… This medium-size perennial grows 2 to 3 feet tall, with handsome, large, dissected leaves that are silvery beneath. Site this plant in the middle of a sunny perennial border where the 3-inch wide, vivid pink flower heads, comprised …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… a Chicagoland Grows® selection. Chicagoland Grows® is a plant introduction partnership of the Chicago Botanic Garden, the Morton Arboretum and the Ornamental Growers Association of Northern Illinois formed to promote plant cultivars that perform well in northern Illinois. This variety was selected at Intrinsic Perennial Gardens in Hebron, IL, for …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… is a Chicagoland Grows® selection. Chicagoland Grows® is a plant introduction partnership of the Chicago Botanic Garden, the Morton Arboretum and the Ornamental Growers Association of Northern Illinois formed to promote plant cultivars that perform well in northern Illinois. This variety was developed at the Chicago Botanic Garden for its oversized …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Kindly Light daylily has large, yellow-green, spider flowers but no fragrance. The blooms appear in mid-season and stay open for 16 hours or more. In milder climates the foliage is green all … and several stalks on each plant. The buds open in series, so a single plant will continue to bloom for 2 weeks or more. It is easy to grow and does well in full sun to part shade. Kindly …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Selkirk crabapple features showy rose-red flowers followed by burgundy fruit in the fall. Its foliage is red-green throughout the season and turns yellow in the fall. … are small flowering trees that provide a showy display in the spring landscape for 1 to 2 weeks. In addition to the eye-catching buds and flowers, their foliage, habit, and fruit …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… has strappy gray-green leaves and bears attractive three-petaled pink flowers about 1.5 inches in diameter that appear from June until September. Each flower is open at most a single day, and in some cases, for only a morning. It grows to about two feet in height and nearly three feet in width. In an evaluation of spiderworts conducted at the Chicago Botanic Garden, Therese was given an excellent rating for its strong growth habit, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Monarda is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family that is is endemic to North America. The most common species are Monarda …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
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… Bred in Michigan, Wolverine is a medium hosta featuring elongated blue green foliage with a gold margin (the colors of the University of Michigan). It is considered a vigorous grower. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long-lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… “Waterlily is the most reliable of the Colchicum cultivars in the Garden,” says Boyce Tankersley, director of living plant documentation. The lavender … for interplanting with annuals or with perennials that come up relatively late in the season to complement the Waterlily when it comes into flower.” …
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