… to promote plant cultivars that perform well in northern Illinois. This variety was selected from the collection at the Morton Arboretum. …
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… large, medium-green leaves turn bright yellow in the fall. Cup-shaped purple flowers appear from March through June, producing edible, yellowish green fruits that resemble bananas. …
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… tree with a more or less rounded form. Its relatively coarse texture distinguishes it from other landscape plants with finer foliage. This is a relatively low maintenance tree and is …
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… be safe to plant in around children's play areas. CRUSADER™ cockspur hawthorn is derived from the hawthorns native to north-eastern America. It bears attractive white flowers in the …
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… in mid-summer on arching 3-foot-tall stems. Its leaves are pleated and swordlike and emerge from a corm. Crocosmias like it warm, and although ‘Lucifer’ is considered the hardiest for the …
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… Native to the European Alps, Dutch crocus emerges in March-April from an underground tuber called a corm. It grows 4–5 inches tall. The violet cup-like purple …
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… The plant is rosette-shaped with dark brown leathery leaves with silvery bands radiating from the center of the plant. This plant is grown for its dramatic foliage as the white flowers …
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… is the one most frequently encountered east of the Mississippi River. Flower colors range from solid blue through violet-lavenders to pure white. The flowers may also feature a white …
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… The variegated flax-lily is derived from the Tasman flax-lily which is native to southeastern Australia and Tasmania. Variegata …
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… Solitary clematis gets its name from the individual, nodding, blue bell-shaped flowers it produces on 2 to 3-foot stalks in early …
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