… only about 5 inches tall, produces royal-blue flowers in early spring, sometimes when the snow is still on the ground. The lower three petals have a contrasting yellow splotch at the base. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Why is iris tectorum called "roof iris"? This Chinese native was was first observed in the late …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Kleinia aster is a member of the Asteraceae (Sunflower) plant family that produces lavender, paintbrush-like …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Windspiel is a German word meaning wind play, and it refers to the way the wind moves the blooms of this …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… are followed by intense orange and red fall color. Part of the key to success in the Midwest is the deciduous growth habit, allowing the plant to survive very low temperatures with little or …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Explorer Series roses, all of which are named after early explorers of Canada, ‘Henry Hudson’ is a rugosa rose with pink buds that open to white flowers in May through October. It grows to 5 …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… rose grows up to 4 feet high with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. This flower is the first in a series of disease-resistant, hardy landscape roses that have virtually …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… weather. The small, glossy, deep green leaves are disease resistant. Introduced in 1963, this is one of the first cultivars to be informally described as a landscape rose (it needs minimal …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… every six weeks throughout the remainder of the growing season. This hybrid Rugosa cultivar is reliably winter hardy in the Chicago region and can eventually reach up to six feet in size. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Paeonia caucasica is native to the Caucasus Mountains region, where it grows in forests, along forest margins, and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
