… TRIUMPH™ elm is a Chicagoland Grows® selection. Chicagoland Grows® is a plant introduction partnership of the Chicago Botanic Garden, the Morton Arboretum and the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Do you like blueberries? This is a blueberry bush, and if you're here in the spring you'll see the white flowers that turn into the blueberries in the summer months. Bluecrop blueberry is a self-pollinating blueberry that was bred to produce large berries and high yields. It …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… on Southern Cross ironweed ( Vernonia 'Southern Cross'), a hybrid native ironweed that is relatively short (3 feet tall). This cultivar grows best in full sun, with moderately fertile … hummingbirds, while the seeds are coveted by birds. This introduction by Intrinsic Perennials is one of the few ironweed cultivars offered on the market. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… (a campion) are almost yellow, that's why it's called a Golden Campion. Ray's Golden campion is derived from a common European wildflower and in the spring it bears hot pink flowers that … This campion prefers damp alkaline soils but will tolerate most garden settings provided it is kept watered during dry periods. it grows to about two feet tall and two feet wide. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Ural false spirea is a medium-sized spreading shrub native to northern Asia, from the Ural Mountains to Japan. An … related European mountain ash—they are large and pinnately compound with toothed leaflets. It is topped by large white feathery flower heads measuring 4- to 10-inches long in late June and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This cultivar is a semi-dwarf, narrow columnar evergreen conifer.It can reach a height of 30’ but a width of … living fence. It will tolerate a wide range of soil types as long as periodic deep watering is provided. It prefers full sun and partial shade; too much shade will result in a loose, thin …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… name from the bulbils produced freely near the bracts at the base of the flowers. This species is stemless, the leaves forming a dense rosette from which the flowering spikes emerge in … attractive to the Madagascarian equivalent of hummingbirds. The origin of the Aloe genus name is unclear, with Greek and Hebrew allal (bitter) and Arabic alloch (bitter) all contenders. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Mountain aloe is one of the single trunked species with gray green leaves featuring darker spines along the … curve as they age. Full sun with plenty to room to grow as it reaches mature size. Outdoors it is hardy to about 20 degree F in dry climates. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… petals surround the navy blue center on this marginally hardy poppy anemone. The mounded habit is comprised of finely dissected leaves, with the flowers on sturdy stems held well above. This anemone is recommended as a cool season annual in Chicago-area gardens, in shaded to full sun locations. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Hardy asparagus fern is a perennial also known as false asparagus, a reference to its lacy foliage with tiny … asparagus plant. Although it produces white flowers in mid-summer followed by red berries, it is grown mainly for its arching foliage that can reach 4 feet and turns yellowish-gold in the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
