… sun, this plant tolerates clay soil, produces buttery yellow blooms with brown centers and is resistant to deer. Sweet black-eyed Susan prefers moist soil and blooms from July through …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… nonhardy perennial comes into flower in midsummer and continues blooming up to frost. It is best used as an annual in Chicago-area gardens. Plant this salvia in sunny locations that will …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… maintenance. Attracts butterflies, honey bees and hummingbirds to the garden while the foliage is not grazed by deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… shades above the finely dissected gray-green leaves in the height of summer. This perennial is biennial, meaning that it flowers, sets seed, and dies in the second year. Insects are drawn …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… as they lay their eggs in what appears to be a dead animal. This native of southern Africa is not hardy outdoors in the Chicago region and grows best in full sun and relatively dry soils. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… summer-early fall with masses of fine-petaled lavender-pink flowers. It can reach a height of 1 foot with a 2 foot spread, but should be clipped back by a fourth in early summer. This creates … more flowers. It should be planted in full sun and well-drained soil. Once established, it is both heat and drought tolerant. …
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… flowers, and a loose, sprawling habit that softens edges of walkways and paths. Fireworks is selected for its dusky purple flushed leaves and red buds. …
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… Paeonia daurica ssp. macrophylla is a quite rare peony native to the Lagodeki Valley in the southeastern Caucasus, which has …
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… shade, protected from strong winter winds to thrive. When provided with these conditions, it is covered with purplish-pink flowers that shade to a lighter pink in the center from late May …
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… breeder, Dr. David Leach. An evergreen shrub to 5 feet in height by 8 feet in width, it is perfectly hardy in the Chicago area, but needs moisture-retentive acidic soils in order to grow properly, and prefers a site with afternoon shade. …
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