… Buccaneer palm is native to seacoast areas throughout the Caribbean, from Florida and Mexico down to Central … fast-draining soil, erratic watering, and windy exposed locations. All it really requires is sun, and even there it'll compromise and accept some shade. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… spring to early summer. Not reliably winter hardy in Chicago gardens, this cool season annual is usually sold as a potted plant early in spring for planting outdoors. As temperatures warm, … arrives. Gardeners may also purchase dormant bulbs that should be planted as soon as the soil is warm enough to work in early spring. Deer and rabbits find all plant parts unpalatable. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Polly Spout green dragon ( Pinellia tripartita 'Polly Spout') is a hardy member of the Aroid (philodendron) family, which produces spikes of green flowers in late summer. This cultivar is named for the hometown of We-Du Nursery in South Carolina, where this sterile cultivar was …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Jacob's ladder is a biblical name for a heavenly plant. It grows up to 2' in height with attractive foliage, … 27 leaflets per leaf. Drooping dainty blue flowers hover over the plant in early summer. This is a clump-forming perennial, mainly hairless but slightly hairy near the flower. The stems are …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… large specimen deserves a place of prominence in the landscape. Another attractive feature is the reddish-brown bark. This is a characteristic species of swamps in the eastern states. When growing in water, old trees …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Cool Gold piggyback plant is a native of the cool forests of western north America. It takes its name from the plantlets … it can form a bright, effective and attractive ground cover in a cool shaded area. This plant is not reliably hardy in Chicago but can be easily overwintered in a pot placed in a location …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Purple heart, a member of the spiderwort family, is one of the most common tropical foliage plants offered by garden centers for use in annual … and are nestled in boat-like bracts. The plants will grow in sun or shade, although the color is more intense in sun. The stems root easily and may do so as they trail along the ground. There …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… stalks that can reach over 10' tall. They can stay in bloom for 5 months. However, tough as it is, it can't take our Chicago winters. To grow it here put it in a container that you can bring indoors before frost. 'Malbec' is particularly distinctive for the very deep maroon color of its mature foliage, while younger …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… <p>For a mid-size shrub, this <em>Weigela</em> has an outsize impact. New foliage is a bright golden color. The late spring bloom is pink, flushed with purple. And even at maturity in mid-summer, the foliage remains a fresh, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Whitfieldia elongata is commonly called white candles for its never-ending display of 2- to 3-inch pure white flowers … grows equally well in a large container or planted in the soil of a conservatory. Bright light is preferable. This genus was named in honor of T. Whitfield, a nineteenth-century collector of …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
