… Hellebores are prized for their flowers which appear in late winter or early spring and are often the first flowers to appear in the Chicago garden. Royal Heritage Lenten roses to grow into a low mound about two feet high and 3 feet wide. The foliage is leathery and dark …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Hellebores or lenten roses are prized for their flowers which appear in late winter or early spring and are often the first flowers to appear in the Chicago garden. Pine Know select hellebores grow into low mounds about fifteen … Pine Knot Select bears cup-shaped five-petaled flowers that range in color from white to yellow, pink, burgundy and dark purple. Hellebores prefer cool, moist soils with a high …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… bright, funnel-shaped flowers in a circle surrounding the center. This small gem only grows up to 6 inches tall and 4 inches wide. Its outer spines are short and white, and the inner spines … a closely spaced, spiral pattern (instead of vertically). This genus has an unusual approach to plant metabolism, absorbing carbon dioxide at night and re-emitting it during the day in a way … should be watered sparingly and grown in light shade with good drainage. Recommended for USDA Zones 9b to 11, this plant is hardy to 25 degrees Fahrenheit. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… is a midseason bloomer. It takes on a shrubby appearance throughout the summer, then dies to the ground in the fall. Plant in sun to part shade with the eyes no more than 2 inches below the soil surface. It is deer resistant. Peonies are popular garden plants, known for their stunning flowers, their cold hardiness and the huge variety of their colors, forms, and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Circus’ is an early bloomer. It takes on a shrubby appearance throughout the summer, then dies to the ground in the fall. Plant in sun to part shade with the eyes no more than 2 inches below the soil surface. It is deer resistant. Peonies are popular garden plants, known for their stunning flowers, their cold hardiness and the huge variety of their colors, forms, and …
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 … classified as early, mid and late – ‘Miss Congeniality’ is a mid-late season bloomer. It grows to 36” tall, taking on a shrubby appearance throughout the summer, then dies to the ground in the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… and delicate flower spikes that appear in late summer and early fall. The clump can grow to about 3 feet high and 3 feet wide. The fragrant flowers are a pinkish brown which mature to a golden brown in late fall. In massed plantings the flowers provide an attractive pinkish … able to cope with drought, deer, black walnut, pollution and clay soils while providing food for insects and birds. Despite the name it does not readily self-seed in the garden and so is a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Garden is observing a great blue heron standing in one of the lakes. The great blue stands 4 to 4 1/2 feet tall and has a blue-gray back; long, gray neck; and black and white throat. The heron stares intently at the water waiting for the perfect time to strike a fish or frog with its long, daggerlike bill. Suddenly, the heron takes off, revealing …
Type: Birding
… perennials. Is this normal? Is there anything that I should do about it? A. It is not uncommon to see perennials heaved out of the ground at this time of the year. Fluctuations in temperature during the winter and repeated freezing and thawing of soil cause some plants to heave or push themselves out of the ground, and expose the plant's roots to the elements, … garden beds that are too wet can ruin the structure of the soil and make the beds unsuitable for planting. …
Type: Plant Info
… The jade plant ( Crassula ovata ) is native to South Africa. A member of the stonecrop (Crassulaceae) family, it is a popular, indoor, branched succulent shrub that can grow to 6 feet tall but usually reaches a height of 18 to 30 inches. As it matures, its trunklike … appreciates a resting period with reduced watering from fall to late winter. It is well known for its potential as a bonsai specimen, because it forms a bonsai very easily when pruning is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
