… 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 sap can also cause blindness if it gets into the eye. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Narcissus ‘Oriental Silk’ is in Division 2. It blooms in mid spring with lemon yellow petals which are slightly reflexed … not be eaten by deer or rabbits. The name Narcissus comes from the Greek word for narcotic and is tied to the myth of a young man known as Narcissus who fell in love with his own reflection. When he …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Forever Pink phlox is a Chicagoland Grows® selection. Chicagoland Grows® is a plant introduction partnership of the Chicago Botanic Garden, the Morton Arboretum and the Ornamental Growers Association of Northern Illinois formed to promote plant cultivars that perform well in northern Illinois. This variety was developed at …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… bear cones. With a variety of colors, shapes, and sizes, they add color and textural contrast to landscapes year-round. What exactly are dwarf conifers? Simply stated, they are conifers … dwarf conifers average about one-twentieth the typical size, with most species growing from 1 to 6 inches annually and reaching less than 6 feet after ten years. An intermediate dwarf conifer … 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 …
Type: Plant Info
… The Agave filifera , in bloom in the Arid Greenhouse, is one of the few known to flower in cultivation. The threadlike appendages to the leaves are the reason the specific epithet (species name) of filifera was chosen. A native …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This cultivar produces outstanding white flowers from early summer to early fall, sometimes to frost. The mildly fragrant flowers are a magnet for butterflies. Deadheading will lengthen … time. It grows to a maximum height of six feet with full sun and moist, well-drained soil and is especially good in a border or as a cutting flower. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… leaves on this stalwart annual that thrives in the heat and drought of summer and continues to flower right up to frost. Butterflies, honey bees and hummingbirds are all attracted to the nectar rich flowers. This cultivar provides height in the flower bed and is deer resistant. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… slightly ruffled. At maturity, 'Cherry Cheesecake' stands 5 feet tall and blooms from mid July to fall. It is attractive to bees and hummingbirds while resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… native hydrangea prefers part shade but will tolerate full sun if kept constantly moist. It is tall (5 feet with a similar spread) and bears large white flower heads in mid to late summer. Since it blooms on new wood, it may be pruned close to the ground in late winter to revitalize the plant. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Blue-green evergreen foliage is the featured attraction of this hardy pyramidally shaped shrub to 12' in height and 8' width. Plant in full sun and water to get established and thereafter only during extended dry spells. Tolerant of a wide range of …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
