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  • … Yellow Trout Lily is a bulbous perennial that spreads by stolons. The horizontal leaves have deep green markings. … reddish-yellow or purple outside and brown, yellow, or purple anthers in spring. They are shy to flower. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Pink Pewter spotted deadnettle is a creeping, deer-resistant, evergreen groundcover that grows to a maximum height of 8 inches. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … 'Twilight Zone', an improved version of native Little Bluestem is the first to color up for fall, adding iridescent silver-mauve tones all over the plant as …
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  • … Generation brings it all to the stage! It’s a rock show of iconic, popular hits not defined by decades, but by some of the best groundbreaking music of our time. Beatles to Stones, Bowie to Led Zeppelin, Aretha to Sly Stone. These songs are always sure to bring smiling faces in the crowd. The band is powerful, the songs are unforgettable, as Generation brings a performance that makes the …
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  • … Wild turkey daylily has bright yellow flowers with green throats in mid to late season. The delightfully fragrant flowers are 6½ inches and are attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. Each flower lasts only one day, but there are multiple buds on … The buds open in series, so a single plant will continue to bloom for 2 weeks or more. It is easy to grow and does well in full sun to part shade. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Promise') sports a riot of color in August.   Peppers add color and heat to a world of cuisines They vary from the paprikas of Hungary to the curry powder of India to the … compound called capsaicin. The body often reacts to capsaicin by sweating, which some suggest is one reason hot peppers are popular in hot climates. In northern climates, peppers tend to be … kind of summer that is pretty much guaranteed in Bolivia, but not in Chicago. You'll need a site in full sun and well-drained, fertile soil, amended with plenty of compost or other organic …
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  • … Golden Japanese sweet flag is grown primarily for its fragrant and attractive greenish-yellow foliage, which resembles that … of an iris. Insignificant greenish-yellow flowers bloom from June through August, giving way to inedible red berries in the fall. The plant grows to 1 foot high and spreads to 1 foot. Grow in moist soil in full sun to part shade, or use it at …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … deep scarlet flowers with green throats in mid summer. The 4½ inch blooms are attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. Although each flower lasts only one day, there are multiple buds … and several stalks on each plant. The buds open in series, so a single plant will continue to bloom for 2 weeks or more. It is easy to grow and does well in full sun to part shade. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Betty Corning Italian clematis ( Clematis viticella 'Betty Corning') is a cultivar that was hybridized by Betty Corning in 1932 and carries many of the … fragrant, bell-shaped, lavender-blue blooms loved by hummingbirds. A sun-loving vine growing 8 to 10 feet tall, clematis prefers to be planted slightly deep in cool, well-drained soil, with mulch or a groundcover to shade its …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Double, cherry red blooms are continuously produced from mid-June up to the first hard frost of fall. This disease-resistant rose grows up to 4 feet high with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. This flower is the first in a series of disease-resistant, hardy landscape roses that have virtually …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant