… The paniculata species of phlox are the most magnificent and there is a huge selection to choose from. Plant 'John Fanick' in full sun in fertile moist soil where it will grow to 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide and produce striking, …
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… Forever Pink phlox is a Chicagoland Grows® selection. Chicagoland Grows® is a plant introduction partnership of the … 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; its 1-inch-wide, purplish-pink flowers cover the plants for three weeks in June with repeat blooming into October. The plants are dense and clump-forming, and remain …
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… Running With Scissors phlox is a Chicagoland Grows® selection. Chicagoland Grows® is a plant introduction partnership of the … 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; it has proven to be a super-charged moss phlox in terms of flower power, vigor, and durability. The 1-inch-wide, light to medium-violet …
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… Pachypodium lealii is a small-growing bottle tree from southern Angola and Namibia, producing creamy white flowers on a branch well-armed with spines. With time, the small specimen in the Garden's greenhouses will produce a swollen trunk, the basis for the common name. Like … the Apocynaceae or Oleander family, the milky sap of the leaves and stems is highly toxic and, in fact, Namibian hunters often used the sap to poison their arrow tips. The sap can also cause …
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… flowers shaped like catkins or bottlebrushes at the tips of tall wand-like stems. It thrives in full sun to partial shade and moist soil conditions. It is supposedly deer-resistant, and butterflies are attracted to the flowers. Even before they bloom, the leaves grow in very attractive mounds of pinnate leaves with narrow, glossy, deeply toothed leaflets. A …
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… Capsicum baccatum is the species name for aji or Peruvian hot peppers. The plants have a more shrubby habit than … have white flowers with a chartreuse blotch. The peppers are generally narrow and irregular in shape. They are popular in South America and Caribbean countries. ‘Brazilian Starfish’ has an unusual squat shape, …
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… Seaton's Ruby anemone-flowered mum ( Chrysanthemum 'Seaton's Ruby') is a tried-and-true, consistent award winner at chrysanthemum shows. The flower shape, described … cushion of petal-like flowers are the same shade of red. This cultivar is not hardy outdoors in the Chicago region. Gardeners replant rooted cuttings each spring that can be obtained from specialist nurseries. Mums require full sun, moderate moisture and fertilization, and—in the case of this cultivar—staking. …
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… linear, grayish-green leaves. It forms nice dense mounds and grows only to a foot or so. It is wonderful in the foreground of a perennial border or rock garden. One-inch diameter flowers are borne … it. Lovely pink flowers, each petal with scalloped edging, cover this sun-loving perennial in spring. …
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… 'Jelena' is a deciduous shrub with alternate ovate or rounded leaves with a wavy margin. Yellow and red fragrant flowers bloom in February to March. The small flowers grow in clusters of three or four and each flower has four strap-like petals that open as soon as …
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… Hibiscus 'Midnight Marvel' has large, deep scarlet flowers 8-9 inches in diameter that emerge from dark red, almost black buds. The foliage is very a deep purple with a maple leaf like shape. It stands 4 feet tall and blooms from … from the Greek work "hibiskos" that mant "marshmallow". The sticky root or stem of some plant in the mallow family was used at one time to make marshmallow confections. …
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