… This aster is native to the northeastern and central parts of the US. It blooms in late summer-early fall with masses of fine-petaled flowers in shades of blue and purple. It is called aromatic aster because of the sticky, scented glands on the small, narrow leaves. It …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Sweet flag is a wetland species in the arum family resembling cattails or sweet flag iris, with narrow, rigid leaves up to three feet tall. This is a shorter variety, topping out at about two feet. The leaves have ridges and the bases have a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Walmsley's Blue Aloe is a nice soft green and blue succulent. Lacking the ferocious toothed aspect of some aloe … green. I reproduces by off-sets quickly and will provide a full green cluster quickly. This is a indoor succulent, the flowers are orange and appear in winter and spring. In full sun the … lovely in containers and on flowerbed edges, but it is not hardy in Chicago and would need to come indoors for the frosty months. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Hawaiian Punch elephant ear is a brightly colored leafy plant with lime green heart-shaped leaves and red stems that might remind you of rhubarb. It grows prolifically to about three feet tall and about three feet wide and prefers rich well-drained, but … be lifted and stored in a cool, dark, dry location and replanted in the spring. Hawaiian Punch is suitable for large containers, partly shady borders, and as an understory planting. It is also …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… features of this ti plant, however, are its variegated pink, cream, and green leaves. Ti plant is primarily grown as a container plant for the variegated foliage; its flowers in November and December are an unusual addition. Ti plant is tolerant of being grown in a variety of light levels, but it is prone to spider mites in winter when grown indoors. While not fussy about soil, it needs consistent …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Ginkgo biloba 'Todd's WB' is a dwarf cultivar. It will develop into a shrub like specimen that will reach about 4 feet high … has the typical lovely fan shaped Ginkgo leaves and outstanding golden yellow fall color. It is a male clone and will not produce the distinctive smelling fruit in the fall. It is resistant to deer and very pollution-tolerant. This cultivar would work well in containers, or used in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Indoor plants are starting to “wake up” as we approach the Spring equinox this month. They are responding to the increasing amount of daylight coming through the windows. On March 1, daylight has grown … since the Winter Solstice on December 21. While plants are pushing out new growth, this is a good time to consider whether they need replanting, dividing, pruning, fertilizing or a …
Type: Plant Info
… May, these ornamental trees boast a variety of sizes, shapes and forms from dwarf and weeping to mounding, wide-spreading and upright. Besides the spring flowers, the display is followed again in late summer with colorful fruits, providing for two seasons of outstanding … sites as well as for foundation and border plantings. Species and Cultivars Crabapples belong to the genus Malus, a group of small flowering deciduous trees and shrubs in the Roseaceae (rose) …
Type: Plant Info
… Gordon Extensive cultivation and hybridization of more than 30 known lilac species have led to 2,000 varieties blooming from as early as the second week of May through mid-June. Syringa vulgaris , the common lilac, is the oldest lilac in cultivation and was brought to this country from Europe before 1700 by the earliest settlers. Hybridization of this species …
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… Nothing is better than a daffodil-filled spring view. Bird Island in peak daffodil bloom. Antique Lace … outliving the person who planted them. In fact, there's only one real drawback to daffodils—you may not have planted enough of them last fall. You can remedy that with two … this spring and some assistance from technology. Step 1: Snap pix at home First, head out to your yard at the first sign of spring and assess the daffodil opportunities. Where would …
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