… Narcissus ‘Elka’ is in Division 1. This is a dwarf cultivar that stands only 4 – 6 inches high and blooms very early in the season with star shaped flowers. Both the petals and the corona open pale yellow and become white as they mature. The corona is cylindrical with a slightly expanded mouth. The …
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… has showy, 5-inch yellow-orange flowers with a darker eye. It blooms mid to late season and may rebloom, giving it an extended bloom period. It is unusually tall for a daylily. It is fragrant and attracts butterflies and humming birds. Each flower lasts only one day, but there are multiple buds on each stalk and …
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… large,deep red blossoms with a yellow throat fading to green. It blooms early to mid season, and often reblooms. With petals that curve back gently, it attracts butterflies. Baja is quite striking both as an accent to a garden and in mass plantings. Although each flower lasts only one day, there are multiple buds on each stalk and several stalks on each plant. The buds open in series, so a single plant may continue to …
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… mid season. It may re-bloom. The 6-inch flowers stay open for at least 16 hours before closing and attract butterflies and hummingbirds. Although each flower lasts only one day, there are multiple buds on each stalk and several stalks on each plant. The buds open in series, so a single plant will continue to …
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… Oregon. Introduced in 2010 this striking Heuchera hybrid has highly ruffled robust bright pink and amber leaves. This is a very strong growing sturdy plant. Mature size is 10 inches tall by 18 … tall clusters of tiny white flowers increase the height to 16 inches starting in late spring and summer. It will attract hummingbirds and bees when in flower and is resistant to deer. The foliage will remain attractive in winter in …
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… 'Lohengrin’, a unique hybrid of Hibiscus syriacus , an Asian species and Hibiscus mutabilis , a species from the southern U.S., has proven to be very hardy in the Chicago area. It has broad white petals and a red-violet eye, with a long white staminal column. It combines the woody habit of … with large flowers of mutabilis. These shrubs, with three-lobed leaves, will reach 8’ tall and require full sun for a long bloom period. Our original plant started as a cutting from …
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… of our native deciduous winterberry hollies. In the wild they are found in swampy sites and stream margins in the eastern United States. Jim Dandy is a slow grower to about 6 feet high and 8 feet wide. It is the male cultivar for the female Berry Heavy and Berry Nice cultivars and must be planted within 50 feet of those plants for effective …
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… H. F. Young clematis is a deciduous climber that grows 8 to 10 feet and produces single, bluish flowers 6 to 8 inches across with a greenish white bar on the reverse side. The plant was named after a director of the Pennell Sons Nursery and was awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit. A member of clematis pruning group 2, H. F. Young blooms in late spring to early summer and then again in early autumn. It does not require major pruning, just the removal of all dead …
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… The bright rosy pink flowers of this plant are tesselated (checkered) in a darker color and have a yellowish base. This cultivar also is sold under the name of Colchicum 'Glory of Heemstede'. Plant in full sun and moist but well-drained soils, and divide after 3-4 years, or whenever the clumps become so congested that the corms are pushed …
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… the hawthorns native to north-eastern America. It bears attractive white flowers in the spring and edible red fruits in the fall and is a large broad tree with horizontal branches growing to 35 feet wide and high. Like most hawthorns it is susceptible to a range of diseases especially rust and …
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