… Narcissus ‘Ice Follies’ is in Division 2. It blooms in early to mid season with 3 ¾ inch flowers that open yellow and become white with age. The corona is very broad and shallow with a frilled mouth. The petals may be slightly reflexed. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… During the growing season, staghorn sumac is covered with bright green, compound leaves that have quite the tropical appearance. Growing 15 to 25 feet in height, it can easily spread as much in width since it tends to sucker by its roots. The …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… domes that mature into hundreds of small white flowers on this annual that works well in the annual flower displays or as a cut flower. Gardeners and florists should wear protection when working around this plant to protect against the sap that can cause skin irritation in sensitive individuals. It's deer …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Sometimes spring just doesn’t want to arrive. Sometimes it can’t wait to burst forth with flowers and foliage and make everything … to some, can give us time to appreciate some things that might otherwise be overlooked by the flashier signs of spring. Red Charm peony buds ( Paeonia ‘Red Charm’) look like alien asparagus pushing their way out of the ground in the Farwell Landscape Garden. Cooler temperatures may slow growth for …
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… Lebanon striped squill is classed as a minor bulb because of its size, but it is a major asset to a well-rounded bulb garden. Tucked between tulips and narcissus, it covers the ground with six-inch spikes of white flowers with a show that lasts for up to three weeks beginning in late March in the Chicago area. The bell-shaped flowers measure about 1/2" across, with six …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… produces abundant, long-lasting white flowers and no fruit. This large shrub will grow to a height of 12’ with a similar spread. The flowers fade to a pink color that gives this shrub its cultivar name. It will grow in full sun to partial shade and is not fussy about soil types or conditions. This is one of the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Hydrangea macrophylla var. macrophylla 'Blue Danube' is a deciduous shrub that grows 3 to 6 feet tall and wide. It features dark green leaves and large clusters of flowers, which are either lacecap or mophead in structure. Blue Danube is small in structure, growing 4 feet tall and wide, and bearing large, … soil. Heavy flowering and compact, it is ideal for growing in a container in partial shade. The flowers dry well and can be used in arrangements. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Peonies are popular garden plants, known for their stunning flowers, their cold hardiness and the huge variety of their colors, forms and habits. They are divided into two main groups: herbaceous, which die to the ground in the fall, and tree peonies, deciduous plants with woody stems which they retain throughout the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Long, tall racemes are graced with pendulant, orange tubular flowers tipped in yellow that are inflated towards the base. This is among the smallest growing of the Gasteria , commonly known as ox tongues. The … taxonomic treatments have moved this plant from Gasteria liliputana and often is referred to as Gasteria obliqua . The genus is closely related to Aloe and, like them, are pollinated …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The coral-pink blooms of Iris ‘Beverly Sills’ are impeccably formed on strong, vigorous plants that produce a heavy crop of flowers each spring. Hybridized in 1979, it won the prestigious Dykes Award for the outstanding tall bearded iris in 1985 and is … no flowers.) Pink and yellow tall bearded iris were very rare until plant breeders were able to double the chromosome numbers from 2 sets (diploid) to 4 sets (tetraploid). Pinks are produced …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
