… This cultivar of the common fig is known for being slightly more cold hardy and surviving outdoors in Chicago in protected enviornments. Green to brown fruit will ripen in summer but rarely again in midwinter due to the temperatures outdoors - even in protected environments. Figs are natives of the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Native to the southeastern and central United States, trumpet honeysuckle is a woody perennial vine that will twine up a trellis, wall, or fence and grows up to 18 feet. From May to October , this cultivar produces clusters of funnel-shaped flowers that …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Manchurian crabapple features white flowers followed by bright red fruit. This variety is one of the earliest to flower. Crabapples are small flowering trees that provide a showy display in the spring landscape for 1 to 2 weeks. In addition to the eye-catching buds and flowers, their foliage, habit, and fruit …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… From Garden to Vase A day before the recent snowfall, I stepped into my garden to see what I could pick. The flowers are gone but the garden continues to be a source of … side stems from evergreens—arborvitae, yews and false cypress—they won’t be missed. The goal is to avoid cutting too far into the shrub and creating a hole. Red-twig dogwood is another great …
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… ‘Bob Krekler’ is an herbaceous peony with showy single pink petals surrounding a bright yellow center. Peony … and late; ‘Bob Krekler’ is a midseason bloomer, usually mid-May in the Chicago area. It grows to 36 inches tall, taking on a shrubby appearance throughout the summer, then dies to the ground in the fall. Plant in sun to part shade with the eyes no more than 2 inches below …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ‘Ivory Atlas’ is an herbaceous peony with single blooms consisting of a double row of ivory guard petals … bloom time is classified as early, mid-, and late. ‘Ivory Atlas’ is an early bloomer. It grows to 36 inches tall, taking on a shrubby appearance throughout the summer, then dies to the ground in the fall. Plant in sun to part shade with eyes no more than 2 inches below the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ‘Jubilee Pink’ is an herbaceous peony with stunning Japanese-style blossoms. Electric pink guard petals surround … time is classified as early, mid-, and late. ‘Ivory Victory’ is a midseason bloomer. It grows to 28 inches tall, taking on a shrubby appearance throughout the summer, then dies to the ground in the fall. Plant in sun to part shade with eyes no more than 2 inches below the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… in the winter especially against a snowy backdrop. The Baileyi red twig dogwood shrub grows to 6 to 10 feet tall and wide with a rounded open habit. White spring flowers are followed by fruits in mid-summer, and the leaves turn yellow in fall. It is tolerant of a range of soils including boggy and clay soils making it suitable in rain garden …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… SPRING SENSATION® crabapple has dark rose buds that open to pink flowers amidst red-tinged foliage. This cultivar is a selection from open pollinated Malus sargentii and has its characteristic low spreading … are small flowering trees that provide a showy display in the spring landscape for one to two weeks. In addition to the eye-catching buds and flowers, their foliage, habit, and fruit …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Little gator aloe ( Aloe 'Jimmy') grows upright to 4 inches tall with bluish-green leaves decorated with rough white bumps and spots. The edges of the leaves are spiked with light green teeth. Hardy outdoors in USDA Zones 9 to 11, this aloe is a low-maintenance, drought- , heat- , and clay-tolerant evergreen succulent that prefers full …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
