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  • Juniperus x pfitzeriana 'Wilhelm Pfitzer'
    … It is extremely cold hardy. It has a spreading habit with gray-green foliage and can be used for mass plantings and as a foundation plant, hedge, screen, and specimen. Archived Copy: This …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Knautia macedonica
    … fall. This short-lived perennial thrives in full sun and dryish soils. The flowers are great for use as fresh-cut or dried flowers, and the nectar is a favorite of bees and butterflies. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Beginner Bird Walk Main Island
    … all levels of experience are welcome. Binoculars are recommended but not necessary. Dress for the weather.  Bridget Kiernan, birder and horticulturist, Chicago Botanic Garden Meet at …
    Type: Item Detail
  • Dyckia platyphylla 'Cherry Coke'
    … Bright orange tubular flowers are magnets for insect and bird pollinators during the summer months when the foliage intensifies to the …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Chelone obliqua
    … feet under full sun to partial shade and medium to wet moisture conditions. The plant is ideal for a border. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Liriope spicata
    … can grow in full sun to partial shade and prefers moist, fertile soils. Useful as groundcover for controlling erosion, it naturalizes by rhizomes and can become aggressive. Archived Copy: …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Nelumbo nucifera 'Sun on Snow'
    … Full sun and the use of mesh screen to protect the rhizomes from nutria are part of the recipe for success. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'
    … shade and drought, once established. In tropical gardens it is frequently used as a substitute for lawn grasses. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Picea omorika 'Peve Tijn'
    … Variegated gold, green, and blue needles provide for a striking tri-color effect on this globose evergreen shrub to 6 feet in size in 10 years. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Pinus mugo 'Teeny'
    … small globe shaped pine has attractively arranged rich green needles 2" long and is excellent for rock gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 3 and prefers full sun with moderate moisture. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant