… white umbels gracefully age to mauve-pink shades above the finely dissected gray-green leaves in the height of summer. This perennial is biennial, meaning that it flowers, sets seed, and dies in the second year. Insects are drawn to the flowers and songbirds are very fond of the seeds. …
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… fragrance and elegant pyramidal form. This curious mutation found at Edwin Carstens Nursery in Germany is a miniature evergreen best used in a rock garden. The tightly packed spiky branches bear very short needles adorned with brown …
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… that sweep low to the ground. It has deeply furrowed, corky bark . Though Miyabe maple is listed as endangered in its native habitat in Japan, several cultivars are considered hardy, adaptable urban street trees. The dark green …
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… 'White Giant' is a naturally occurring white-flowered form of Allium stipitatum, native from Turkey to the Tien Shan Mountains in Central Asia. Flower spikes grow to 4 feet tall and feature white flowers with a dark … plant comes into flower. The key to keeping this and many other ornamental onions long-lasting in the garden are soils that do not stay wet in summer. …
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… white flowers form clouds over the large, blue-gray green leaves with ruffled edges. This is a tough plant, tolerating wet and dry soils, salty water, and cold winter temperatures. For best results, plant in full sun and rich soil, and protect from cabbage loopers. In medieval Europe, gardeners used to cover the plants with clay pots in early spring to blanch …
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… Marsh bellflower is a strange little native plant that doesn't look like a bellflower at all. Needle-like leaves grow along thin, sprawling stems that lie across other plants in moist prairies. It resembles Sprenger's asparagus. The leaves have a prickly feel like Galium aparine . In late summer, tiny five-petalled cupped flowers appear. The petals are white, with a thin …
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… Callicarpa japonica , or Japanese beautyberry, is one of the stars of the fall garden, with its rounded clusters of metallic-purple berries … produced at almost every node along its arching stems. This root-hardy shrub can be planted in partially shaded to full sun locations that provide constant moisture. During most winters in the Chicago area, the stems will sustain freeze damage and should be cut to within a few …
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… This variable species is native to the high alpine valleys of the Greater Caucasus Mountains where the growing season can be as short as 6 weeks. In Chicago gardens, the honey scented flowers of this taxon are one of the first signs in late winter that spring in on the way. Large (for a snowdrop) white flowers are marked with a …
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… with a darker red eye and a yellow orange throat. The flowers measure only 3 inches and appear in midseason. Although each flower lasts only one day, there are multiple buds on each stalk 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 may re-bloom. It is easy to grow and does well in full sun to part shade. …
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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 … day, but there are multiple buds on each stalk 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. …
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