… This particular monkshood has been a long-time favorite in gardens, and it's a natural for cottage gardens and lightly wooded areas where it's brilliant purple and strong erect form … and are the primary food source for Old World bees. Another common name, wolfbane, refers to the poison made from this plant's roots, which was used to tip hunting arrows. Medicinal (and poisonous) uses of this plant date back to ancient times. …
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… two feet tall. Tubular lavender-blue flowers appear starting in July and continue flowering for over a month. The plants are very cold-hardy and can endure for decades due to their deep, thick roots. They will spread from the roots into colonies, but are not known to be invasive. This genus differs from true bluebells by the presence of a small ring …
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… Aloe jucunda takes its species name from the Latin world for "nice", "jacundus". It is a lovely aloe and is frequently kept as a houseplant. It is a … that suckers freely and creates large groups of rosettes. Its miniature size, rosettes only 3 to 4 inches across make it a nice size for indoor collections. It has glossy dark green and brown … white spots and leaf margins with sharp teeth. The inflorescence is quite large compared to the tiny plant, almost 15 inches tall, unbranched and with about 20 pink lax flowers, quite …
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… edges of the sepals are smooth. The flowers measure 4 1/3 inches in midseason. They stay open for 16 hours or more. In milder climates, the foliage is green all year round. Royal Occasion is … and several stalks on each plant. The buds open in series, so a single plant will continue to bloom for 2 weeks or more. It may re-bloom. It is easy to grow and does well in full sun to part shade. Archived Copy: This content was captured before …
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… These sturdy, stately plants, hybrids of our native rose mallows, are prized for their use as structure in a perennial border. Everything about them is large, from their rich green, three-lobed lobed leaves to their immense flowers that appear mid to late summer. Growing into three-foot mounds of dark green maple-like leaves, ‘Luna White’ has …
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… of Douglas-fir is a slow-growing miniature globe of short blue-green needles, suitable for a rock garden or border. It becomes more irregular and open with age, but grows to a maximum height of four feet. In its native habitat Douglas-fir, a native evergreen tree, has … – they hang downward and each cone scale has a three-pointed bract. Douglas fir is native to the Rocky Mountains and along the Pacific Coast; in the Pacific coastal regions, it can attain …
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… oak is a relatively recently introduced cross between the English oak and the bur oak notable for its pyramidal habit and yellow fall foliage. The genus Quercus includes more than 600 species of the oak tree, of which 90 are native to North America; the Chicago Botanic Garden's collection contains more than 60 varieties and over 1,000 individual trees. Twenty oak species are native to Illinois. Oaks are slow growing, long lived, hard wood trees that produce fruit we all know as …
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… is a cross between the English oak ( Q. robur ) and the swamp white oak ( Q. bicolor ) notable for its columnar habit. The genus Quercus includes more than 600 species of the oak tree, of which 90 are native to North America; the Chicago Botanic Garden's collection contains more than 60 varieties and over 1,000 individual trees. Twenty oak species are native to Illinois. Oaks are slow growing, long lived, hard wood trees that produce fruit we all know as …
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… at three feet tall and wide, its branches are lined with pink flowers from late spring to mid summer. The foliage offers its own dark drama...deep green leaves edged in purple. The … <p>Bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds love <em>Weigela</em>, and so do gardeners. For a plant that gives you so much to look at, they're very easy to care for. No particular disease or pest problems. No special …
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… well have been in your grandmother's garden. In spring and summer,clusters of pink buds open to pale blush flowers, shown off against variegated green and white foliage. Foliage is red, … in a screen or hedge. Bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds love Weigela , and so do gardeners. For a plant that gives you so much to look at, they're very easy to care for. No particular disease or pest problems. No special …
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