… Large, 4- to 6-inch blooms are produced on up to 25 major stems on this 6-foot-tall sunflower that will bloom year-round and produces very little pollen. This plant is excellent in the garden (goldfinches love sunflowers) or as a cut flower for the florist …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… this cultivar of a Chicago region prairie native. Full sun and well-drained soils are keys to success. This plant is a pollinator magnet and a reliable harbinger of cooler temperatures to come. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Four to seven soft-pink double flowers with white stripes are produced atop stout flowering stems, approximately four to six weeks after they are brought into a warm brightly lit area and watered. This is a great plant for forcing indoors for Thanksgiving, Christmas, the New Year, or Valentine's …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Pure white chalice shaped flowers appear from mid-summer to the first hard frosts on this large, vase shaped, deciduous hardy hibiscus. Pruning for size and shape should be done in mid-winter to avoid impacting flower production the following summer. This is a large shrub and should be planted in locations that will accommodate it's mature size. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This well-proportioned dwarf white poinsettia is part of a series selected for smaller spaces that experiences cooler temperatures during … ensure, if wrapped with florist foil, that a hole has been punched at the bottom of the foil to allow water to drain into the saucer underneath the plant. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This plant has a creeping habit and grows upright to 12 inches tall on red stems. It is good for edging in the garden bed. Lovely, large, lemon-yellow flowers, each 4- to 5 inches in diameter, cover the plant in July. Sunny blooms of the Ozark sundrops make a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… in Chicago area). A pollinator magnet, it attracts both pollinating insects and hummingbirds to the landscape. The Australian hybridizer is donating a portion of the sales to support Make-a-Wish Australia. …
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… Delicate pink flower buds open to pure white flowers on short stalks above the white, spotted foliage. 'Sissinghurst White' is an ideal plant for shaded locations with moist soil and cool summer temperatures. Trim back the foliage in late summer to remove tattered leaves, and rejuvenate the contrast between the white spots on the green …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This is a vigorous, late-blooming climber with small bell-shaped flowers that open with azure blue … tips and creamy green anthers. The 3-inch flowers are small and distinctive from mid-summer to autumn. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… White leichtin is a bulbous perennial with 8- to 24-inch-long leaves that flop during the growing season as the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
