… then produces its fruit all at once, and generally does not grow much larger after the fruit is set. Once a determinate plant starts to flower, it will stop putting out new shoots. An … type.” Save and plant an heirloom seed, and you can be sure of getting the same variety. This is not true of hybrids: save and plant a hybrid’s seed and a distant relative may grow—therefore, … tomatoes have large, uncut leaves very similar to a potato plant. The crinkly rugosa leaf type is usually found on dwarf varieties; the angora leaf type is downy or fuzzy. A drooping leaf is …
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… The horse chestnut is native to the Balkans. This cultivar was developed in Switzerland in 1819. It has double white … flowers in large panicles that appear in the spring. It does not produce any fruit. Fall color is not vivid (yellows and browns). It can reach a height of 80 with a spread of 60 feet. It can … taprooted tree which makes it difficult to transplant and will cause it to take a long time to get established. …
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… are food for monarch butterfly larvae. Plant in full sun, moderately fertile soil and water to get the root system established. Unfortunately this native of southern Mexico and Central America is not root hardy in the Chicago area. Milky sap can cause contact dermatitis and is poisonous if ingested. Ingestion is unlikely because a different compound in the sap produces …
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… Also known as red barbery, redberry mahonia ( Mahonia haematocarpa ) is a medium-sized shrub with a profusion of fragrant yellow flowers during March and April, … mammals love the fruit, which also makes a delicious jelly. It prefers full to part sun and is adaptable to a variety of soils as long they are well-drained. Redberry mahonia is native to the mountains of the Trans-Pecos west to Arizona and hardy in U.S.D.A Zones 5 to 9. …
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… Hexagon stonecrop is a hardy evergreen perennial that forms a mat that is 4” tall and 8” wide. It blooms in summer with yellow, star-shaped flowers. It gets its name from the whorls of six leaves that grown along its stems. It is not an evergreen groundcover, but will turn an attractive shade of red in the fall. It works …
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… Nymphaea odorata ssp. tuberosa is a subspecies of the American white waterlily with a more limited range than the species, found in the central United States to Eastern Canada. It is not as fragrant, and the undersides of the leaves are green, not purple. Waterlilies are … Waterlilies need full sun to flower and must to be anchored in mud as they are not free floating. …
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… Pachypodium lealii is a small-growing bottle tree from southern Angola and Namibia, producing creamy white flowers … other members of the Apocynaceae or Oleander family, the milky sap of the leaves and stems is highly toxic and, in fact, Namibian hunters often used the sap to poison their arrow tips. The …
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… combination of a creamy white center collared in bright strawberry red, DOUBLE DELIGHT® is easy to spot from a distance. This award-winning hybrid tea rewards closer viewing with its strong, spicy fragrance. Like most hybrid teas, it produces one flower per stem, so you get nice long stems for cutting. Give it full sun, rich soil with good drainage, and enough space for good air circulation. Disease resistance is rated as average for this rose, so many growers recommend a regular spraying program. …
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… There's nothing secret about the bright red roses of 'Beauty Secret', even though she is a miniature. The small but very double bright red roses appear in clusters and bloom is prolific...and fragrant. What's more, they come into bloom early, getting a jump start on …
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… that lies between the edge of a forest and the wide-open grasslands. While most prairie is treeless, the savanna is scattered with trees—often fire-resistant bur oaks—that cast partial shade on the otherwise sun-baked landscape. Beneath the trees is an entirely different community of shade-tolerant, flowering plants. Stop 2: Mesic Prairie … that lies between the edge of a forest and the wide-open grasslands. While most prairie is treeless, the savanna is scattered with trees—often fire-resistant bur oaks—that cast partial …
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