… shrub during short days - periods of time when the nights are longer than the days. Sap is sticky and tastes so bad that it stimulates an almost immediate gagging reflex - which is why there are few causes of poisoning each year. Place flowering plants in bright sunny, warm …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Grassy-leaved goldenrod is an attractive native perennial with a shrubby habit, growing to about three feet tall. The … ends of the branches. The leaves are narrow, untoothed and a fresh bright shade of green. It is one of the first goldenrods to bloom, starting the first week of August. It grows in sunny …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Provide a very sunny location with average soil, water and fertilizer. The straight species is not hardy in Chicago and is best grown as a large container plant that can be moved indoors to avoid the worst winter …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Ostrich fern is an upright perennial deciduous fern that grows 2 to 6 feet in medium to wet soil in full to part shade. An elegant plant, its name is derived from its feathery fronds that resemble an ostrich plume. In the spring, the vegetative …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Castor aralia, native to Japan and eastern Asia, is an upright oval tree for the plant connoisseur with a taste for the unusual. The stout … and narrow. Because birds love to consume the fruit, the plant may reseed. Its fall color is a beautiful yellow. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Lilium 'Conca d'Or' is an Orienpet lily: a cross between an Oriental lily and a trumpet lily. It grows 3 to 5 feet tall and blooms in late July to early August. The background color of the large flowers is white, with a large blaze of yellow in the center extending well into the center of the …
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… Enchantment Moroccan toadflax ( Linaria maroccana 'Enchantment') is one of many charming cultivars of toadflax. The miniature snapdragon flowers of the toadflaxes … in the United States—one in New England and the second in northern New Mexico (where it is toxic to livestock). …
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… Native to South Africa, Lithops pseudotruncatella was one of the first Lithops discovered. It is a clump-forming succulent growing to 2 inches wide with clumps of paired leaves resembling … from July through October. This plant grows best in dry soil and bright conditions where it is hardy to zones 10-12. …
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… Narcissus ‘Replete’ is in Division 4. It blooms in mid season with 4 inch double flowers. The petals are white and … 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 reflection. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Narcissus ‘Texas’ is in Division 4. It blooms in mid spring with double flowers. The petals are yellow and arranged … 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 reflection. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
