… dark-green foliage. Use it as a specimen plant. It produces 2"- to 3"-long brown cones on the ends of its branches and also has very attractive bark that exfoliates to reveal green, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… winter with a mulch of shredded leaves or decomposed bark. The Chicago climate is really tough on this class of roses, and the Plant Evaluation Program continues to evaluate their new …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… flower is always lavender-pink, but the fruit can be yellow, purple, orange, or red depending on the tree. While the tomato tree seems to have originated in the Andes, it's now grown widely …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… behold. Native to Africa, its intense tricolored, sunset-hued, 2- to 3-inch-wide flowers bloom on a fast-growing vine. Related to the morning glory, with its thick stems and fleshy leaves, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
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… Q. I have ordered several hundred tulip bulbs for fall planting. Can I be assured of their return for many years? A. Most of the large hybrid tulips planted today are not true perennials in the … the summer. This excess moisture in the soil rots most of the tulip bulbs and accounts for their "one-year only" performance. Certain species of tulips are true perennials—the species …
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… 'Millenium' was bred for high-yielding, flavorful stalks. Asparagus is a hardy perennial with thick, succulent shoots that are harvested in April to early May, leaving younger shoots for future growth. Asparagus is high in vitamin K and many minerals. It needs to be planted in … soil, with careful selection of the site, considering that it will continue to grow for 15 to 20 years. It also makes an attractive perennial, with airy fine-textured foliage. The …
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… is a showy member of the arum family originating in southern Asia. Although cultivated for millenia for their edible corms, these days the plants are equally prized for their beauty and variety. Coal Miner has large dusty purplish-green heart-shaped leaves with …
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… The half-inch fruits are deep red. Fall leaf color is orange. Adams is rated good to excellent for disease resistance by the University of Illinois Extension. Crabapples are small flowering trees that provide a showy display in the spring landscape for 1 to 2 weeks. In addition to the eye-catching buds and flowers, their foliage, habit, and fruit make them attractive plants almost year round. They are actively hybridized for flower color, leaf color, fruit size/color, shape and, most importantly, disease resistance. …
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… branching structure makes it appropriate where space is limited. Adirondack is rated excellent for disease resistance by the University of Illinois Extension. Crabapples are small flowering trees that provide a showy display in the spring landscape for one to two weeks. In addition to the eye-catching buds and flowers, their foliage, habit, and fruit make them attractive plants almost year-round. They are actively hybridized for flower color, leaf color, fruit size/color, shape, and, most importantly, disease resistance. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
