… Japanese Cornel dogwood ( Cornus officianalis ) is a separate dogwood species from Cornelian cherry dogwood ( Cornus mas ), but shares many of … -- 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 …
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… Compressa blood-twig dogwood is a dwarf cultivar with a distinct upright, columnar habit. The species takes its common name … -- 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 …
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… SUMMER DREAMS™ is a compact cultivar of redosier dogwood introduced by Roy Klehm of Song Sparrow Farms. It is … -- 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 …
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… cells when they are produced at the growing tip, producing stems that are not round. It is insect and disease resistant, with the exception of spider mites (which are only problematic … is consistently below 30 percent, as in the desert Southwest). Wild celosias are native to the tropics and are noted for having a number of duplicate, triplicate, quadruplicate — up to octuplicate — sets of chromosomes. The cristata group arose in cultivation, and are all …
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… are fragrant. It can be used as a garden shrub or in a mixed border. It will grow in full sun to partial shade. Cotinus coggygria ‘Nordine Red’Smoke Tree is a small ornamental, deciduous tree or large bush that is grown for its attractive foliage and … has ruby-red foliage that turns a deep red-purple in the fall. At maturity it will reach 6 to 8 feet in height. It can be grown in full sun or partial shade.It can be used as a specimen or …
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… after danger of the last frost has passed. Plant in full sun in moist soils. This dahlia is not significantly troubled by pests or diseases in the Chicago region. Dahlias were cultivated by the Aztecs well before the conquistadors arrived in central Mexico. Native to the high plains of Mexico through Central America, these plants are hummingbird magnets wherever they are grown. The Spanish introduced dahlias to Europe in 1784, and the curator of the introduction station in Spain named the genus in honor …
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… Henry's Garnet sweetspire is a variety of Virginia sweetspire which is native to the stream banks and swamps of the … In summer it bears showy pndulous racemes of fragrant white flowers that are attractive to pollinators and hummingbirds. In fall the leaves turn brilliant shades of reddish-purple which …
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… Paeonia 'Sarah Bernhardt' is a lovely, dark-rose to pink peony that blooms toward the end of the peony season. It was named … the gods of ancient Greece, and Paeon was turned into a beautiful flowering plant in order to avoid persecution. Roots of the parental species of this cultivar,lactiflora, are highly …
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… White pine is one of our most beautiful native trees, with long, delicate, bluish-green thin needles that … forest species in large parts of Pennsylvania, upstate New York and Michigan, until they fell to timber production. The soft and fine-grained wood was valued for building ships, houses and … The graceful branches of this pine grow in distinct tiers. It is normal for the older needles to fall off, exposing the greenish- gray bark. In clay soil, it may becone chlorotic and it has …
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… Dichelostemna congestum , commonly known as the Forktooth Ookow, is a native of the west coast of the USA. This plant produces a dense cluster of bluish-purple to pink flowers at the tip of long stems that wave in the breeze. Growing in open moist meadows from sea level up to 3,000-foot elevations, this plant needs to be grown in full sun in Chicago area gardens in …
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