… Hybrid paperbark maple ( Acer griseum x maximowiczianum ) is a very rare maple that features beautiful red fall color and attractive cinnamon stick-like exfoliating bark. This small tree is a hybrid of two Chinese … editorial committee reversed earlier judgements on the nomenclature for paperbark maples, and recommends that all Acer maximowicizianum be referred to as Acer nikoense . …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… astilbe cultivar has rosy-purple, fluffy flowers on erect spikes above the mounded foliage. It is quite popular because it blooms late in the summer and into fall, a time when there are few purple flowers in the garden. Often used as an accent, this tall, late-blooming plant grows well in the shade and is also excellent at the water's edge. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… at maturity to create an anemone form Dahlia 'Wannabee'. A 2004 introduction, 'Wannabee' is a striking addition to a container or bedding location. Dahlias are not hardy in the Chicago region, and must be lifted and stored over winter. Plant in spring, when danger of frost is past. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ‘Baby Blue’ is a very attractive conifer with intense silvery blue foliage with a feathery look. The foliage … purplish plum in winter months, giving this plant year-round interest. Its growth is upright and somewhat conical. It retains a tidy shape with little or no trimming. Makes a great accent or container plant due to its slow growth rate and manageable size; it reaches 5 feet by 4 feet at maturity. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Lady Betty Balfour is a large-flowered perennial vine that climbs 8 to15 feet. From July to August it produces 6 to … again from September through October. Plant Lady Betty Balfour in full sun to partial shade, and prune to the ground in early spring. It is an excellent choice for covering pergolas and arbors. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The log fern is native to the forests of the eastern US where it thrives in damp areas on the forest floor. The fronds are held erect: celsa means lofty and in ideal locations it forms a dense multi-frond clump of dark green fronds growing to about 3 feet high and 3 feet wide. It is suitable as specimen plant or as an understory in shaded areas. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Sulphureum Bishop's Cap is an attractive groundcover with delicate heart-shaped leaves that turn green/green-shaded after bronze new growth. Mature plants reach 12" height and width. Small flowers with pale yellow sepals and primrose-yellow petals appear in mid to late spring. Does well in light to deep shade, in …
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… Kyushu panicle hydrangea is an upright shrub that grows to a maximum height of 8 feet. It requires full sun or partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. In the summer and early fall it produces large upright panicles of white flowers. Small sterile flowers are …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… the small stem leaves. Not to be confused with the invasive purple loosestrife, this plant is a valued native plant, growing in meadows and along shorelines. It is shorter in stature, with opposite leaves that are broad at the base and attached to a four-angled stem. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Bonfire peach ( Prunus persica 'Bonfire'), growing in containers near the flower walk, is hiding its still-ripening treasures below long, tapered leaves. Growing just 4 to 6 feet tall and wide, this container-grown tree is protected from late-spring frosts that could damage flowers and impair fruiting. 본파이어 복숭아 나무는 4-6피트의 높이와 넓이로 자라는데, 컨테이너에 넣어서 키우기 때문에 간혹 있는 늦봄의 서리로 부터 안전합니다. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
