… 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. The purple Christmas rose hellebore is native to the Carpathian mountains of central Europe where it grows in full sun in open grassy meadows. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ( Rudbeckia subtomentosa 'Henry Eilers') is one of five species of black-eyed Susan native to Illinois, all of which have yellow flowers with brown centers. Sweet black-eyed Susan has … real novelty, with sunshine-yellow petals that are rolled into extremely narrow tubes referred to as quills. It was named for the man who found it along some railroad tracks in southern Illinois. This black-eyed Susan …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… As Plant Evaluator, Patrick tries to leverage his breadth of experiences in his work. With professional experiences that have varied as widely as working in small-scale urban agriculture to doing medical imaging research, he has a lot of perspectives that he can pull from. It is this wide breath of experiences that informs his perspective on trialing plants for the garden: yes, there are some plants that generally perform better than others, but in a …
Type: Staff bio
… Members of the genus Cornus , commonly known as dogwoods, are welcome in the home garden for their multi-season interest -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, varies among the species. Dogwoods are native to cooler temperate areas of North America and Asia. The genus includes 45-60 species, divided …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Cooperi cotoneaster is a dwarf cultivar of little-leaf cotoneaster that is notable for its very, very tiny and shiny leaves (about 1/4") produced densely along its branches. … as hedges or groundcovers. The genus Cotoneaster includes at least 90 species of shrubs native to the temperate regions of Europe and Asia, with a concentration in western China. There are no cotoneasters native to the U.S. though a number of species and their hybrids and cultivars flourish in the northern …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… tree that can reach a height of 50 feet and width of 35 feet with branches that sweep low to the ground. It noted for its upright rounded growth habit and symmetrical branching; it has deeply furrowed, corky … 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
… the late 1960s. This is an upright, fast-growing, deciduous tree that will typically grow 40 to 55 feet tall with ascending branching and a dense, broad, oval crown. Each medium-green leaf … lobes. As the trade name suggests, the foliage turns into an autumn blaze of orange-red to scarlet-red fall color. Flowers and fruit for this hybrid are very sparse. The common name honors Oliver Freeman, who first grew A. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… fruit is a dry capsule with long filaments. The new growth of 'Copper' is coppery-red, fading to olive green, especially in shaded parts of the plant. This was one of the earliest shrub honeysuckles cultivated for the foliage color. They tolerate a wide range of moisture and light conditions and will grow … that are not the same as the weedy honeysuckles in the genus Lonicera , but they are related to weigelas. They bloom starting late June, and continue sporadically until September. Archived …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Members of the genus Cornus , commonly known as dogwoods, are welcome in the home garden for their multi-season interest -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, varies among the species. Dogwoods are native to cooler temperate areas of North America and Asia. The genus includes 45-60 species, divided …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… fall. Members of the genus Cornus , commonly known as dogwoods, are welcome in the home garden for their multi-season interest -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, varies among the species. Dogwoods are native to cooler temperate areas of North America and Asia. The genus includes 45-60 species, divided …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
