… Cassino in full sun and in average soil, and avoid excessive fertilization to prevent plants from flopping over. This aster is beloved by bees and other pollinators stocking up on pollen and …
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… leaves with thick stalks can grow up to 4' tall. The complex light purple flowers emerge from large purplish-green bracts all summer long and are borne atop 10-foot stalks that are deep …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… but the stiff hairs on the stems and the bad-tasting compounds in the leaves deter deer from browsing its blooms. The species is hardy to zone 7 and will not survive winters in Chicago. …
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… purple flowers in September and October produced by a rounded 4' x 4' herbaceous perennial from the dry stony soils of the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma. Butterflies and other …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ‘Rosea’. Tide Pool speedwell plants cover themselves with medium to deep blue-violet flowers from late April into mid-May. The rest of the growing season, they settle into attractive …
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… to full sun and needs regular watering especially in very hot weather. ‘Amethyst Falls’ blooms from May through August producing bluish lavender racemes 8-12 inches long. Grow it on a support …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… found in east and central North America in woods. The technical feature that distinguished it from other native plants in the carrot family is the absence of a flower stalk beneath the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
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… in tropical understories where little light reaches the ground. Although far removed from their original habitats, they can thrive indoors and brighten the sometimes bleak winter … foliage creates a focal point in a less-than-ideal situation indoors. Its common name comes from the snakeskin-like mottling on the leaves. Newer varieties like ‘Moonshine’ are silver-gray, … Insects typically don’t bother ZZ plants, but you may want to occasionally wipe dust from its waxy green leaves with a damp cloth. Spider Plant ( Chlorophytum comosum ) …
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… year. Winter offers a quiet, serene beauty that’s unlike any other season. Here are some tips from Carlson and Fraley to enhance your photographic skills. Look to nature “The woods and … up warm and cool colors reflected by the sky,” Carlson said. Move around and look at an object from different angles. “I like to look at plants from a side view. Isolate the subject against the sky or the snow.” She found the ice-encased …
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