… The northern pin oak is native to the Great Lakes states. It is considered a good alternative to the more widely known pin oak ( Quercus palustris ) due to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The willow oak is native to the southeastern U.S. Its leaves somewhat resemble the willow and its preferred siting is along streams and rivers like the willow. It has a relatively shallow root system, which makes …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The native Shumard oak is a member of the red oak group and produces acorns biennially. Like others in the red oak … Shumard oak has a pyramidal habit when young but matures to a more rounded shape. Fall color is a spectacular scarlet red. The genus Quercus includes more than 600 species of the oak tree, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Heritage® English shrub rose ( Rosa ‘AUSblush’) is another of the David Austin shrub rose releases. It features beautifully quartered, … in early winter with a mulch of shredded leaves or decomposed bark. The Chicago climate is really tough on this class of roses, and the Plant Evaluation Program continues to evaluate …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This slow-growing tree is a five-needled pine with lustrous dark-green foliage. Use it as a specimen plant. It produces … areas. This plant deserves greater attention in the horticulture field. The lacebark pine is a dense, pyramidal evergreen tree reaching a mature height of 30' to 40'. With age, it loses …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… White pine is one of our most beautiful native trees, with long, delicate, bluish-green thin needles that … 150 feet tall were reported. The graceful branches of this pine grow in distinct tiers. It is normal for the older needles to fall off, exposing the greenish- gray bark. In clay soil, it …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… for poison ivy, but remember –poison ivy has leaves of three. Its best use in the garden is to cover a semi-shady slope or a sturdy fence. It can climb walls, hanging on with its tendrils, but the more delicate Boston ivy would be a better choice. It is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… it received a fair-to-good evaluation for planting in the Chicagoland area. PETITE DELIGHT® is especially suited to smaller-scaled gardens or in the front of mixed border locations. Beebalm is great for attracting bees and butterflies to your garden. It's easy to grow and adds a lot of …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Ohio Glow is a long-blooming beebalm that grows 3 feet to 4 feet tall and about 2 feet to 3 feet wide. As … bloom in mid summer, and removing faded flowers will result in weeks of flowering. Beebalm is great for attracting bees and butterflies to your garden. It's easy to grow and adds a lot of …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Paeonia 'Sarah Bernhardt' is a lovely, dark-rose to pink peony that blooms toward the end of the peony season. It was named after a prominent French actress and is a time-proven standby in the perennial garden. The buds and open flowers contain a sugary …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
