… the Morton Arboretum and the Ornamental Growers Association of Northern Illinois formed to promote plant cultivars that perform well in northern Illinois. This variety was selected at the Chicago Botanic Garden for its bright pink and long lasting floral display, attractive foliage and vigorous growth. …
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… Boltonia is a spectacular addition to the late-summer garden. Its tall, sturdy stems and wide spread give it an almost shrublike … may be white, lilac, or purple with yellow centers. Plant it as an accent plant or a backdrop for early perennials. It's a magnificent, large, late-summer bloomer. …
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… Zoge flowering quince bonsai specimen in early spring. This cultivar was selected specifically for the artistic quality of the flowers centuries ago in Japan. It is winter hardy in the Chicago … is most often seen trained in one of the many styles of Japanese bonsai that permit the plants to be appreciated up close. …
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… ‘Baby Blue Ice’ is a dwarf conifer with dense, silvery-blue foliage. An eye-catching gem for the small garden, it will form an upright habit with age, reaching 3 feet tall by 2.5 feet wide in ten years. It withstands heavy pruning, is extremely hardy to minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit, and prefers full sun in well-drained soil. …
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… Dark pink bracts that come to a point are positioned just above the dark green leaves on this smaller, more heavily branched and compact poinsettia. A favorite for the Christmas holidays, the bracts last longest if the plant is given bright light and warm …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… with many cultivated varieties. They grow into rosettes with very stiff, toothy leaves five to ten inches across. Small white flowers are not the real attraction for these bromeliad cultivars - it is their brightly variegated leaves in contrasting colors. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… are held on 8 inch stems above the pearly turquoise rounded leaves. Moonstones are a favorite for their beautifully colored, large inflated leaves on short spreading plants. The flowers are … other succulents, bright light, low humidity and soils that dry between irrigations are keys to success. …
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… Paeonia daurica ssp. macrophylla is a quite rare peony native to the Lagodeki Valley in the southeastern Caucasus, which has almost become extinct. It has … shaded with red in full sun. It prefers part shade. Peonies are popular garden plants, known for their stunning flowers, their cold hardiness, and the huge variety of their colors, forms, …
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… above the broad green foliage with an extended period of flowering. This annual can be allowed to reseed in the garden or seeds can be collected and sown in late winter for transplanting after the last hard freezes are past in early spring. Full sun and well-drained …
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… scrap of land weathering the elements in San Francisco Bay, of Al Capone and the Birdman. But for the past 150 years there have also been gardens on the island. In 2003 the Garden … Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, and the National Park Service joined forces to restore the gardens and today a small staff and army of dedicated volunteers plant and prune, … milestone in the history of Alcatraz. It is the ten-year anniversary of this collaboration to resurrect, preserve, and amplify the gardens. Join Shelagh Fritz in what promises to be an …
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