… Heritage® English shrub rose ( Rosa ‘AUSblush’) is another of the David Austin shrub rose releases. It features beautifully quartered, … in early winter with a mulch of shredded leaves or decomposed bark. The Chicago climate is really tough on this class of roses, and the Plant Evaluation Program continues to evaluate …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This slow-growing tree is a five-needled pine with lustrous dark-green foliage. Use it as a specimen plant. It produces … areas. This plant deserves greater attention in the horticulture field. The lacebark pine is a dense, pyramidal evergreen tree reaching a mature height of 30' to 40'. With age, it loses …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… White pine is one of our most beautiful native trees, with long, delicate, bluish-green thin needles that … 150 feet tall were reported. The graceful branches of this pine grow in distinct tiers. It is normal for the older needles to fall off, exposing the greenish- gray bark. In clay soil, it …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… SUNDROP™ spirea is noted for its diminutive size and golden foliage that holds its color through the growing … season and turns red in the fall. Sprays of pink flowers grace this small shrub in summer. It is tolerant of urban environments. The genus Spiraea consists of small to medium sized flowering …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Pink Ice spirea is a new take on the popular bridal wreath spirea. While it has the same vase-shaped habit, it is differentiated by its green leaves speckled with white and stems and new growth that emerge …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The dramatic Hawaiian sunset flower ( Stictocardia beraviensis ) is a stunning sight to behold. Native to Africa, its intense tricolored, sunset-hued, 2- to … to deer—this specimen thrives in USDA Zones 9-11. As with any blooming plant, the rule is, the more sun, the more flowers. However, even planted in shade, it will continue to bloom …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Tulipa kaufmanniana 'Early Harvest' is one of the earliest tulips to flower in the Chicago region. Unlike other cultivars of … are held on short, stout stems above green leaves marked with maroon. Tulipa kaufmanniana is native to the western slopes of the Tien Shan mountains in Kazakstan, where they display a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Americans for their use in making arrows as the branches are very straight. This arrowwood is called PAPOOSE™ arrowwood because it is a much smaller version of a larger arrowwood shrub. PAPOOSE™ grows to only about four …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… phlox are a valuable resource in any garden. In the springtime, moss phlox ( Phlox subulata ) is a cheery smile of lavender around the base of daffodils or flowing over the top of a stone … shady spots in April and May. In July and August, tall garden phlox ( Phlox paniculata ) is a stately presence at the back of borders, sometimes reblooming in lavender, pink, or white … blown around by wind as they grow, he says, which strengthens their stems. In a more sheltered site, they might flop more. Though its phlox cultivars get a layer of mulch to hold in moisture, …
Type: Plant Info
… colors, which may differ from the parent or normal species. And don't forget their small size is relative: discover the mature size of each dwarf conifer selection you find interesting, lest … types of changes can then be propagated. A deliberate method of cultivating dwarf conifers is through grafting. Cultivators graft a normal growing species onto a dwarf rootstock, which … process of growing standards, or a plant that has a long single stem. In this case a rootstock is trained to create vertical growth, and the dwarf conifer is grafted above on a long stem. The …
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