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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 … are a dark maroon-purple and are borne on flower stems called racemes. This orchid grows to about 2 feet 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. …Type: Garden Guide Plant
- … Forest lily ( Veltheimia bracteata ) is one of the showiest of the South African geophytes, plants that have some sort of storage organ to survive extended periods of drought. The showy, pink flowers are followed by large, flat, papery (when mature) seedpods that have adapted to wind dispersal. This genus is a tropical member of the hyacinth (Hyacinthaceae) plant family. …Type: Garden Guide Plant
- … Q. I always look forward to giving and receiving plants of the holiday season. One plant I would like to keep year-round is the amaryllis. Please explain how to do this. A. Many plants can have an extended life well …Type: Plant Info
- … large curls along the trunk. Younger branches are reddish-brown before becoming large enough to peel. The ovate leaves are sharply toothed and turn yellow in the fall. Dahurian birches are native to the woodlands and mountain slopes of Japan and eastern Asia. The primary ornamental feature of birch trees is the bark. Many of the common names of birch trees refer to the color of the bark -- white, …Type: Garden Guide Plant
- … Named for its brilliant fall color, 'Flame' Amur maple is a small, vase-shaped, multi-trunked tree that grows to 20 feet tall by 20 feet wide. Adaptable to adverse conditions and cold-hardy to zone 2, it prefers full sun to part shade and moist …Type: Garden Guide Plant
- … Mike is a large blue leaved hosta named to honor Michael Stringer. Proceeds of the limited sale of this hosta went to the Michael Stringer Memorial Endowment for the benefit of orphaned children in Russia. Hostas …Type: Garden Guide Plant
- … Looking at it, the common name of featherleaf Rodger's flower is hard to explain. Its leaves are as big as most hostas' and heavily textured...anything but feathery. There is, however, a feathery quality to the spikes of flowers rising 2 feet above that foliage in shades of pink to rosy red. In the …Type: Garden Guide Plant
- … New England aster is one of the most wide-spread and recognizable native asters, found in all but the warmest and coldest areas of North America. It grows 2 to 4 feet tall, and starts blooming in August, continuing into November. The leaves are lanceolate, up to 4 inches long, with distinct lobes at the bases. The flowers are among the largest of our …Type: Garden Guide Plant
- … Aloe 'Guido' is an amazing drought tolerant succulent with show stopping patterned leaves. The short tidy rosettes with pale green leaves have white elongated dashes running from base to tip of each leaf, creating an amazing fabric pattern like effect. Stunning. Obviously selected for its unusual foliage, it does produce from summer to fall delicate spikes of coral to salmon colored bell shaped flowers. This is a diminutive aloe …Type: Garden Guide Plant
- … Great marsh marigold ( Caltha polypetala ) is a native of northern Europe and the Pacific Northwest from Oregon, up the coast, and to Alaska. Its glossy gold flowers are held well above the foliage and look like giant buttercups, to which they are related. The flowers have showy clusters of up to 40 stamens in the center. The …Type: Garden Guide Plant