… hirta 'Prairie Sun') features large, green-eyed, daisy-shaped flowers in orange, transitioning to yellow towards the tips. Derived from native midwestern parents, this short-lived perennial is well-adapted to the Chicago climate and will reseed (if not deadheaded) to produce future generations in your …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Double Fire Zinnia Masses of double red-orange flowers cover this zinnia from midsummer up to the first frost of fall. Plant this zinnia in a sunny location, moderately fertile soil, after … the danger of late spring frosts have passed. This compact (matures at 18 inches) cultivar is resistant to the leaf diseases that many other zinnias are prone to. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Large orange-apricot double flowers gracefully age to pink on this disease resistant rose with dark glossy green leaves. The flowers have a very light tea rose scent and bloom virtually continuously from mid-June to the first hard frost. Insects and hummingbirds are drawn to the flowers. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Royal Robe Sweet Violet, a perennial, grows to a height of 12 inches with full sun to partial or full shade and moderate moisture conditions. From March to June, it has white, … cover, or an understory. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Striptease is a medium-sized hosta. Its leaves have wide, dark-green margins separated by a fine white line … of H . ‘Gold Standard.’ It is an effective specimen plant. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks … also common, and new introductions abound. Hosta cultivars range in size from several inches to several feet; it may take 3 to 8 years for hostas to reach their full size. They all prefer …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… in 1936, Frances Williams has long been a staple of the shade garden. This large hosta is noted for its gold margined leaves. It is a sport of H. sieboldiana 'Elegans.' This is a large … in June and July with white flowers that attract hummingbirds. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks … also common, and new introductions abound. Hosta cultivars range in size from several inches to several feet; it may take 3 to 8 years for hostas to reach their full size. They all prefer …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ‘Kansas’ is a classic herbaceous peony with an unforgettable double red bloom. Reliable, vigorous, and … bloom time is classified as early, mid-, and late. ‘Kansas’ is a midseason bloomer. It grows to 3 inches tall, taking on a shrubby appearance throughout the summer, then dies to the ground in the fall. Plant in sun to part shade with eyes no more than 2 inches below the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Q. What is the difference between a systemic insecticide and one you spray directly on the plant? A. Although both systemic and contact spray insecticides can be applied directly to plant foliage, they function in different ways. The systemic chemical solution is absorbed by … it ingests some of the insecticide. Systemic solutions are more commonly applied as a drench to the soil surrounding a targeted plant where they are absorbed by the plant's roots and further …
Type: Plant Info
… Justicia brandegeeana is known colloquially as shrimp plant due to the resemblance of its flowers to those tiny crustaceans. The showy reddish-pink to chartreuse bracts are actually modified …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Iris ensata flowers are bright purple with small yellow signals from early to mid summer. The standards and falls are flatter than those of the bearded irises, resulting in the entire flower being noticeably flatter. Iris ensata commonly as known as Japanese iris, is native to Japan, China, Korea and Russia. These tall, clump forming plants grow well along the edges of …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
