… CARDING MILL® is another award winner from David Austin. and you can see why. This rose packs a lot of color … Find a place for it where you can enjoy the myhrr fragrance. Rose breeder David Austin is famous for bringing together the shapes and scents of old-fashioned roses with the repeat …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Blanc Double de Coubert' is a hybrid rugosa rose originally introduced in 1893 that's still winning awards in our day. The … for wrinkled, but it refers to the wrinkled appearance of the leaves. That wrinkled surface is a key factor in making rugosas as a class so disease resistant. In fact, they're tough in many …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The flowers are large (4 inches across) and very double. In other words, this rose is a show stopper in bloom. There's no need to deadhead, it doesn't repeat, so you and the birds can enjoy the colorful hips come fall and winter. 'Charles de Mills' is large for a Gallica, up to 5 feet, and it suckers, so left unchecked it can easily get 5 feet …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… rose fragrance. The blooms open widely, with the outer petals fading to cream as they age. It is so extremely double, in fact, that the inner petals have no space to expand and may remain … an Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. Its breeder, David Austin, is famous for bringing together the shapes and scents of old-fashioned roses with the repeat …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… and lobed foliage, which emerges pinkish in the spring. Indeed, the intriguing spring foliage is the primary reason for this oak's selection. Its growth rate is often described as glacial and its mature size may be shrub-like in nature. The genus Quercus …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The shingle oak is so called because its wood was favored by early settlers for making shingles. Its bark is believed to have been used medicinally by the Cherokee people. When young, the shingle oak has …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Sovereign pin oak is differentiated from the species due to its lower branches being carried horizontal to the … much like a crown. Unfortunately, due to grafting challenges in propagation, this cultivar is not readily available in the trade. The genus Quercus includes more than 600 species of the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Tibouchina urvilleana , glory bush, is native to northeastern Brazil and so thrives in the bright sun, heat and humidity of Chicago … a single prominent vein in the leaf. When in flower the distinctive arrangement of the stamens is a dead give away. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Tough Love spiderwort is a Chicagoland Grows® selection. Chicagoland Grows® is a plant introduction partnership of the Chicago Botanic Garden, the Morton Arboretum and the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Classic dark red tulip on sturdy long stems that is ideal for forcing or planting as an annual in the garden. Outdoors, plant as soon as the bulbs … winter sets in, making them primed and ready to burst into flower in spring. If a bit of cheer is required to fight off the winter doldrums, place the purchased bulbs in a flower pot as …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
