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  • … Fertilize lawns for a final time early this month with a slow-release organic product high in nitrogen. Chicago …
    Type: Plant Info
  • … Mow grass for the last time and cut the grass quite short. This helps prevent winter injury and reduces …
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  • … songbirds to the fruit later in the early fall. The flower heads can be collected and dried for ornamental flower arrangements. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … into the fall, it tolerates a light frost. It grows 14-20 inches tall and is good for beds and containers. 2021 – Ball Horticultural featured plants @ Chicago Botanic Garden …
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  • … ‘Baby Blue Ice’ is a dwarf conifer with dense, silvery-blue foliage. An eye-catching gem for the small garden, it will form an upright habit with age, reaching 3 feet tall by 2.5 feet …
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  • … decorative cultivar grows to 4 feet in height and produces regular 4-inch blooms suitable for cutting. With regular deadheading, dahlias will bloom from early summer up until frost. Grow …
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  • … prefers sun to partial shade and will attract bees, birds and is resistant to deer. Suitable for containers, perennial borders and as a groundcover in partial shade …
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  • … dark green leaves on this smaller, more heavily branched and compact poinsettia. A favorite for the Christmas holidays, the bracts last longest if the plant is given bright light and warm …
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  • … thrive in the heat and humidity of summer when grown in full sun. The compact size is ideal for containers or annual displays. The flowers are pollinator magnets, attracting butterflies, …
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  • … toothy leaves five to ten inches across. Small white flowers are not the real attraction for these bromeliad cultivars - it is their brightly variegated leaves in contrasting colors. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant