… bloom time is classified as early, mid-, and late. ‘Lucky’ is a midseason bloomer. It grows to 32 inches tall, taking on a shrubby appearance throughout the summer, then dies to the ground in the fall. Plant in sun to part shade with eyes no more than 2 inches below the soil surface. Deer resistant. Peonies are popular garden plants, known for their stunning flowers, their cold hardiness and the huge variety of their colors, forms, and …
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… or wavy corollas. Its glossy 6- by 2-inch leaves are elliptic and wavy margined, colored mid- to dark green above and pale green beneath. Its many-branched foliage tends to grow almost parallel to the ground, giving the shrub an attractive horizontal aspect. The … degrees in moist and fertile soil. Somewhat drought- and heat-tolerant, cape jasmine is grown for its ornamental features and grows very well in containers. Like many members of the …
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… and they generously share their stock (sometimes) with friends. But most of all, they love to discover new ones. Gaura lindheimeri is a relative newcomer to Chicago-area perennial borders. Native to Texas and Louisiana and planted widely on the West Coast, it might seem an unlikely candidate for Midwest gardens. But those who grow the white 'Whirling Butterflies', bright pink 'Siskiyou …
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… recognizable and beloved wildflowers, but there are a few things you may not know about them. For one thing, there are several wild species of Rudbeckia growing in the region and several … My favorite, sweet black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia subtomentosa) , is a native species of moist to wet prairies and woodland edges. Although the flowers are very similar, the familiar common … (ligule or ray) of an individual flower called a ray or ligulate flower. I know this is hard to get your head around, since the entire heads of many tiny flowers are arranged in a way that …
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… in the spongy moth life cycle is the egg mass stage. Female moths lay eggs from late July to early August on almost any sheltered surface — bark crevices, rocks, picnic tables, vehicles. Egg masses, each containing 100 to 1,000 eggs, overwinter and hatch into tiny larvae the following spring, usually in early May … moth into the Midwest from the Northeast. Homeowners can assist by searching their property for egg masses or any other signs of spongy moths. If you live outside a quarantined area and …
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… The umbels containing the many seeds ripen in late fall. If you are not harvesting these seeds for culinary or herbal uses, remove the flower heads from the stalks in early fall or late summer. …
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… on the underside and, at maturity, dark reddish upright cones in summer. A great accent plant for the landscape where a vertical element is needed but space is at a premium. Plant in full …
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… Five-leaf Akebia ‘Leucantha’ is often called the chocolate vine for its cocoa-colored pods. This is a semi-evergreen climber with rounded leaves composed of 5 …
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… powdery, blue-lavender flowers with reflexed petals. Sweetly scented, the flowers are a magnet for insect and bird pollinators. Plant this clematis deep in medium fertile soils that remain …
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… and disease resistant it is a great pollinator attractant in the garden. Full sun provides for the best bloom. …
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