… to a height of 12 inches with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. It has blue blooms in July and August and belongs in a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… because it usually blooms between mid-November and late January. Varieties are available in white, pink, red, and purple and are usually sold in full bud with at least a few blooms. After the plant is finished blooming, it needs a resting … two months at which time very little, if any, water should be given and it should be placed in a location that receives moderate light. If the foliage or stems begin to shrivel during its …
Type: Plant Info
… is a rounded shrub that grows up to 10 feet high and wide. Its foliage is a dull green. In May and June it produces white flowers with a pink tinge that attract butterflies. These give way to black fruits in the fall and winter that appeal to birds. Fall foliage is red-orange. This species may be … a stiff, dense branching structure, small, glossy leaves of fine texture, and abundant fruit in the form of small pomes, which are generally in shades of red/orange but may also be cream or …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… make a fine-textured formal hedge and takes well to clipping. Its rosy-pink flowers, produced in late May, are often hidden by the leaves. Red fruits ripen in late summer and persist into late fall. Fall color can be a good red. This species is native … a stiff, dense branching structure, small, glossy leaves of fine texture, and abundant fruit in the form of small pomes, which are generally in shades of red/orange but may also be cream or …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… are held on erect, slender, 3-foot-long stems amid dark green, sword-shaped leaves held in a fan shape. This perennial plant grows up to 5 feet tall in large clumps and blooms abundantly during the summer (in the southern hemisphere—winter in Chicago). Native to South Africa, it grows naturally along …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… blanket the plant with 1½-inch, shiny, bright orange, rayed flowers that are borne singly or in clusters on short stalks. Its dark green, paired leaves are free or slightly fused at the … and west coast of Western Cape, South Africa, from Vredenburg to Saldanha. Interestingly, in the past these plants were known as "midday plants" and were referred to as "municipal workers," because the flowers open at 9 a.m. and close at 5 p.m. They thrive in hot sun and survive very successfully during periods of drought because the leaves retain …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Introduced in 1935, Excel early-flowering lilac produces fragrant single lavender blooms. The cultivar is … This large deciduous shrub that can tolerate more summer heat than most other lilacs. Plant in full sun in fertile, well drained soils and site to receive good air movement during the growing season. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… after its introduction and is only now being rediscovered. Although it was first collected in 1907 by E. H. Wilson during an expedition to China, it wasn't until 1916 that a colleague of Wilson's, … -codium refers to the flower head. Then for nearly 65 years, Heptacodium was forgotten. But in 1980, another expedition to China resulted in the collection of viable seeds of this rare …
Type: Plant Info
… In the constellation of singular spring flowers, there are a few stars that shine more brightly … lily family and native to eastern, southeastern, and midwestern states, trillium grows happily in heavily composted, partially shaded woodlands in the company of a community of interdependent woody shrubs, tall trees, dried leaves, and other …
Type: Plant Info
… cross may have occurred as early as the 1640s, after which this tree became widely planted in London and other major European cities because of its perceived tolerance for urban pollution. City planting spread to America where this hybrid today is common in such distant locations as Brooklyn, New York and San Francisco, California. This hybrid can be … Distinguishing features include: (1) Leaves have deeper sinuses and (2) fruiting balls appear in pairs. Like its American parent, it typically grows as a single-trunk tree to 75-100 feet …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
