… Beautiful five-to-nine-lobed leaves emerge early. The plant grows 10 feet in height with a similar spread, and it is highly admired for its semi-weeping branches. Use the Japanese maple as a specimen plant. May and June bring … rich red. Foliage is red and turns a brighter red in the fall. This lovely small tree, native to the Far East, can be grown only in very protected areas if you live in Zone 5. It is an …
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… August on this rhizome-producing onion. Ornamental onions with rhizomes are typically confined to the late summer flowering group but are much better adapted to Chicago soils than their bulb-producing cousins flowering earlier in the summer. This hybrid … apparently a spontaneous occurrence in the garden of Mark McDonough—internationally recognized for his work with Allium . It strongly resembles nutans , a native of Siberia, the leaves of …
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… The common name for Anthurium superbum is Ironclad Birdsnest. "Birdsnest" refers to the shape of the plant and … blooms year round. Its spear-shaped spadix is covered with tiny green flowers that age to pink and are followed by colorful purple berries. …
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… and the one you see here is a hybrid with its wild ancestor, Altilis mariannensis. It’s native to Micronesia, but in the 1700’s it was introduced to tropical areas around the world by European explorers (including Captain Bligh of "Mutiny on … crop as Artocarpus altilis since its fruit is smaller, but in Micronesia the tree is valued for its wood, latex-like sap, and the medicinal qualities of its leaves as well as the fruit. …
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… clusters of flowers with dark red petals and a bright yellow corona from late spring through to the first frost of fall. The flowers attract nectar feeding pollinators while the leaves are food for monarch butterfly larvae. Plant in full sun, moderately fertile soil and water to get the root system established. Unfortunately this native of southern Mexico and Central …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… early fall until a secondary bloom extends the show later into the fall. It is a magnet for bees, butterflies and hummingbirds attracted to its honey scented blooms. Cutting back the plant to a height of twelve inches when blooms slow will assure a fast growing plant newly covered with …
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… CHARM™ boxwood features deep green foliage with a bluish cast in summer that changes to a rich black-green in mid-winter. It is notable for its excellent cold hardiness, compact, oval-rounded habit, delicate foliage and good growth … the Morton Arboretum and the Ornamental Growers Association of Northern Illinois formed to promote plant cultivars that perform well in northern Illinois. This variety was selected by …
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… Dark-colored foliage provides a perfect background for the bright yellow-orange flowers beginning in July. This nonhardy bulb can be grown in either moderately moist to very moist soils in full sun and moderate fertility. In the Chicago region, this plant is not susceptible to some of the foliar pests found in warmer climates. Lift the tubers in fall after the first …
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… It almost looks as though Picasso himself spattered red paint on to the rich yellow blooms of the Picasso canna. In any case, the vivid color combination is … it starts blooming, it doesn’t stop until frost if you keep deadheading. Then, if you want to save the plants for next year, you can simply dig them up and store them in a damp medium like peat some place …
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… Baby Tut papyrus is a dwarf papyrus that grows to only two feet tall and two feet wide and prefers wet boggy sites with full to partial sun. It is grown primarily for its attractive umbrella-shaped leaf bracts. Baby Tut is a perennial sedge in warmer climates, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
