… is a male clone that will not produce the distinctive smelly fruit. It has unusually large and pendulous leaves. The leaves are deeply divided, elongated, and resemble a fish-tail palm leaf. These unusual leaves give an overall lacy appearance to the foliage. Saratoga Ginkgo has symmetrical branching and matures into full, dense, pyramidal form. It is slightly smaller than other selections, but …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… or lenten roses are prized for their flowers which appear in late winter or early spring and are often the first flowers to appear in the Chicago garden. Candy Love hellebore grows into a low mound about fifteen inches high and twenty inches wide. The foliage is leathery and dark green with serrated leaflets that are evergreen throughout the winter except in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… or Lenten roses are prized for their flowers which appear in late winter or early spring and are often the first flowers to appear in the Chicago garden. Pink Frost hellebore grows into a low mound about fifteen inches tall and 2 feet wide. The foliage is leathery and silvery dark green with serrated leaflets that are evergreen throughout the winter except in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Hellebores are prized for their flowers which appear in late winter or early spring and are often the first flowers to appear in the Chicago garden. Sunshine Selections hellebores grow into a low mound about twelve inches high and 2 feet wide. The foliage is leathery and dark green with finger-like clusters of serrated leaflets that are evergreen throughout the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Peonies are popular garden plants, known for their stunning flowers, their cold hardiness and the huge variety of their colors, forms and habits. They are divided into two main groups: herbaceous, which die to the ground in the fall, and tree peonies, deciduous plants with woody stems which they retain throughout the winter. A …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… is a classic herbaceous peony with an unforgettable double red bloom. Reliable, vigorous, and abundant, it makes an excellent cut flower. Peony bloom time is classified as early, mid-, and late. ‘Kansas’ is a midseason bloomer. It grows to 3 inches tall, taking on a shrubby … Peonies are popular garden plants, known for their stunning flowers, their cold hardiness and the huge variety of their colors, forms, and habits. They are divided into two main groups: …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… When the sun begins to shine brighter in late April and the day temperatures reach into the 50s, Chicagoans become eager to reunite with their gardens. Unfortunately, April and most of May yield temperatures too cool for many of our favorite vegetable crops such as tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers, but there still is hope. By the third to fourth week of April, we can begin to …
Type: Plant Info
… into four feeding categories: highly susceptible, susceptible, moderately susceptible, and most resistant. Viburnum species such as arrowwood ( V. dentatum ), European and American cranberrybush viburnum ( V. opulus , formerly V. trilobum ), wayfaringtree viburnum … damage, and are capable of surviving slight infestations. Please contact Plant Information Service at (847) 835-0972 or [email protected] for susceptibility questions on … Type: Plant Info
… remove snow from my shrubs? A. It is not necessary to remove light amounts of snow from trees and shrubs. However, heavy snowfalls threaten to break branches, especially on evergreens because … to very gently remove it. Do not shake branches because they are brittle at this time of year and may break easily. If ice has accumulated on your shrubs, allow it to melt instead of … to remove it. Do not disturb any limbs that may be frozen to the ground. Upright trees and shrubs, especially evergreens, that remain bent after accumulated snow and ice have melted, …
Type: Plant Info
… remove snow from my shrubs? A. It is not necessary to remove light amounts of snow from trees and shrubs. However, heavy snowfalls threaten to break branches, especially on evergreens because … to very gently remove it. Do not shake branches because they are brittle at this time of year and may break easily. If ice has accumulated on your shrubs, allow it to melt instead of … to remove it. Do not disturb any limbs that may be frozen to the ground. Upright trees and shrubs, especially evergreens, that remain bent after accumulated snow and ice have melted, …
Type: Plant Info
