… Poseidon is a medium hosta with light green leaves surrounded by narrow white margins. It is notable for its fragrant double flowers. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long-lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks called scapes, they are grown primarily for their foliage and neat habit. Hostas are actively hybridized for leaf color, size, shape, and texture; natural …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This thorny shrub is called a Fallgold raspberry as it bears golden raspberries in the fall. This shrub grows to a height of about 5 feet and a width of about 2 feet. It has white blooms that attract butterflies from June until frost, … followed by yellow fruit. Like most raspberries, Fallgold prefers moist, well-drained soils and will rot in wet soils, so raised beds may be necessary in areas with heavy clay soil. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Dawn Bodnant viburnum is a cross between V. farreri and V. grandiflorum that was selected from seedlings at … pink buds open to fragrant pinkish-white flowers in April, much earlier than most viburnums, and before the emergence of foliage. Because of its early flowering, there is risk of bud/flower …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This plant is originally from Madagascar. This clump-forming perennial needs full sun to partial shade and moderate soil conditions to reach a height of about 1 foot. Although it blooms year-round, the pink flowers are inconspicuous. It is useful in a summer border or as a terrarium plant. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Japanese red pine is a rounded compact pine with red-brown branches and olive-green needles. The buds are … surrounded by short needles. It grows to 3.5 by 1.5 feet at maturity. Plant in full sun; it is useful as a screen or low hedge or as a specimen plant. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This is a mat-forming veronica that grows best in rock gardens, where it forms a series of plants with flowers that grow along the ends of the stems. It is useful in the front of borders where the mats can be seen and their flowers can be appreciated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
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… snakeroot (was: Eupatorium rugosum ) for much of the fall. The plant grows up to 5 feet tall and 3 feet wide. Chicago-area gardeners should take care to deadhead this plant before the seeds … in their gardens. This native perennial grows well in full sun, tolerates some shade, and can thrive in moderate to slightly dry soils. Butterflies, bees, wasps, and moths all cover this plant when it is in full bloom—it is truly a pollinator magnet. A toxin (tremetol) found in this plant is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Medusa is a miniature (1 foot by 1 foot) hosta featuring lance shaped, twisting leaves with creamy centers and green margins. It is the result of a cross between H. 'Neat Splash' and H. gracillima . In June, it blooms with pale lavender flowers on 15-inch scapes. Hostas are …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Royal Standard was the first patented hosta cultivar (1965) and is still widely available in the trade today. It is a large (2 feet tall by 5 feet wide), dark green-leaved hosta noted for its vigorous growth rate, sun tolerance, and robust production of fragrant white flowers. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
