… heart-shaped leaves and red stems that might remind you of rhubarb. It grows prolifically to about three feet tall and about three feet wide and prefers rich well-drained, but consistently moist soils. Elephant ears are not hardy in Chicago but the corms can be lifted and stored in a cool, dark, dry location and replanted in the spring. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 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 … Plant Information has seen many cases of hostas infected with botrytis, which can be prevalent in cool, wet weather. Botrytis on hosta first appears on foliage as water-soaked spots that begin …
Type: Plant Info
… Wayfaringtree viburnum is usually a multi-stemmed shrub with a rounded outline growing to a height of 10' to 15'. The large, broad leaves are feathery with a rough sandpapery texture. The flowers are a creamy white with no fragrance and are borne in clusters 5" in diameter. Bloom begins in early to mid-May and continues for two weeks. The …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Includes parking for two passenger vehicles (additional vehicles are subject to posted parking fees). Photographers must obtain a permit if they wish to use the Garden's setting as the background for formal, posed photography/videography. This category …
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… The Little Boy Blue cultivar of the common lilac is a dwarf form that bears abundant sky blue fragrant blooms in spring. Members of the genus Syringa , commonly known as lilacs, are shrubs or small trees … tubular in form and are borne in large panicles. While the common name of the plant has come to define a shade of pale purple, some species and hybrids have pink or white blossoms. Lilacs …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Is it possible for plant to produce two completely different types of flowers at different times? Yes! This clematis vine flowers in the spring and again in the late summer but the flowers are completely different shapes. The …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… can reach a height of 3 feet, forming a mound of thick, blue leaves 4 feet wide. It blooms in July and August with racemes of white to pale lavender flowers. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks called scapes, they are grown primarily for their foliage and neat …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… large hosta (2 feet high by 3 feet wide) with elliptical, wavy, shiny green leaves. It blooms in late summer with highly fragrant pale lavender flowers. Like other hostas, it prefers moist soil and shade to partial shade. It is a native of Japan. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks called scapes, they are grown primarily for their foliage and neat …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… house this morning, I thought: “I can smell winter.” It’s that subtle shift that you feel as the days click on, and we are led farther away from the beloved fall season. The days continue to get shorter, and the sun doesn’t seem to shine quite as bright so naturally; moods shift, and …
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… Trumpet vine (Campsis radicans) is a vigorous, deciduous, woody vine. Pruning should be done in the late winter or early spring. For mature plants, trumpet creeper tolerates heavy pruning to control its spread and maintain a desired size. Prune annually, spur-pruning lateral shoots …
Type: Plant Info
