… gracefully along a low wall. Like all roses, COMPASSION® needs full sun and rich, moist for best performance. It shows good disease resistance, but do try to give it enough space so air …
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… perfect air circulation, she'll do better at keeping healthy than many other roses. However, for best bloom, find a site with full sun and good air circulation, provide regular moisture, and …
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… petals that are pink-orange at the tips with a yellow interior. The floribunda group are known for producing multiple, hybrid-tea-shaped flowers in sprays. Their dark green stems can grow up …
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… are salt tolerant (the species grows along the shoreline in Asia); thus they are perfect for use along Chicago-area roadways that are subject to wind-blown spray or runoff from de-icing …
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… The root beer plant grows wild from Mexico to northern South America and is cultivated for its culinary and herbal uses. It is also known as 'hoya santa' or 'holy leaf' in Mexico where …
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… In dry plains, groves of cottonwoods sprout along streams, and may provide the only shade for miles around. In spring, it produces racemes of cottony seeds that fill the air with fluff …
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… toxic and will not be eaten by deer or rabbits. The name Narcissus comes from the Greek word for narcotic and is tied to the myth of a young man known as Narcissus who fell in love with his …
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… Flowering or jasmine tobacco is an old-fashioned favorite for the annual garden, with showy flowers that continue to bloom until a heavy frost. ‘Perfume …
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… 8-inch rich pink flowers that are fragrant and float on the surface of the water. It was named for the son of hybridizer Perry D. Slocum. Waterlilies are rhizomatous aquatic plants with about …
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… (biennial). Oaks are often imposing shade trees at maturity and provide habitat and food for a variety of wildlife. …
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