… YUKI SNOWFLAKE™ is a miniature deutzia (24" tall) notable for its abundant small white bell-like flowers as well … the Chicago Botanic Garden. The genus Deutzia consists of medium sized flowering shrubs native to Asia, generally with slender stems and a fine-textured arching habit. The clusters of small … and cultivars. Deutzias are best used grouped in informal settings as a hedge or background to a border. These shrubs may benefit from occasional renewal pruning to maintain their dense …
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… its trade name because its abundant soft pinkish white flowers resemble cherry blossoms. It is a miniature shrub with an arching habit that may take root where the stems touch the ground. … foliage is purple bronze. The genus Deutzia consists of medium sized flowering shrubs native to Asia, generally with slender stems and a fine-textured arching habit. The clusters of small … and cultivars. Deutzias are best used grouped in informal settings as a hedge or background to a border. These shrubs may benefit from occasional renewal pruning to maintain their dense …
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… Korean deutzia is known for the unusual texture of its first year wood. Cluster of small white flowers appear in … is dark green in summer. The genus Deutzia consists of medium sized flowering shrubs native to Asia, generally with slender stems and a fine-textured arching habit. The clusters of small … and cultivars. Deutzias are best used grouped in informal settings as a hedge or background to a border. These shrubs may benefit from occasional renewal pruning to maintain their dense …
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… perennial plant with trifoliate leaves. Root-hardy in the Chicago area (where it gets frozen to the ground each winter), in warmer climates it grows as a deciduous creeping vine. It grows well in full sun and partially shaded gardens. Native to China, the flower shape, size, and sprawling habit are shared with many of the clematis native … — a characteristic described as an "analog" in the scientific literature. The genus Clematis is derived from the Greek clema (tendril) used by Dioscorides to describe several plants that …
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… Reddish-pink buds open to white flowers on Donald Wyman crabapple. The fruit is glossy red and persistent into winter. This consistent performer and disease-resistant … 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 …
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… The shingle oak is so called because its wood was favored by early settlers for making shingles. Its bark is believed to have been used medicinally by the Cherokee people. When young, the shingle oak has a pyramidal … The genus Quercus includes more than 600 species of the oak tree, of which 90 are native to North America; the Chicago Botanic Garden's collection contains more than 60 varieties and …
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… their colors, forms and habits. They are divided into two main groups: herbaceous, which die to the ground in the fall, and tree peonies, deciduous plants with woody stems which they retain … flowers on tree peonies appear 1-2 weeks before those of the herbaceous peonies. ‘Nosegay’ is a unique herbaceous peony resulting from a cross between two early blooming species, one … and yellow stamens; the foliage is finely cut. It blooms extremely early, making it subject to early season frosts, then grows to 28” tall. Plant in sun to part shade with eyes no more than …
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… Kohleria are herbacious perennial plants in the gesneriad family native to tropical America. Kohleria 'HCY's Jardin de Monet' has flowers with coral pink tubes. The throat is creamy white with lobes spotted in burgundy. Flowers appear in loose spikes at the ends of branches, which are deep red. The dark green leaves are very large, up to seven inches long by five inches wide, and red-violet beneath. The growth pattern is strongly …
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… 'Blanc Double de Coubert' is a hybrid rugosa rose originally introduced in 1893 that's still winning awards in our day. The … paper, and highly fragrant. In fact, "rugosa" comes from the Latin for wrinkled, but it refers to the wrinkled appearance of the leaves. That wrinkled surface is a key factor in making rugosas as a class so disease resistant. In fact, they're tough in many regards. They're hardy to zone 4. They're tolerant of light shade, salt spray, wind, and poor soil. And they're so …
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… Classic dark red tulip on sturdy long stems that is ideal for forcing or planting as an annual in the garden. Outdoors, plant as soon as the bulbs … a more robust root system before the chill of winter sets in, making them primed and ready to burst into flower in spring. If a bit of cheer is required to fight off the winter doldrums, place the purchased bulbs in a flower pot as tightly packed as …
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