… Slender, wiry stalks reach up to 18 inches tall and spread up to a foot wide. Blue flax is a 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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… 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 node. Its attractive 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 …
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… produce smaller but more 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. …
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… It resembles baby's breath in appearance and has very thin stems with opposite leaves. Use it in a rock garden or creeping out of a rocky wall. A member of the pink family, tunic flower has tiny five-petaled flowers. This loose, airy perennial is covered with dainty pink or white flowers all summer long. A delicate sun-loving perennial for …
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… Red Rays Switch grass is an upright clump-forming ornamental grass that grows to a maximum height of 5 feet. It … tinged blooms. Later seed plumes are attractive to birds. The plant can be used as a specimen, in a hedge, or in a border. …
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… 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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… Golden Seal is a native perennial in the buttercup family. It grows 6 to 12 inches tall with a hairy stalk … that are followed by raspberry-like inedible fruits. They require rich moist, organic soil in shade to part. …
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… Deep purple to dark blue tubular flowers are produced in clusters throughout the warmer months on this nonhardy shrub native to the American tropics. Plant 'Royal Blue' in full sun, average soils, water during droughts, and watch the hummingbirds flock to the flowers. It prefers the warmer temperatures of mid-summer to early fall, and is insect and pest resistant. …
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… grows close to 10 feet tall with full sun and well-drained, moderate soil moisture conditions. In March and April, it produces showy, fragrant, pink blossoms. These give way to orange, red, and yellow apricots that attract birds (and people). This is one of the hardiest and earliest of the Prunus to flower in Chicago-area gardens. …
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… to only 15' tall, it has a fine-textured, densely branching rounded habit. Pink buds open in early spring to reveal large, double white flowers tinged with pink. Flowers last longer than on most other cherries. An introduction by the Arnold Arboretum in Boston, Mass., this cherry is one of the smaller types we're recommending. Nice small flowering cherry …
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