… CHICAGOLAND GREEN® is a broad-leaved boxwood that resembles an English box in appearance. It has a uniform wide-oval habit, good winter color, and is easy to propagate. It is extremely cold hardy, surviving 32 degrees below zero with no dieback. In the spring it produces inconspicuous yellowish green blooms. This shrub is a Chicagoland … Growers Association of Northern Illinois formed to promote plant cultivars that perform well in northern Illinois. This variety was selected from the collection at the Chicago Botanic Garden. …
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… Korean boxwood is more tolerant of sunlight and alkaline soils than the common bxwood. In the spring, very small yellow flowers appear. They can go unnoticed, but they are very … dark green color better during the winter. This round evergreen shrub grows to about 4 feet in height with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. The plant is frequently used in a hedge or border. …
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… high. It is a warm season grass with bright green leaves and golden flower that are visible in summer. This plant is suitable as a specimen or a massed planting where its form and shimmering flowers can create a beautiful vista, especially when backlit in early morning or late afternoon. The plant is usually retained for winter interest and cut back in early spring and can also be divided at this time if necessary. …
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… many small, white, 3- to 4-inch flowers with white filaments and bright yellow anthers in mid to late summer. It grows best in full sun or partial shade and is a member of clematis pruning group 3, which includes species … that flower on the current year’s growth. This plant requires hard pruning down to new buds in late winter or early spring. It can be grown on a large trellis, arch, or pergola or over …
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… wide and prefers rich well-drained, but consistently moist soils. Elephant ears are not hardy in Chicago but the corms can be lifted and stored in a cool, dark, dry location and replanted in the spring. Hawaiian Punch is suitable for large containers, partly shady borders, and as an …
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… grows rapidly to 30 to 40 feet. It likes average soils and moisture, and the leaves do well in the shade, but it requires sun to bloom. It produces showy red flowers on new growth in July. Trumpetcreeper is an aggressive plant that needs a sturdy support structure. It will sucker from underground runners and self seed in your garden and your neighbor’s. Well known garden writer Michael Dirr says, “If you can’t …
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… Geum triflorum grows to 16 to18 inches tall and blooms with nodding, reddish-pink flowers in May to early July. As the flowers die, the styles elongate and come together, forming a … for a variety of purposes such as wound applications and sore throat treatments. Plant it in full sun to part shade. It is hardy in zones 1 to 7. …
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… begin to disintegrate, releasing the seeds. Plant this perennial (after soils have warmed in early summer) in full sun and average soil, and avoid pesticides to protect the Monarch butterfly larvae that may be feeding on the leaves. The pods are a great conversation topic in the garden and can also be harvested and dried for indoor arrangements. All parts of the plant …
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… with a similar width. The large alternate leaves are broadly ovate with wavy margins. It grows in full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It will retain an attractive shape … petals emerging from a deep red calyx The gray-green summer foliage gives way to yellow in fall. It is resistant to deer and can be used as specimen or in a naturalistic garden. …
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… a round habit. Leaves are initially light green changing to a dark green then to yellow-orange in the fall. The flowers are small, fragrant thread-like lavender-purple petals that emerge from a dull red calyx. Each flower has four petals growing in tight clusters of three or four. As the leaves develop the flowers fade, followed by inconspicuous woody seed capsules. These shrubs need to be pruned after flowering in the spring to control shape and size. …
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