… With distinct musical backgrounds—David, a Chicago-based guitarist, shaped by his studies in southern Spain, and Olya, a Moldovan-born violinist with a dynamic career spanning classical, … rock, and Eastern European Folk—they blend traditional music with a contemporary touch in every performance. Their soulful arrangements and expressive interplay promise for a beautiful …
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… requiring light but even watering during the summer. It prefers cool summers, so light shade in the afternoon is preferred in warmer climates. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Hedge Maple is native to most of Europe (in Scotland, it is the only native maple) and has been naturalized in North America and New Zealand. It is a slow grower and has deeply fissured, cork-like bark. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… and is one of the "snake bark" maples. It can reach a height of 40 feet. It should be sited in full sun and is tolerant of a wide range of soil conditions (except wet ones) and types. Foliage starts as a medium green, turning yellow and gold with crimson highlights in the fall. The green and white striped bark adds winter interest. Compared to other maples, it …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Achillea 'Coronation Gold' has deep yellow flowers tightly clustered together in large, flat-topped flowerheads. The stems stand 2 to 3 feet tall with fragrant, silvery green … and drought. This is a favorite as a cut flower and is also excellent as a dried flower. In 1993 ‘Coronation Gold’ received the Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 5-foot-tall perennial is topped by dense spikes of royal purple flowers with inner markings in a lighter shade. Full sun and moist soil are the plant's preferred growing conditions. In its native range, Aconitum is disliked by herders because of its toxicity to livestock (which …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… a single rosette of spine tipped leaves and rarely produces pups (offsets). Found on a ranch in northern Oaxaca, Mexico, it is relatively rare in commerce. Full sun with well drained soils and above freezing temperatures are all factors …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… use. It prefers full sun and moderate to moist, well-drained soils. Hardy to USDA Zone 7, in the Chicago area the tubers need to be dug up and overwintered in a frost-free location to reuse the following year. The plant attracts hummingbirds and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… a height of twenty feet. The flowers of this vine are large, pipe-shaped, and highly odiferous in order to attract the flies that pollinate this plant. The flowers are a dark purplish-maroon that is veined in white and are very showy. However this vine is poisonous to some native butterfly larvae, so …
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… 3 feet tall, with handsome, large, dissected leaves that are silvery beneath. Site this plant in the middle of a sunny perennial border where the 3-inch wide, vivid pink flower heads, … are quite showy; they can last for almost a month. The deeply fringed flower seems thistly in appearance. Papery bracts around flower heads can be a conspicuous feature. Native to Asia …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
