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  • … Aureus sweet mockorange is mostly grown for its foliage which emerges as golden in the spring and darkens to charteuse in the warmer …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … up to two inches in size. Once the flowers have faded this shrub is a useful green backdrop for summer and fall flowering plants. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … light. This is our native midwestern phlox. Blue or woodland phlox is a good edging plant for shade or naturalistic gardens. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, …
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  • … wood it should be pruned after flowering although it can be completely cut back in late winter for rejuvenation. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer …
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  • … in all four seasons. Burgundy foliage in spring and summer is the perfect backdrop for the blush-white flowers that turn into red berries in late summer and early fall. The early …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … a height of 8” with a similar spread. The deep blue to purple, three-petaled flowers last only for a day, but open in succession on the plant from May to June. It prefers moist, acidic, …
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  • … full shade. Plant in a site protected from the wind. It can be pruned heavily in the spring for hedging. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer …
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  • … of ironweeds conducted at the Chicago Botanic Garden, Baldwn's ironweed received a good rating for growing in local conditions. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, …
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  • … or about six feet and width of about five feet in sunny conditions and received a good rating for growing locally. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … or about seven feet and width of about six feet in sunny conditions and received a good rating for growing locally. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant