Roseum Elegans is a cultivar of Rhododendron catawbiense, a species native to the …
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