… featured on this self-cleaning sage with remarkable heat tolerance. This non-hardy perennial is a pollinator magnet with special importance to migrating hummingbirds and butterflies in the fall. Full sun in well-drained soils that dry between waterings are ideal conditions for this plant. This improved selection is shorter than the original cultivar and produces more flowers. 2020 – Ball Horticultural featured plants @ Chicago Botanic Garden …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… An evergreen, coniferous tree growing to 90 feet tall, Manchurian fir is closely related to Korean fir ( Abies koreana ). With a trunk up to 4 feet in diameter and a narrow conic to columnar crown, the bark is grey-brown, smooth on young trees, and becomes fissured as the tree ages. Leaves are flat, needle-like, 10-30 mm long and 1.5-2 mm …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… One of the genus of succulent plants from Africa, southwestern Asia, and Madagascar, Yemen tree aloe ( Aloe sabaea ) is among 400 species in the genus. The name “aloe” derives from the Greek word, which comes from the Arabian “allock” and the Hebrew “ahalim.” The specific epithet sabaea comes from the Roman name for Arabia Felix , …
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… The leaves of Gold Standard emerge with chartreuse centers in the the spring and gradually become more gold with green margins as the season progresses. By the end of the … the color may fade to white. This large (22 inches tall by 36 inches wide), vigorous hosta is considered a classic and is widely used. Pink-lavender flowers appear in July and August and are attractive to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… SCENT AND SENSIBILITY™ Pink is a dwarf lilac cultivar with a low spreading habit featuring abundant pink flowers and recurring blooms during a long growing season. It is a rare rebloomer among lilacs. Members …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Winter is actually the best time of year to prune your deciduous plants. Wait for a relatively mild, sunny day, get out your pruners, and take a critical look at your trees and shrubs. As soon as trees and shrubs go into dormancy, pruning can begin, and you can prune up …
Type: Plant Info
… Talk around the Garden is all about orchids this month, with the opening of our Orchid Show. Among the many interesting … easy." Orchids should be repotted when new; every year or two; or when crowded roots push up and out of the pot. Spring: time for a close-up. Other than watering and occasionally fertilizing them, you probably don't look closely at your orchids all that often …
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… Saucer magnolia is the most commonly grown deciduous magnolia. Branches on this tree, which is usually … in flowers in late March to early April, when flowers open that are white to pinkish-purple and 5-10" across and fragrant. Very showy large-cupped flowers and handsome silver-gray bark are the saucer …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… time indoors with some of the most exotic-looking flowers in the plant kingdom. This cactus is a very popular plant, but most people are not aware of its special needs. Not all cacti are native to arid desert climates and require infrequent, sparse watering. The Christmas cactus actually calls the tropical rain forest home, and thus needs watering when the top inch of soil in the container feels dry to the touch. Soak …
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… Small flowers, big fragrance Powerful fragrance in a small package: Encyclia radiata’s scent is considered one of the most delicious of all orchids. Look carefully at the small flowers (the plant stands just 9 inches tall)—the lip is upside down, and at the top of the flower, find a characteristic that gives orchids like this the nickname …
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