… 'Fire Island' is a smaller (15 inches tall, 30 inches wide) hosta. The foliage emerges bright yellow on red petioles and darken to chartreuse as blooms in mid-summer with lavender flowers. This hosta prefers full shade. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy-to-grow, and long-lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks called …
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… 'Fried Bananas' is a large (20 inches tall, 40 inches wide) hosta with oval to heart-shaped chartreuse leaves. These become more yellow as they mature and if they are given bright light. It blooms with fragrant, white flowers in late summer. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy-to-grow, and long-lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks called …
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… Pandora’s Box has rounded leaves with deep blue green margins and white centers. One of the miniature hostas, it is suitable as an edger or in a rock garden but really shines in a container where it can be viewed close up. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy-to-grow, and long-lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks called …
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… growing season, this medium hosta has bluish green leaves with creamy margins. First Frost is a sport of H . 'Halcyon' and was named Hosta of the Year for 2010 by the American Hosta Growers Association. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy-to-grow, and long-lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks called …
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… The scarlet oak is so named because of its brilliant red fall color. Young pyramidal shaped trees mature into … are produced biennially. Its native habitat is the upland forest region of the northeastern and southeastern U.S. The genus Quercus includes more than 600 species of the oak tree, of which … to North America; the Chicago Botanic Garden's collection contains more than 60 varieties and over 1,000 individual trees. Twenty oak species are native to Illinois. Oaks are slow …
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… The chinkapin oak is a native tree widely distributed in the south-central U.S. and often found in dry sites with … to North America; the Chicago Botanic Garden's collection contains more than 60 varieties and over 1,000 individual trees. Twenty oak species are native to Illinois. Oaks are slow …
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… blooms from fall throughout most of the winter in conservatories. It requires full sun and moderate soil fertility—use acid fertilizers, similar to what is used for rhododendrons—and needs to be kept moist. The very large, silvery, felted leaves on a rounded shrub up to 7 …
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… Japanese barberry ‘Sparkle’ is a round shrub that grows to a height of 4 to 6 feet and equal spread. It requires full sun and moderate moisture. From March to June it produces yellow flowers. The plant can be used in a …
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… Native to Europe, the Dogtooth Violet is clump-forming bulb that doesn’t get over 6 inches high with a slightly wider spread. From early to midspring it produces pink, white, yellow, and purple blooms. It prefers partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. …
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… This perennial grows to a height of less than 6 inches with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has pink blooms from March through October. It belongs in a border or a ground cover and is also attractive to birds. …
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