… Striking round heads of snowy white cover this annual from June to September. This species enjoys bright sunny locations in average soils and can tolerate drier conditions. The flowers of globe amaranth, which is native to tropical America, have papery, dry bracts that form the showy part of the plant. The true …
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… Iris tectorum ‘Alba’ is one of the crested group of irises that produces short spikes of white flowers above fan-like … shaded conditions. Well drained soils are a must, leading gardeners in early China and Japan to grow it along the rooflines of their homes or on top of their masonry walls. The dried and powdered rhizomes were used to make the white powder traditionally used to create the perfectly white facial features of …
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… Rosa hugonis was named after Father Hugo (Hugh Scanlan), who sent seeds of this species back to Kew Gardens in 1899 from China. Lemon-yellow flowers in late spring and early summer are … the Royal Horticultural Society in 1914 and an Award of Garden Merit in 1925. Rosa hugonis is a tough, reliably hardy and extremely thorny shrub rose to 6' in the Chicago region, and is among the first of the shrub roses to bloom each year. …
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… Plant 'Blue Paradise' in full sun and in fertile, moist soil, where it will grow to 40 inches and produce elegant panicles of flowers from July to August. Dutch landscape designer Piet Oudolf produced this mildew-resistant perennial that … in the evening. They attract butterflies and hummingbirds. The paniculata species of phlox is the most magnificent, and there is a huge selection to choose from. …
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… This broadleaf evergreen selection grows 3' to 5' in height. New growth that appears in spring is yellow before it fades to a dark, shiny green. Plant pieris in a shrub border or use it as a foundation plant. Tiny …
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… Monte Cassino Aster is covered in white daisy-like flowers in late fall on mounded plants to 3 feet in height with whispy leaves. A native to North America, it, like all of the other species formerly included in the genus Aster, have …
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… marked flowers at the tip and along the top half of the stems from late September up to the first very hard frost. Like other toad lilies, it prefers soils that are consistently … partially shaded locations in the garden. Once established, this very old Japanese cultivar is more resistant to soil that sometimes get too dry. You may need to protect the plant from rabbits and deer until …
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… Native to Japan, the Japanese cherry birch gets its common name from its shiny reddish-brown bark. The primary ornamental feature of birch trees is the bark. Many of the common names of birch trees refer to the color of the bark -- white, gray, yellow or red. Another signature bark characteristic is …
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… Oriental bluestar is one of the few amsonia species that is not native to North America -- hailing from Japan, … clusters at the stem tips in late spring or early summer. The foliage ranges from threadlike to willow-like and looks attractive throughout the growing season with the bonus of good to …
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… Royal Star magnolia is perhaps the most popular of all magnolias. Pink buds open to abundant fragrant white flowers in early spring. It is considered to be more vigorous and faster growing than the species. Members of the genus Magnolia are known …
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