… Geum ‘Tequila Sunrise’ stands 18 - 20 inches high and blooms in mid May to mid June with soft yellow flowers that have red tips. The flowers are single or … Brent Horvath of Intrinsic Perennial Gardens as part of the Cocktails™ series. Plant it in full sun to part shade. It is hardy in zones 4 - 8. …
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… Geum ‘Top Shelf Margarita’ stands 15 – 18 inches high and blooms in mid spring with bright yellow semi-double flowers. The flowers are held on wiry red stems … Brent Horvath of Intrinsic Perennial Gardens as part of the Cocktails™ series. Plant it in full sun to part shade. It is hardy in zones 4 - 8. …
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… The Carolina silverbell is an unusual and seldom-used small flowering tree. In a garden, it will grow to 25 to 40' tall, and it has a nice rounded habit. Use it as a specimen plant or in a naturalistic garden. In April and May, tiny white, bell-shaped flowers dangle from the …
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… This low-growing, creeping evergreen shrub reaches about 6 inches in height with full sun. It can grow in a number of different soil conditions but cannot tolerate wet soils. It has bluish-green foliage that may become tinged with purple in the winter. It is non-flowering, but it occasionally produces berry-like seed cones. Resistant to deer, it can …
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… This chance seedling was discovered in Anniston, Alabama, by Hayes Jackson. Multiple flat, star-like, sterile white flowers come into flower in June and continue up to the first frost. Hayes Starburst smooth hydrangea ( Hydrangea … on new wood, so it will reliably flower in the Chicago area, regardless of how much damage is done to the stems of the plants over winter. …
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… larger lavender-lilac flowers on shorter flowering stems. The plants reach close to 3 feet in height by the end of the growing season in Chicago-area gardens. Their honey-like fragrance is a powerful attractant for pollinating insects and hummingbirds. Plant this perennial in full …
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… The flowers on this nonhardy perennial vary in color as they age from cream to orange to a bright rose pink, providing for an ever-changing color palette in the garden. Bred from the hardiest of the species, it still is not able to survive Chicago's winters. Plant 'Kudos Ambrosia' in full sun and in well-drained …
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… Glowing lavender pink double flowers 'pop' against the dark maroon foliage starting in late summer and continuing into fall. This cultivar is smaller statured, reducing the need to stake the plants to keep them upright when they come into flower. Plant dahlias in the garden in June, after the risk of late spring freezes has passed, and in sunny, …
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… Thin leaves in typical iris "fans" produce tall stems that provide a multitude of cheery gold flowers flecked in orange in the height of summer. Each flower is short lived but he large inflorescence insures a number of flowers will be open during the …
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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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