… Bred specifically for northern gardeners, this cultivar dies back to ground level each winter and then re-sprouts from the roots to produce a small flowering shrub from August into September. Flowers on new growth (southern …
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… the tips of sprawling stems appear in June and July on this diminutive perennial adapted to well drained soils and sunny locations. Ideal for rock garden, trough or container gardens. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… golden petals surrounding a center of deep red flares golden stamens. Tree peonies often need to settle in for one to two years before producing blooms and, once established, will grow to mature size in five to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… tree peony with dark red cup-shaped blooms surrounding yellow stamens. Tree peonies often need to settle in for one to two years before producing flowers and, once established, will mature to 5 feet in five to …
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… Pink Frosting Bee Balm Sugar Buzz® beebalm series is developed from a native beebalm and grows to about 2 feet tall and 2-3 feet wide. As befits its name, it bears fragrant 2-2.5 inch bright purple-blue flowers in mid-summer. It was developed to be a more low-growing and neater clumping beebalm for smaller scale gardens. Beebalm grows in sunny or partially shady areas. If you gently rub …
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… The Manchurian lilac is native to China. It bears large pale rosy lavender to white blooms that are fragrant. Members of the genus Syringa , commonly known as lilacs, are shrubs or small trees prized for their showy and fragrant blooms in late spring. The individual flowers are tubular in form …
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… The first species in this genus to be discovered, it produces large, fragrant, showy white or orchid colored flowers during Chicago winters. For gardeners of a certain age, this was the favorite flower for high school dates. Difficult but not impossible to be grown by homeowners, the following approach has produced repeat bloom. Once temperatures in …
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… be 6’ – 8’ tall and 3’ – 5’ wide. Hardy outdoors in the Chicago area, specimens used indoors for Holiday displays should be kept in a cool sunny location after the exhibit is closed until … sunny location that does not have standing water after a rain storm (well drained). Great tree for under power lines or for gardeners with small yards. …
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… A. The cool, damp, cloudy spring we had this year is conducive to many fungal infections. Some of the more common fungal problems affecting hostas are … as water-soaked spots that begin small and increase in size. As the spots enlarge, cinnamon to dark tan rings can sometimes be seen within the lesions. Lesions can also travel down to the … should be applied early in the day so leaves have plenty of time to dry and do not remain wet for an extended period of time, which can facilitate the spread of fungal spores. Water should …
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… The Black Swan European beech is notable for both its weeping habit and its deep purple-black glossy foliage. A wide range of cultivars of … of the species. The genus Fagus includes 10-13 species of the beech tree, which are native to temperate regions of Asia, Europe and North America. Only Fagus grandifolia , the American beech, is native to the U.S. and Illinois. A single species, Fagus sylvatica or the European beech, accounts for …
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