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- … Colors are more intense grown in sun. The flower spikes are red and yellow. This large species is found growing in forests along the Atlantic coast of Brazil. It brings lost-lasting color to tropical flower borders but is too large to make a good house plant. Bromeliads are succulent plants that are usually …Type: Garden Guide Plant
- … Roundleaf serviceberry is native to the mountains of southern and central Europe. It takes its name from its roundish leaves and is noted for somewhat larger flowers than the genus. In other respects, it displays the four …Type: Garden Guide Plant
- … Musical note plant ( Clerodendrum incisum var. macrosiphon ) is a member of the Lamiaceae family. A native of Nigeria, this upright, showy shrub earned its … January and February and from September through December in USDA Zones 9-11 (the Chicago area is in Zone 5b). …Type: Garden Guide Plant
- … its distinctive horizontal branching habit appears to belong in a Japanese garden, though it is a native species. Its scientific name Cornus alternifolia indicates that its leaves alternate … early June and are followed by bluish-black fruit in July much beloved by birds. Fall foliage is golden orange. Members of the genus Cornus , commonly known as dogwoods, are welcome in the …Type: Garden Guide Plant
- … Flowering dogwood is the showstopper member of the genus Cornus -- for its elegant layered habit, stunning white … surrounded by four large flat white bracts that appear to be petals. This small native tree is the state tree of Virginia and signals the arrival of spring in much of the southeastern U.S. …Type: Garden Guide Plant
- … The native gray dogwood can be found in the wild in most counties in Illinois. It is a large multi-stemmed shrub with a tendency to spread and colonize. The bark of older stems is gray (hence its common name) though newer stems are reddish brown. Small white flowers in late …Type: Garden Guide Plant
- … The Skogholm cultivar is perhaps the most vigorous and fastest growing of all the bearberry cotoneaster cultivars. It can cover a large area quickly. Skogholm was introduced from Sweden about 1950. The species is native to central China. Members of the genus Cotoneaster are characterized by a stiff, dense …Type: Garden Guide Plant
- … PEARLS™ slender deutzia ( Deutzia gracilis 'Duncan') in May. The season of interest is extended by the lemon-lime-colored leaves that retain their color throughout the growing season. While it has no fall color to speak of, this 3-foot-tall cultivar is a good choice for a compact selection of Deutzia . The genus Deutzia consists of medium sized …Type: Garden Guide Plant
- … Golden pole cactus ( Hildewintera aureispina ), a member of the Cactaceae family, is a branching cactus that forms tangled mounds of long stems that spread, arch, and trail fairly … kept rather dry. Hardy in USDA Zones 9 to11, the golden pole cactus attracts butterflies and is resistant to deer. This plant was named after Hildegarda Winter (1893–1975), the sister of …Type: Garden Guide Plant
- … The giant snowdrop ( Galanthus elwesii ) is among the first of the very early spring-blooming plants in the Chicago region. As winter … the mother plant and ensuring the seeds are snuggled down for the winter. The giant snowdrop is native to the high mountain meadows of the Balkans and western Turkey, where the snows fall …Type: Garden Guide Plant