… Dark green leaves patterned in silver produce upright flowers with reflexed petals in various pastel shades and red. Color and degree of leaf coloration is dependent upon the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… bromeliad that produces showy pineapple shaped flower spikes with bright red bracts. Grow in full sun, periodically refresh the water in the basin and bring indoors before the first frost. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Persian onion blooms in late spring/early summer with baseball-sized globes of purplish-pink florets on 3-foot stems. … of soil types and conditions as long as it is well drained. Persian onion should be planted in full sun. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… member of the Alliaceae family. Smaller, globe-shaped, purple flowers bloom atop long stems in the Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden in mid-summer. Cooks harvest the dark green leaves after they are at least 6 inches tall. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This smaller growing elephant ear maxes out at 2 feet in size making it ideal for pot culture or in tropical gardens with limited space. A little bit hardier than most elephant ears. It is a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This clump-forming perennial grows to a height of 10 inches in full sun and moderate moisture conditions. It has white blooms with a yellow center that attract butterflies from July through October. It is a specimen in a border or a ground cover and is also attractive to birds. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… SCOOP™ Cranberry Coneflower DOUBLE SCOOP™ coneflower series has a unique flower in a rainbow of colors that resemble ice cream cones. The overall habit is strong, upright and mid-sized for a middle layer in the perennial garden. Minimal maintenance, fertilizer and watering is required once …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… on a broadly upright habit provide a 'soft' texture to the landscape 12 months a year. Hardy in the Chicago area when provided sun to partial shaded conditions in moisure retentive soils. Deer don't find the foliage particularly tasty to eat. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has pink and white blooms that attract butterflies in May and June. It belongs in a border or a ground cover and is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… red flowers. The 1 ½ inch wide flowers face outward and mature to fluffy seed heads. Plant it in full sun to partial shade. It is hardy in zones 4- 8 . …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
