… Frosty is a begonia that lights up the shade with its frosted leaves and pink flowers. It’s an Angel Wing or cane-type begonia with thicker stems that enable it to reach 4’ in its natural environment. Begonias are native to tropical climates in Africa and Asia as well as South America, where they thrive on the forest …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This shrubby perennial grows to a height of 5 feet with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. It has mauve-blue flower … the root system after a hard winter. It can be used as a specimen in a hedge or a border and is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Brandywine Sunset' , with large soft yellow flowers with a pink blush, belongs to a group of hardy, single-flowered chrysanthemums sometimes called Korean mums. In the Midwest, this is an excellent selection if you want a hardy, long-blooming mum that will finish the bloom … in October, continuing until a hard freeze. In our trials, this one was the most attractive to monarch and red admiral butterflies. Honeybees love them too. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… hydrangea prefers partial shade and well-drained—yet consistently moist—soil. This cultivar is one of the new introductions bred to flower on current season's growth, which enables flowering even when the top growth has been killed to the ground during the winter. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Large, deep purple-pink to almost ruby red coneflowers are produced continuously from late summer into fall on this … plant produced by Jelitto Seeds. Like its parents, it thrives in full sun, average soils and is drought tolerant once established. The flower petals are held horizontal to the ground, not drooping like its ancestors, which makes for a more dynamic impact on the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… on this fast-growing nonhardy vine. As the flowers are pollinated, dark violet pods are added to the display. Plant this vine in full sun and use either as a vast growing upright vine or a … large containers. Pollinators love the flowers. It's not fussy about soils; reduced fertilizer is recommended to promote flowering. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Native to southern Europe, silver sage is a clump-forming biennial grown for its large, woolly, silver leaves rather than its flowers; … argentum. The 12-inch-tall leaves appear in the first year, followed by silver flower spikes 2 to 3 feet tall in the second year of growth. Flowers are white tinged with pink and bloom from …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… of gardeners since its introduction in 1960, winning 16 international awards in addition to the All-America Rose Selections in 1963. Long, pointed buds unfurl to reveal fragrant double blooms of coral and orange on long stems. This plant is disease-resistant when grown in moderately fertile soil and in full sun, and provided room for …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… green needles and forms a tight globe shape. This slow growing form needs little pruning to retain its shape and has a mature size of 2 feet high by 2 feet wide. Hardy to USDA zone 2, it prefers moderate moisture and can be placed in full sun or partial shade. This shrub is ideal as an accent plant or for use in rock gardens. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… deep purple and silver stems and leaves. This 'nativar'—a cultivar of a native species—is perfectly at home in our Chicago area soils and climate. Simply water enough to get the plants established in a sunny location. They attract a number of pollinator insects, including bumblebees and, over time, will produce clumps of up to a dozen flowering stems. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
