… 4½-inch flowers with alternating red and yellow petals and a creamy orange mid-rib. It blooms in mid to late season when it attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Although each flower lasts … one day, there are multiple buds on each stalk and several stalks on each plant. The buds open in series, so a single plant will continue to bloom for 2 weeks or more. The plant is easy to grow and does well in full sun to part shade. Frans Hals has been awarded Honorable …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… unusually large and delightfully fragrant. A nocturnal bloomer, the flowers typically open up in the late afternoon and close the morning of the following day. Although each flower lasts only … night, there are multiple buds on each stalk 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. Nicholas has been awarded the Junior …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… has pale yellow flowers with ruffled edges. The blooms measure 4 inches and appear very early in the season. They are attractive to hummingbirds. Although each flower lasts only one day, there are multiple buds on each stalk 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 has …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… These sturdy, stately plants are prized for their use as structure in a perennial border. Everything about them is large, from their rich green, palmately lobed leaves to their 8- to 10-inch flowers. The immense blossoms have colorful bottlebrush reproductive structures in the middle, making them appear quite tropical and otherworldly. The flowers are followed by …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… with a tangerine-red beard are of classic tall bearded iris form. A additional benefit is the delicate fragrance that most tall bearded iris possess. Bearded irises do best in full sun, well drained soils in Chicago area landscapes. Typically a planting will need to be divided every 3 to 4 years to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… around the signals. The stems stand 40 inches high with multiple blooms on each stem. This is a pseudata iris, a cross between a Japanese iris ( Iris ensata ) and Iris pseudacorus . These … Typically they have branched stems with multiple buds on each stem. Pseudata irises thrive in or near water but also do well in garden conditions. They are attractive to hummingbirds while resistant to deer. Although they …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… DIAMOND ROUGE hydrangea takes its name from the colors of the flowers which appear in July as white and then change to pink and then burgundy red. DIAMOND ROUGE is a compact hydrangea growing to only five feet tall and about four feet wide making it suitable … for compact gardens.The flowers change color throughout the summer reaching a dark red in later summer as the evenings are cooling. Like most hydrangeas this plant will appreciate …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Baron Girod de l'Ain' is an heirloom rose, first discovered in 1897 as a naturally occuring hybrid of another heirloom, … fine line of white that accents its ruffled appearance. Unlike many heirlooms, it does repeat, in flushes, throughout the growing season. And it tolerates partial shade and poor soil. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… if you don’t want a brown, unruly patch of land. Conservation scientist Becky Barak, Ph.D., is looking to change that assumption. By studying alternatives to traditional turfgrass, she and … research assistant and graduate student Alison Branz studies soil from the experimental plots in the soil lab at the Garden’s Plant Science Center. The buzz around sustainable lawn … meadow and prairie plots include flowering plants, in addition to grasses and sedges. A new site at Uptown Coastal Natural Area with the Chicago Park District is planted with a range of …
Type: Blog
… have put an end to tender annuals, herbs, and most perennials. If you haven’t brought in your houseplants from their summer vacation, do it now. “It’s definitely time to bring them in,” said Tom Tiddens , the Garden’s plant healthcare supervisor. If you’ve left your tropical … window so they can recover in a few weeks. A common concern when bringing plants indoors is how to deal with insects. “You want to be proactive,” Tiddens said. “If you don’t do anything, …
Type: Plant Info
