… Sedges are plants with grassy leaves that tend to grow in clumps. They differ from grasses in having flowering stems with sharp edges, usually … male and female flowers. There are over 1,000 species world-wide and over 130 species native to prairies, woods and streams in the Chicago area. Most have limited appeal in a cultivated … mound of fine leaves that are bronze-orange in full sun, and olive green in partial shade. It is drought-tolerant. Flower and seed spikes are insignificant, but in warmer climates it may …
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… and downfacing with recurved petals forming Turk's caps. When established, the stems stand 4 to 5 feet high with whorled leaves and as many as 20 or 30 blooms on a single stem. Martagon lilies are native to Europe where they grow on Alpine slopes at an elevation of 7000 feet. Of the lilies, they are … var. album received the Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. Question: Is this a var or a cultivar?? Or are they 2 different species? Archived Copy: This content was …
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… Satin Cloud crabapple is a dwarf cultivar noted for the cinnamon fragrance of its white flowers, its orange fall … are small flowering trees that provide a showy display in the spring landscape for 1 to 2 weeks. In addition to the eye-catching buds and flowers, their foliage, habit, and fruit make them attractive plants …
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… crabapple features showy rose-red flowers followed by burgundy fruit in the fall. Its foliage is red-green throughout the season and turns yellow in the fall. Crabapples are small flowering trees that provide a showy display in the spring landscape for 1 to 2 weeks. In addition to the eye-catching buds and flowers, their foliage, habit, and fruit make them attractive plants …
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… Weeping Sargent crabapple is a weeping form of the low, spreading Sargent crabapple suitable for a shrub border or rock garden. Pink buds open to white flowers followed by red fruit. Crabapples are small flowering trees that provide a showy display in the spring landscape for 1-2 weeks. In addition to the eye-catching buds and flowers, their foliage, habit and fruit make them attractive plants …
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… GOLDEN RAINDROPS® crabapple is notable for its distinctive deeply cut green foliage and its abundant golden yellow fruit, … are small flowering trees that provide a showy display in the spring landscape for 1 to 2 weeks. In addition to the eye-catching buds and flowers, their foliage, habit, and fruit make them attractive plants …
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… and several stalks on each plant. The buds open in series, so a single plant will continue to bloom for 2 weeks or more. It is easy to grow and does well in full sun to part shade. The American Hemerocallis Society awarded Joan …
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… climates will be decorative through the winter. It has plumes of white flowers in late spring to early summer that contrast nicely with the dark leaves. The flower buds and the undersides of … leaves are both attractive shades of purple and red. Obsidian Alumroot has a compact form and is 10 inches high, 16 inches wide and 24 inches in flower. Attractive to bees, birds and resistant to deer, Obsidian Alumroot will work well in containers, perennial …
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… Spanish bluebells, bulbs native to the Iberian Peninsula come in a variety of colors. Flower spikes measuring 12 inches tall are … for mass planting and reliably hardy in the Chicago area. In its native habitat it frequently is found growing underneath the canopy of deciduous trees with deep root systems like oaks that permit the two species to live side by side without directly competing for soil nutrients. By the time the trees leaf …
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… H. F. Young clematis is a deciduous climber that grows 8 to 10 feet and produces single, bluish flowers 6 to 8 inches across with a greenish white bar on the reverse side. The plant was named after a …
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