… pretty garden plant as well as field crop. Hundreds of tiny blue flowers, each about 3/4 inch in diameter, last as long as 12 weeks if conditions are favorable. These lovely perennial flowers cover the plant in late spring and early summer. …
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… Bolivian cactus is an easy-to-grow, basketball-sized, barrel cactus that reaches 20 inches high in its native habitat. With its dark green body and short yellowish spines, it is very easy to grow but needs fertile, well-drained soil and full sun. It is cold hardy in USDA Zones 8-11. Red orange and yellow flowers appear from May to June. …
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… Pink buds open to incredibly full and fragrant pale pink flowers in spring. Centennial Blush™ is a prolific bloomer, with flower buds formed at almost every … green leaves grow on an interesting branching structure, and they turn yellow to bronze in autumn. It can be grown as a large shrub or a small tree, perfectly suited for small urban …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… numerous fronds with a bushier habit than the wild species, which is native to Africa. Common in cultivation thanks to development of successful tissue culture techniques. This cultivar was introduced by John Osborne of Queensland, Australia and was patented in 2003. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Take a walk in the Garden and learn about plants that work well in cut arrangements. Then, inspired by your walk, create a beautiful flower display to take home …
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… are deciduous shrubs that have woody stems unlike bush peonies which dies back to the ground in the winter. They can grow to five feet tall and four feet wide in moist, well-drained soil. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… tinged blooms. Later seed plumes are attractive to birds. The plant can be used as a specimen, in a hedge, or in a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Pale beard tongue ( Penstemon pallidus ) is a native midwestern plant that thrives in full sun and well-drained soil. Water well the first year to establish the root system, and only in periods of extreme drought thereafter. Creamy white flowers with a pale pink tinge feature …
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… Lavender-blue flowers are produced above the glossy green foliage beginning in late June and extending throughout much of the remaining growing season. A native of Japan, … heavy Chicago area soils. Insect and disease resistant it is a great pollinator attractant in the garden. Full sun provides for the best bloom. …
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… Moorhexe, a German word that means moor witch, has narrow green leaves that turn golden yellow in the fall and is topped by deep purple flower spikes from July through September. Plant in full sun as a specimen or mass planting; purple moor grass is very hardy and reliable. …
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