… can tolerate light-to-moderate shaded environments, as long as the relative humidity and temperatures remain high. In many drier home environments, it is prone to infections of spider mites in winter. The treatment is relatively straightforward—periodically take it to the bathroom and give it a warm shower. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Jackman clematis is an especially hardy deciduous climber that produces single, dark, 4-inch purple flowers in early to late summer. Jackman was awarded the RHS First Class Certificate and grows in full to partial sun 10 to 12 feet tall. It is a member of clematis pruning group 3 and flowers on the current year’s new growth. It requires yearly hard pruning down to new buds in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Cheddar pinks has small, linear, grayish-green leaves. It forms nice dense mounds and grows only to a foot or so. It is wonderful in the foreground of a perennial border or rock garden. One-inch diameter flowers … pinch back after flowering, the plant will continue to bloom. This is an easy plant to grow, and no sunny garden should be without it. Lovely pink flowers, each petal with scalloped edging, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… fuzzy, tubular flowers in whorls from mid-summer through fall. A native of Africa, this plant is not hardy in the Chicago area, but it will provide a colorful annual display if planted in full sun and not overwatered. The flowering stems reach 6 feet in height and the plant will grow to 3 feet in width, so a position at the back of the flower bed or border …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Known as the wedding phlox, 'Miss Lingard' is an elegant perennial that grows to 2 to 4 feet that has been grown since late in the 19th … August. The deep green foliage of this phlox has stems of ebony red, requires no staking, and is resistant to disease. Grow it in full sun in medium to moist soil in a border, wildflower garden, or a container where it will attract birds and butterflies. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Running With Scissors phlox is a Chicagoland Grows® selection. Chicagoland Grows® is a plant introduction partnership of the Chicago Botanic Garden, the Morton Arboretum and the Ornamental Growers Association of Northern Illinois formed to promote plant cultivars … Garden; it has proven to be a super-charged moss phlox in terms of flower power, vigor, and durability. The 1-inch-wide, light to medium-violet flowers—large for a moss phlox—are …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… blooms in mid- to late spring. The petals are a pale greenish yellow while the large corona is a vivid reddish orange. The bulbs are toxic and will not be eaten by deer or rabbits. The name Narcissus comes from the Greek word for narcotic and is tied to the myth of a young man known as Narcissus who fell in love with his own …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Often referred to as 'mock orange', the fragrance of the flowers in late winter is exceptional. Pure white flowers produced in large clusters near the tips of the branches fade to yellow as they age. A natural mounded growth habit makes for an attractive shrub, and in warmer climates, picturesque small trees. Grow this plant in full sun for tightest mounded form and in average soil; water as needed. In dry climates, the foliage is prone to spider mites; it …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
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Type: Event for Calendar
… Explore the Krasberg Rose Garden Learn More One of the great joys in June is the opportunity to stroll leisurely through the Rose Garden, and bear witness to more than 5,000 roses primed for their annual show of shows. Rosa 'Dainty … Celebrate Your Event June is a month of celebrations — graduations, weddings, long summer days and evenings , and Father’s Day. The Rose Garden is often an integral part of these activities, …
Type: Walks
