… toxic and will not be eaten by deer or rabbits. The name Narcissus comes from the Greek word for narcotic and is tied to the myth of a young man known as Narcissus who fell in love with his …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… toxic and will not be eaten by deer or rabbits. The name Narcissus comes from the Greek word for narcotic and is tied to the myth of a young man known as Narcissus who fell in love with his …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… reveals pinkish colored young bark beneath. Some of the Canadian First Peoples used the wood for snowshoes. Adapted to acidic very moist soils. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… and finally a pale pink (in acidic soils). The leaves are a yellowish green which provides for a nice contrast with the flowers regardless of whether they are grown in acidic or alkaline …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Aureus sweet mockorange is mostly grown for its foliage which emerges as golden in the spring and darkens to charteuse in the warmer …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… up to two inches in size. Once the flowers have faded this shrub is a useful green backdrop for summer and fall flowering plants. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 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 …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… light. This is our native midwestern phlox. Blue or woodland phlox is a good edging plant for shade or naturalistic gardens. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… the upright stems. Blooms from the summer solstice to early fall and is pest- and disease-free for most gardeners. Attracts a number of pollen- and nectar-feeding insects to the garden. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… wood it should be pruned after flowering although it can be completely cut back in late winter for rejuvenation. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
