… Jeannene spiderwort is a low-growing clumping perennial plant that is derived from native North American plants. It … Each flower is open at most a single day, and in some cases, for only a morning. It grows to about eighteen inches in height and up to three feet in width. In an evaluation of spiderworts conducted at the Chicago Botanic Garden, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Artemisia vulgaris 'Janlim' Oriental Limelight™ is a cultivar of the common herb mugwort and is used in gardens for its beautiful green and cream variegated foliage. Its leaves are aromatic, making them resistant to many pests including deer. The leaves can be dried and used as an insect repellent. This cultivar produces dense panicles of white flowers in late summer to early fall. Horticulturally speaking, this is an easy plant to care for but it does produce …
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… The Fraser fir is native to the Appalachian Mountains. It is a relatively small tree compared to other firs with a mature height between 30 and 50 feet. Its short, upturned needles and dense …
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… An elegant plant native to southeast Europe, bear’s breeches has sharply pointed, deeply divided leaves that may be 2 feet long, growing in large clumps. In midsummer, it produces columnar flower spikes to 3 feet in height. The tubular flowers have a dusky plum-purple upper lip and a white lower lip. Beneath each flower is a spiny bract that is white with green veins. This perennial is marginally hardy in the …
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… called moth orchids because the flowers of some species resemble moths in flight. The name is derived from the word Phalaena , given by Carl Linnaeus to a group of large moths. There are thousands of beautiful Phalaenopsis hybrids. Phalaenopsis … on top. It is an epiphytic (growing on tree branches and trunks) plant that grows in moderate to high light and will thrive in an east window or a shaded southerly or westerly exposure. …
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… moisture. It has lavender blooms that attract butterflies from July through October. It is a specimen in a border and is attractive to birds. …
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… Gasteraloe 'Green Gold' is in the Liliaceae family. Gasteraloe 'Green Gold' is a hybrid between Gasteria and Aloe. Porous soil with adequate drainage. Protect from frost. Provide filtered light; hardy to 32F …
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… For many of us, part of the joy of spring is heading out to the forest preserves and seeing the wildflowers in bloom. But for Susanne Masi, … as threatened or endangered by the state or federal government. All are rare, either due to loss of habitat, removal of fire from the ecosystem, or competition from invasive plants such …
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… The Atlas Mountain palm is a native of north Africa where it grows in the Atlas mountains of Morocco and Algeria to altitudes of 5000 feet. This palm tree has large silvery-blue fan-shaped frond that have a … tone. This tree is rounded when young but can eventually reach a height and width of 10 to 15 feet. This tree requires very sunny conditions and dryish well-drained soils. It is not …
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… leafless stems. The each flower has an inner petal which protrudes from the bottom and is reminiscent of a drop of blood, thus giving the plant the name “bleeding heart. The plant can … it will regrow in fall or the following spring. It is hardy in zones 5 – 9. It is attractive to hummingbirds and butterflies while resistant to rabbits and deer. …
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