… Ivory tower wisteria is a climbing vine that grows to a maximum of 30 feet under full sun with moderate moisture … permits the long pendulous flowers to be appreciated to their fullest extent. It is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… reddish-orange flowers in clusters at the tips of the stems. This native of southeast Asia is not hardy outdoors in the Chicago region and requires a warm, humid growing environment. It is Ideal in a hanging basket or cascading over a window sill or ledge. Like many other ephiphytes …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… edged in red and cream. The lateral spines are relatively soft but the red terminal spine is stout and to be avoided. This hybrid is relatively small growing (about two foot in size) and has proven to be hardy down to at least …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Queen Victoria Agave is a variable succulent with ball rosettes of straight or incurved, triangular-oblong, … or curved racemes 12 to 15 feet long and creamy white flowers sometimes tinged purple. It is found in California and northern and western Mexico …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… the older woody stems every couple of years to encourage greater flower production. This shrub is butterfly and hummingbird friendly, but deer don't care for the taste of the leaves. It is not long-lived in heavy clay soils. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The marginal shield fern or marginal wood fern is native to the moist woodlands of eastern north America where it is found in shaded nooks around rocks and fallen trees. It has medium green leathery leaves and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This tree has masses of tiny purplish hairs that give this appearance. Daydream smokebush is a deciduous shrub that thrives in full sun and requires well-drained soil. Daydream can reach … and width of ten to fifteen feet and it makes an excellent hedge. It has good fall color, is deer-resistant, and can cope with clay soils and dry conditions. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Smoke tree is a small ornamental, deciduous tree or large bush that is grown for its attractive foliage and plume-like panicles that appear in the summer and look …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Hornbeam is an excellent landscape tree and, due to its dwarf narrow shape, dwarf columnar hornbeam fits nicely in the home garden. It is a slow-growing upright deciduous tree with dense, compact foliage that grows to 4 feet tall …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Heatherbun is a dwarf, rounded cultivar that grows 6 to 8 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide. Its name derives … its medium-green foliage that turns an attractive heather purple to plum purple in winter. It is easily grown in average, moist, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. This plant …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
