… while maintaining its distinctively colored flowers and compact spreading habit. Mums benefit from planting into the garden or containers before the buds begin to show color—this permits …
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… 'The Pearl' has pure white, double flowers. It blooms from early to late summer on stems that stand 18 to 24 inches high. It has small toothed, lance …
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… have a sweet scent. The inconspicuous yellow-green flowers grow in short spikes and bloom from July to September. This plant grows to 12 inches in height and forms a tuft about 9 inches …
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… Dwarf Japanese rush is derived from a sweet flag native to the wet areas of Japan and China. This low growing grass-like plant …
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… taxonomic treatment calls this Allium macleanii var. elatum . In a private garden in Glencoe from which the Chicago Botanic Garden's plants came, the scapes were 60 inches (250 cm) tall; the …
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… Portodora prefers full sun or part shade but needs consistently moist soils and protection from drying or damaging winds. It is not hardy in Chicago and the bulb can lifted and stored in a …
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… ovate dark green leaves with prominent white veins, topped with stiff spikes of yellow bracts from which emerge yellow tubular flowers. They are often sold as small flowering pot plants, but …
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… 5-petaled, cupped flowers that bloom in April. The species name ranunculoides is derived from the genus name for buttercup, Ranunculus . The 1-inch flowers barely rise above attractive, …
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… Sparkling white, semi-double flowers are produced atop long, wiry stems from late August into late October on this hardy perennial. This Japanese anemone, also known as …
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… Tall willowy stems produce clusters of flowers with dark red petals and a bright yellow corona from late spring through to the first frost of fall. The flowers attract nectar feeding …
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