… flowers in late summer to early fall on 3 to 6-inch stems bearing decorative gray-green leaves with prominent markings. Its roots grow from the bottom and sides of a tuber, and the leaves and …
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… 6 – 12 inches high and blooms in early spring. The white flowers are shaped like pantaloons with yellow tips and hang from leafless stems above the grayish green, deeply cut foliage. The …
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… Medium pink bracts with darker pink veins and young bracts cover this mounded non-hardy shrub during short days - …
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… Grassy-leaved goldenrod is an attractive native perennial with a shrubby habit, growing to about three feet tall. The little yelow flowers grow in flat …
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… in frost free climates can produce two crops of fruit a year. Provide a very sunny location with average soil, water and fertilizer. The straight species is not hardy in Chicago and is best …
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… burgundy buds that open to silvery-pink flowers in late October. The flowers are double with quill-shaped rays. After the first frost, the leaves turn red which provides a nice contrast …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… they are prone to diseases in wet/humid environments so a periodic syringing of the foliage with water is often all that is needed to keep pest levels low. …
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… The white flowers, which appear from July through October, are said to resemble a turtle with its mouth open but are more reminiscent of snapdragons. It grows 3-4 feet and prefers wet …
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… This tall growing cultivar features thin, elegantly coiled creamy white florets in a flower with enough substance to stand up to the vagaries of fall weather in the Chicago region. In order …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… climber that grows 10 to 15 feet and produces many small, white, 3- to 4-inch flowers with white filaments and bright yellow anthers in mid to late summer. It grows best in full sun …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
