… Artemisia vulgaris 'Janlim' Oriental Limelight™ is a cultivar of the common herb mugwort and is used in gardens for its beautiful green and cream variegated foliage. Its leaves are aromatic, making them resistant to many pests including deer. The leaves can be dried and used as an insect repellent. This cultivar produces dense panicles of white flowers in late …
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… a nonnative perennial plant from South America that the Chicago Botanic Garden grows from seed and uses as a warm-season annual. It is a member of the milkweed family, which includes butterfly weed ( A. tuberosa ), prairie milkweed ( A. sullivantii ), and swamp milkweed (A. incarnata ), midwestern native perennials in the Garden's permanent collection. The sepals of 'Red Butterfly' are scarlet and the crowns are yellow. Milkweed flowers form seedpods from which seeds with silky hairs are …
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… Cannas can be described in three words: big, bold, and beautiful. Cannova Orange Shades canna lives up to those standards. It can reach 4 feet tall, produces orange colored flowers from summer through fall, and has green lance-shaped leaves resembling those of a banana plant. Cannas love heat and humidity. Plant it in a sunny location in rich, consistently moist soil and remove dead …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Cannas can be described in three words: big, bold, and beautiful. Australia canna lives up to those standards. It can reach 5 feet tall, produces flame red flowers from summer through fall, and has very dark burgundy-black lance-shaped leaves resembling those of a banana plant. Cannas love heat and humidity. Plant this canna in a sunny location in rich, consistently moist soil and remove …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… CANNOVA® Lemon Canna Cannas can be described in three words: big, bold, and beautiful. CANNOVA® Lemon lives up to those standards. It can reach 4 feet tall, produces lemon colored flowers from summer through fall, and has green lance-shaped leaves resembling those of a banana plant. Cannas love heat and humidity. Plant it in a sunny location in rich, consistently moist soil and remove dead …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Grow this cultivar in filtered or dappled sun and moist, well-drained, humus-rich growing medium (not heavy soil). Keep the central cup filled with water, and mist the leaves regularly, especially in the heat and strong sunlight of summer. This large bromeliad makes an interesting greenhouse or tropical …
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… a multicolored effect. The flower heads stand 12 to 16 inches high on sturdy compact stems and bloom from early until late summer. It likes full sun and tolerates drought well. It is attractive to butterflies while resistant to deer and rabbits. This is a favorite as a cut flower and is also excellent as a dried flower. The …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… stand 15 to 24 inches high with fragrant, deeply cut foliage. This cultivar likes full sun and blooms from mid- summer to early fall. It is attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds anad resistant to deer, rabbits, and drought. This is a favorite cut flower and is also excellent as a dried flower. The genus …
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… Iris 'Many Mahalos' is an intermediate bearded iris with lovely orange blooms and deep orange beards. It stands 19 inches high and blooms prolifically in late spring. It may rebloom later in the season, from mid summer until … in Hawaiian. Typically the flowers of intermediate bearded irises are 3 ½ to 5 inches in width and are good for cutting. They are resistant to deer and attractive to hummingbirds and …
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… while the falls are a darker violet with white around the beard. It blooms in mid spring and may rebloom. In 1996 it was awarded Honorable Mention by the American Iris Society and in 1999 it received Award of Merit. It is an excellent cut flower and is attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds while resistant to rabbits and deer. Iris is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
