… Lady Elsie May™ shrub rose ( Rosa 'ANGelsie') is a 2005 All America Rose Selection (AARS) winner, both for its generous bloom habit and its … disease-resistant, making it appropriate for foundation or mass planting, as well as a place in the border. Give it a well-drained, sunny location, and a little fertilizer to kick off the season. One other note on siting...this rose is quite thorny, so you may want to keep it away from children's play areas. …
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… Plum Passion ground orchid is derived from the ground orchids of the rain forests of southern Asia and the Pacific. It has … tall and wide and prefers bright indirect or dappled light and consistently moist soil. It is not hardy in Chicago but can be successfully grown indoors with attention to lighting and potting medium. …
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… Side-flowering aster is woodland native found in much of Eastern and Central North America. It can reach a height of 3 … stems. It prefers partial shade with moist, well-drained soil. Unlike other asters, this one is not drought tolerant. …
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… Manchurian viburnum is native to China. White flowers in May give way to red berries that progress to blue-black and persist. Fall color is red and yellow. Viburnums are a versatile genus of multi-stemmed shrubs that are well suited …
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… Ruellia chartacea is a South American shrub with a rather gangly habit, but with very showy red flowers. It doesn't … our native prairie petunia ( Ruellia humilis ), which does look like a lavender petunia. It is also known as red shrimp plant. This species has large, rough-textured opposite leaves along … turn red, with funnel-shaped true flowers protruding from the branch tips. These plants are in the acanthus family and not related to true petunias. …
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… Compact white fir ( Abies concolor ‘Compacta’) is a round evergreen conifer that can reach 8 feet in height and width with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. The flat, upward-pointing needles are an unusual shade of pale blue-gray. The growth rate is very slow, at two to three inches per year, and the branches grow into irregular patterns. …
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… Nodding onions are petite natives found growing in praries and margins of wooded areas. They form petite clumps of foliage with narrow leaves. … has lavender flowers with wine red pedicels (flower stalks). Like most alliums, nodding onion is not significantly bothered by deer and other mammalian herbivores, like moles. It also … soils, drought, shallow and rocky soils and can grow under black walnut trees. This species is a larval host for the hairstreak butterfly; the flowers attract butterflies and bees that …
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… A very strange plant, the Chaya or Mayan Spinach tree is a tropical shrub native from Mexico to South America. A member of the euphorbia family, a milky sap is exuded by the stems and leaves. There are two forms. One has broad, maple-lobed leaves and … stinging hairs. The leaves of the latter can be boiled and eaten like spinach. They are high in iron and vitamins. However, they must be boiled for at least 10-15 minutes to leach out a …
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… 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 … cut and dried flowers. Songbirds love the seeds produced at the end of the season. This plant is disease and insect free. …
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… height of 15 to 25 feet. Pink buds that open as white, 5-petaled flowers cover the small tree in late April or early May. They are quickly followed by edible berries beloved by birds. This is truly a plant for all seasons, with its beautiful spring flowers, handsome green leaves, … genus Amelanchier offer four seasons of interest -- small white flowers (occasionally pinkish) in spring, edible berries in early summer, attractive foliage color in fall and interesting …
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