… This cultivar is resistant to unsightly leaf spot. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Because of its foliage, this petite plant is often mistaken for a summer-blooming bleeding heart. Its gray-green foliage is deeply dissected and ferny in appearance. Unlike the flowers of bleeding heart, the gently … pavers, and even in the lawn. It is perfect for a cottage garden, where you want the plant to spread and weave itself throughout the landscape. Also use it as edging, along stone walls, or …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Narcissus ‘Pinza’ is in Division 2. It blooms in mid spring with 3¾ inch flowers. The petals are a vivid yellow and the corona is bright yellow with an orangey yellow base which blends into a broad band of orange at the rim. … 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. When he …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Narcissus ‘Virginia Sunrise is in Division 2. This is a dwarf cultivar that blooms in mid spring with ‘very large flowers. The petals are creamy … 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. When he …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… was the first city carillonneur for the Millennium Carillon in Naperville, Illinois, and is currently the senior university carillonneur at the University of Chicago and resident … in physics and master’s degree in teaching from the University of Chicago, Crawford is pleased to have initiated the first regular carillon instruction programs at four Chicago-area carillons. Crawford fulfilled the requirements of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America to become a certified carillonneur in 1977. He has given guest recitals in Belgium, Canada, …
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… This thorny shrub is called a Fallgold raspberry as it bears golden raspberries in the fall. This shrub grows to a height of about 5 feet and a width of about 2 feet. It has white blooms that attract … following late spring on the lower part of those canes. Since each cane is biennial they need to be pruned back at the end of the second fruiting season. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This is the plant for which Chicago is named. In Illinois Indian language, its name was Chicagoua. This name probably was applied as … on them. Chicagoua basically means skunk, from the spraying of defensive liquid. Contrary to popular belief, it does not mean offensive odor, which would be matchi miaganoue. This … or later in its life cycle, it produces a highly odorific breath which must be experienced to be believed. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The giant taro is a member of Arum family from the tropical rainforests of south-east Asia and northeastern … partial shade. The leaves of this plant are a bright green with scalloped edges and can grow to three to six feet in length and point upward. Giant taro is not hardy in Chicago and the rhizomes can …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This perennial grows to a height of 3-5 feet in full sun and moist soil conditions. It has tiny fragrant flowers in spherical umbels and attracts butterflies in July and August. While the usual color is pink, 'Ice Ballet' was selected for its glistening white flowers. The leaves are narrow, … seeds airborne. It can be used as a specimen in a border or butterfly garden and is resistant to deer. Swamp milkweed is a native plant found growing through much of eastern and central North …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This perennial grows to a height of 3-5 feet in full sun and moist soil conditions. It has tiny fragrant flowers in various shades of pink and white and attracts butterflies in July and August. 'Soulmate' is a selection with rosy pink flowers centered with a white staminal column. The leaves are … seeds airborne. It can be used as a specimen in a border or butterfly garden and is resistant to deer. Swamp milkweed is a native plant found growing in marshy areas through much of eastern …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
