… a dwarf cultivar. It will develop into a shrub like specimen that will reach about 4 feet high and wide in ten years. Todd's WB Ginkgo was discovered by Joe Stupka as a "witches broom" branch mutation. It has the typical lovely fan shaped Ginkgo leaves and outstanding golden yellow fall color. It is a male clone and will not produce the distinctive smelling fruit in the fall. It is resistant to deer and very …
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… rings of larger, normal ray flowers. It is a tough, hardy native perennial found in prairies and along the edges of woodlands. At 2 feet tall, this false sunflower is shorter than the wild species. Once established, 'Asahi' is drought-tolerant and long-blooming—usually from June to September. This species is found in the wild from Hudson Bay to Florida, and west to North Dakota and New Mexico. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February …
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… As the name August Flame connotes, this daylily is flaming red and blooms quite late in the season. It has a yellow streak in the center of each petal and a yellow throat. The flowers are 5” in diameter on top of tall foliage. It is an excellent … choice for a border. Each flower lasts only one day, but there are multiple buds on each stalk and there are several stalks on each plant. The buds open in series, so a single plant may …
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… of different cultivars of Lenten rose contains plants that produce creamy white, rose, and purple (almost black) flowers, often with purple dots on the sepals. The showy parts of the "flower" are actually sepals, and they will remain on the plant well into midsummer. During an exceptionally mild winter, the … will remain evergreen in Chicago gardens. This species is widespread from northern Greece and Turkey eastward to the Caucasus region. Across this geographic range, a number of color forms …
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… uniform blue with large, classically formed flowers. The beards are gold with blue tips and the petals are gently ruffled. The stems stand 40 inches high with flowers that bloom in midseason measuring 4 inches across. It has no fragrance, but it is an excellent cut flower and is attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds while resistant to rabbits and deer. Blue Temptation was awarded Honorable …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… are the same color but have yellow tips. The stems stand 38 inches high, each with 2 branches and up to 8 or 9 blooms in mid season. In 1989 Silverado was awarded Honorable Mention and the Fred and Barbara Walther popularity awards. It received Award of Merit in 1991, the Wister Medal in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… , commonly known as Northern blue flag, is native to the northern part of the United States and into Canada. The flower stalks stand 2 to 3 feet tall, each with 3 to 5 blue flowers in May and June. The flowers have a prominent yellow blotch and a white area with purple veins at the base of the falls. Northern blue flag will grow well in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… in harmony with the natural world. Gather beneath the open sky, surrounded by lush greenery and the living symphony of the Garden–birdsong, rustling leaves, and the heartbeat of the earth itself. The drum, one of humanity’s oldest instruments, becomes a bridge between self and soil, sound and silence, heart and horizon. When people make music together outdoors, they do …
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… in harmony with the natural world. Gather beneath the open sky, surrounded by lush greenery and the living symphony of the Garden–birdsong, rustling leaves, and the heartbeat of the earth itself. The drum, one of humanity’s oldest instruments, becomes a bridge between self and soil, sound and silence, heart and horizon. When people make music together outdoors, they do …
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… in harmony with the natural world. Gather beneath the open sky, surrounded by lush greenery and the living symphony of the Garden–birdsong, rustling leaves, and the heartbeat of the earth itself. The drum, one of humanity’s oldest instruments, becomes a bridge between self and soil, sound and silence, heart and horizon. When people make music together outdoors, they do …
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