… as an 8-foot climber against a wall or on an obelisk. But you can also prune to about 4 feet and use it as a shrub in the border. TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES® comes from David Austin, the breeder dedicated to bringing together the shapes and scents of old-fashioned roses with the repeat bloom, hardiness, and disease resistance of modern roses. Like all roses, the more sun you give it, the more …
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… The new growth is a dark burgundy color that matures to deep glossy green. The ultimate height and spread of this rose is 3 feet by 3 feet in the Chicago region. This rose is more tolerant of … summer heat than many other cultivars, but unfortunately, it is very prone to powdery mildew and blackspot. Plant it in full sun and provide plenty of space around the plant to encourage good air movement, which reduces the …
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… flowers bloom on a fast-growing vine. Related to the morning glory, with its thick stems and fleshy leaves, this evergreen climber produces scented, cup-shaped flowers that emerge at the leaf axils in clusters of bright crimson with yellow and orange streaking. Its large, heart-shaped, velvet-textured leaves can grow as wide as 1 foot in diameter in filtered light and 5 to 6 inches if planted in full sun, where the dark green leaves create a lush, tropical …
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… Aloe cryptopoda produces brilliant red and yellow flower buds that open to reveal yellow flowers from short-stemmed plants with narrow … named Aloe wickensii , after the South African farmer who discovered it in 1914. Tough and durable, this plant requires full sun and arid conditions to produce the best flowering displays. The species name cryptopoda means …
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… Devil's walking stick is a wickedly thorny and exotic-looking woody plant native to woodland edges in eastern North America. This species, also known as Hercules club,produces unbranched woody stalks 6 to 20 feet high and large 3-4 foot fronds of twice-compound leaves with toothed leaflets. The stalks and raches (leaf stems) are covered with clusters of slender, stiff spines, arranged in rows at …
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… Bird’s nest fern is an epiphytic fern native to the rainforests of southern Asia and Australiasia. It has shiny bright green strappy leaves growing from a central crown giving … the appearance of a bird's nest. In cultivation it usually grows to about three feet in height and about three to four feet wide. It is most commonly cultivated as a houseplant as it is not hardy in Chicago and must be brought inside once the nights become cool. Since the bird's nest fern is epiphytic, …
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… luxurians . It’s found only in the Brazilian rain forest, where it can reach a height of 13’ and sports its white flowers from late winter into summer. When grown as a house plant, it’s more likely to reach about 6’ and bloom is rare, so it’s grown primarily as a foliage plant. It has large palmately compound … at the base to a long red petiole. The plants are covered with small scattered bristles and have red stems that grow in a zig-zag fashion, changing directions each time a new leaf …
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… 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 into subgenera about which taxonomists …
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… The Japanese wood fern is native to the woods and forests of eastern Asia where it thrives in the partial shade and humus-rich forest floor. This fern is also known as the copper shield fern and its name is derived from the coppery color of the new fronds which deepen to a dark green …
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… Prairie Blue Eyes daylily blooms prolifically. The lavender flowers have a near blue eye-zone and a large yellow/green throat. Each petal has a mid-rib of a lighter purple. The sepals are … all year round. 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. Prairie Blue Eyes has been awarded the Award of Merit …
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