… that have distinctive purple veins. The stems stand 8 to18 inches high, each bearing 2 buds in June. It has a sweet plum-like fragrance and is sometimes called the plum-scented iris. The foliage is grass like, forming clumps which may partially hide the flowers. In 1994 the Royal Horticultural Society gave Iris graminea the prestigious Award of Garden Merit. …
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… white-edged yellow blotch. The triangular-shaped leaves elongate after flowering to 12 inches in length and go dormant near midsummer. Over time, each bulb will produce offsets resulting in showy clumps with dozens of flowers. This cultivar was created when Iris reticulata was …
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… glossy green foliage is scaled with the flower size and is disease resistant. Plant this rose in full sun and in fertile soils, and water during droughts. …
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… flowers throughout summer and fall on a hardy perennial plant that tops out at 6 feet in height. The large, glossy leaves are irregularly divided into three or more lobes. It's a great plant for the back of flower beds in full sun. Water it well the first year to get the root system established, and thereafter only …
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… Growers Association of Northern Illinois formed to promote plant cultivars that perform well in northern Illinois. This variety was developed at the Chicago Botanic Garden; its 1-inch-wide, purplish-pink flowers cover the plants for three weeks in June with repeat blooming into October. The plants are dense and clump-forming, and remain …
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… are the most magnificent and there is a huge selection to choose from. Plant 'John Fanick' in full sun in fertile moist soil where it will grow to 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide and produce striking, …
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… flowers shaped like catkins or bottlebrushes at the tips of tall wand-like stems. It thrives in full sun to partial shade and moist soil conditions. It is supposedly deer-resistant, and butterflies are attracted to the flowers. Even before they bloom, the leaves grow in very attractive mounds of pinnate leaves with narrow, glossy, deeply toothed leaflets. A …
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… of upright mid-green to gray-green stems up to 18 inches long that turn purple to orange-red in the fall. It bears wispy long spikelets. It can grow to 3 feet tall, and is suitable for mixed herbaceous borders in full sun and moderately fertile, sharply draining soil. The stems and heads are suitable for …
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… from white to yellow to red-orange, as well as for their long bloom, the flowering peaks in early May or June and then occurs intermittently until frost. Use cinquefoil in the shrub border. Cinquefoils are small ornamental shrubs of very fine texture found growing …
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… Growers Association of Northern Illinois formed to promote plant cultivars that perform well in northern Illinois. This variety was developed at the Chicago Botanic Garden; it has proven to be a super-charged moss phlox in terms of flower power, vigor, and durability. The 1-inch-wide, light to medium-violet …
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