… a showy display in the spring landscape for 1-2 weeks. In addition to the eye-catching buds and flowers, their foliage, habit and fruit make them attractive plants almost year round. They are actively hybridized for flower color, leaf color, fruit size/color, shape and – most importantly – disease resistance. Crabapple fruits are usually not eaten by humans but …
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… wide. The pale pink flower spikes appear in mid-spring. This plant prefers afternoon shade and requires well-drained, even dryish soil and will not tolerate wet conditions. Because of its vigorous growth habit it can spread rapidly so care should be take when planting near natural areas and its growth monitored. It it suitable as an edging plant for borders and garden beds. …
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… skirt. This disease-resistant cultivar bears its blooms above clean, glossy green foliage and dark red new growth. Growing 3 to 4 feet tall with a 3-foot spread and a rounded, bushy habit, this is not a fragrant bloomer, but some report the flowers have a … very slight scent of fresh-cut apples. Cinco de Mayo™ is a hybrid of Rosa 'Topsy Turvey' and 2006 AARS award-winner R. 'Julia Child', developed by Tom Carruth and introduced by Weeks …
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… Cocoa™ floribunda rose produces fragrant, burnt orange flowers with a hint of deep coral and chocolate brown, from mid-June thru mid-October. The unique color is actually hard to … A 2003 All-America Rose Selection, this patented rose was hybridized by Thomas Carruth and introduced by Weeks Roses. It grows up to 4 feet high with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. The disease-resistant, glossy new leaves are significantly …
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… <p><em>Muscari armeniacum</em> ‘Superstar’ stands 9 inches tall and blooms in March – April with fragrant periwinkle blue flowers. The flowers are urn shaped with a thin white line around the rim and are densely packed in a conical raceme that resembles an upside down bunch of grapes. The flowers at the top are sterile. A single scape will have 20 – 40 flowers and a single bulb may produce up to 3 scapes. Plant it in full sun to part shade. It is …
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… is in Division 7. It blooms with 2 -3 fragrant flowers on each stem. The petals are yellow and the corona is orange. This cultivar was bred by Brent Heath and named in honor of his father. The bulbs are toxic and will not be eaten by deer or rabbits. The name Narcissus comes from the Greek word for …
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… Valley’ is in Division 2. It blooms in mid spring with roundish flowers. The petals are white and very broad, while the soft pink corona is broad and bowl shaped. The corona fades to a pale pink at the rim. The bulbs are toxic and will not be eaten by deer or rabbits. The name Narcissus comes from the Greek word for …
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… One of the world’s most popular and spectacular palms, wild date palm is often used on golf courses, city boulevards, and on the grounds of luxury homes. It has a single trunk, swollen at the base, marked by a diamond pattern created by leaf scars. It is dioecious—having both male and female plants; when fertilized, the female plant produces small white flowers followed by …
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… While Charlie's stromanthe ( Stromanthe 'Charlie') is prized primarily for its striking green and white variegated leaves, it also puts forth flowering stalks in the spring and summer. Buds, protected with showy orange calyxes, open to display white blooms. This … introduced to the gardening world in 2013, is named after Charlie McDaniel, a Florida teacher and avid horticulturalist who had it in his own collection. To this day, we don't know whether he …
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… that has naturalized in the southern states. It has pairs of stiff, deeply-toothed leaves and square stems. In a growing season in the Chicago area, gardeners can expect this plant to reach 1 foot in height by 2 feet in width. It attracts butterflies and honeybees, but the stiff hairs on the stems and the bad-tasting compounds in the leaves deter deer from browsing its blooms. The species is …
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