… A spreading low to intermediate ground cover. The attractive silvery-blue foliage has a lacy appearance when allowed to grow naturally. Useful for massing or as a ground cover. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… This evergreen shrub grows to a height of 12 feet with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It belongs in a hedge or a border. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… This ground cover grows to a height of 1 foot with partial shade to full shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has white blooms from March through June. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… This perennial grows to a height of 39 inches with full sun to partial shade and moist soil conditions. It has white blooms in May and June. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… This bulb grows to a height of 1 foot with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. It has yellow blooms from March to June. It belongs in a border. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… our gardens during the great fall migration. Among these fascinating and colorful creatures is the ruby-throated hummingbird, which travels through the Chicago area in great numbers during … The ones you see now will spend the winter along the Pacific Coast in southern Mexico down to western Costa Rica. It’s quite a journey for a creature so tiny. When the birds migrate back … next spring, they’ll fly nonstop across the Gulf of Mexico, a 500-mile journey that takes 15 to 20 hours. On their fall migration south, they either cross the Gulf or follow the Texas coast …
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… Winterberry is an oval-to-rounded shrub with dense, twiggy branching patterns. In its native habitat, this shrub suckers readily to form a large multi-stemmed clump. Use winterberry in the shrub border or for massing and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Holy Mole' is a large (24 inches tall, 48 inches wide) hosta featuring yellow-centered foliage with wide … It is a sport of H . 'Guacamole'; its flowers are fragrant. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long-lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks … are also common; new introductions abound. Hosta cultivars range in size from several inches to several feet; it may take 3-8 years for hostas to reach their full size. They all prefer …
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… 'The Shining' is a large (20 inches tall, 30 inches wide) hosta featuring bright gold foliage and fragrant … H . 'Cathedral Windows' and noted for being a vigorous grower. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long-lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks … are also common; new introductions abound. Hosta cultivars range in size from several inches to several feet; it may take 3-8 years for hostas to reach their full size. They all prefer …
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… Giant ironweed is a perennial plant that is native to the eastern parts of the US where it grows in locations … are consistently moist. It bears smallish bright purple flowers large bracts in late summer to mid-fall providing an unusual pop of tall color in the late season. Giant ironweed grows to a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
