… Reddish-pink buds open to white flowers on Donald Wyman crabapple. The fruit is glossy red and persistent into winter. This consistent performer and disease-resistant cultivar is extensively planted at the Chicago Botanic Garden. It was … as a chance seedling at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University in the early 1950s and named in honor of Donald Wyman, Ph.D., who had recently retired as horticulturist at the …
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… Ginkgo is a dwarf tree with an upright pyramidal shape. It will mature to a height of 6 feet and width of 4 feet in 15 years and has a dense compact form. The leaves of 'Spring Grove' are bright green in color and grow in a whorled arrangement around the branches. This is a male clone and will not produce …
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… Alumroot is a stunning dark purple Heuchera villosa hybrid. The leaves are large, oak shaped and purple-bronze. In addition, the leaves are highlighted with a silver sheen, and enhanced by a ruffled edge that exposes the contrasting red colored undersides. At maturity Dark Mystery Alumroot creates a leafy mounded shape 14 inches high by 24 inches wide, and striking plumes of cream flowers on dark purple stems appear in late spring and early summer …
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… for large, blue-green-leaved hostas. Introduced in 1905, it is noted for the size, texture, and substance of its foliage. Considered a slow grower, Elegans may take several years to reach … 3 feet in height with a spread of 4 feet. Its white flowers appear in late spring-early summer and are attractive to hummingbirds. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks called …
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… This red twig dogwood has branches that are bright red which provide color and beauty beauty in the winter especially against a snowy backdrop. The Baileyi red twig dogwood shrub grows to 6 to 10 feet tall and wide with a rounded open habit. White spring flowers are followed by fruits in mid-summer, and the leaves turn yellow in fall. It is tolerant of a range of soils including boggy and clay …
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… Narcissus ‘Little Gem’ is in Division 3 and blooms in mid to late spring. The petals are white and the small corona is a pale creamy yellow with a band of bright orange near the rim. Noted narcissus hybridizer J. Gerritsen and Son made this selection in 1938. The Royal Horticultural Society has given it the Award of …
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… center flares. Tree peonies often need to settle in one to two years before producing blooms and, once established, will grow to mature size in five to eight years. Plant in sun to part shade with the eyes no more than 2 inches below the soil surface and protect from strong winds and afternoon sun. It is deer resistant. Peonies are popular garden plants, known for their …
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… stamens. Tree peonies often need to settle in for one to two years before producing blooms and, once established, will grow to mature size in five to eight years. Plant in sun to part shade with the eyes no more than 2 inches below the soil surface and protect from strong winds and afternoon sun. It is deer resistant Peonies are popular garden plants, known for their …
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… stamens. Tree peonies often need to settle in for one to two years before producing flowers and, once established, will mature to 5 feet in five to eight years. Plant in sun to part shade with the eyes no more than 2 inches below the soil surface and protect from strong winds and afternoon sun. Deer resistant. Peonies are popular garden plants, known for their stunning …
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… in our day. The semi-double roses are a very pure white, wrinkled a little like tissue paper, and highly fragrant. In fact, "rugosa" comes from the Latin for wrinkled, but it refers to the … in many regards. They're hardy to zone 4. They're tolerant of light shade, salt spray, wind, and poor soil. And they're so thorny they discourage deer from browsing. Polinators are drawn to the flowers all …
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