… of Strawberry Parfait® crabapple open to pink flowers with red margins, followed by red fruit in the fall. Its foliage emerges reddish purple in the spring and matures to dark green as the season progresses. This cultivar is reported to have excellent disease resistance. Crabapples are small flowering trees that …
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… Kohleria are herbacious perennial plants in the gesneriad family native to tropical America. Kohleria 'Heartland's Blackberry Butterfly' has flowers with pink tubes and golden fuzz. The throat is pale pink to pale lime green and the lobes are spotted with deep burgundy and edged in white. The leaves are light green with chocolate veins. Kohlerias are characterized by soft, …
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… Beautybush is an old-fashioned favorite spring-flowering shrub. It has long arching branches weighed down by abundant displays of trumpet-shaped pink flowers in May in the Chicago region. DREAM CATCHER™ was selected for its attractive foliage, pairs of …
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… brown eyelash pattern around the signal radiating out toward the edge of the petal. This is a peusadata iris, a cross between a Japanese iris ( Iris ensata) and Iris psedacorus. These … Typically they have branched stems with multiple buds on each stem. Pseudadata irises thrive in or near water but also do well in garden conditions. They are attractive to hummingbirds while resistant to deer. They are …
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… of yellow stamens. Waterlilies are rhizomatous aquatic plants with about 50 species occurring in the wild, mostly found in the tropics of the Northern Hemisphere. They are characterized by round notched leaves that … end of a long lax stem and floating just above the water surface. In the center of each flower is a cluster of showy stamens. Waterlilies have been cultivated since at least 2,000 B.C. and are …
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… a large pond. Waterlilies are rhizomatous aquatic plants with about 50 species occurring in the wild, mostly found in the tropics of the Northern Hemisphere. They are characterized by round notched leaves that … the end of a long lax stem floating just above the water surface. In the center of each flower is a cluster of showy stamens. Waterlilies have been cultivated since at least 2000 B.C. and are …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… and then orange. Waterlilies are rhizomatous aquatic plants with about 50 species occurring in the wild, mostly found in the tropics of the Northern Hemisphere. They are characterized by round notched leaves that … end of a long lax stem and floating just above the water surface. In the center of each flower is a cluster of showy stamens. Waterlilies have been cultivated since at least 2,000 B.C. and are …
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… Aladdin's Sun Asiatic upfacing hybrid lily ( Lilium 'Aladdin's Sun') is a cross between a longiflorum (Easter lily type) and Asiatic (garden lily type) displaying … of lilies typically produce sturdy stems that don't need staking and can reach some height in the garden. Lilies lack protective scales surrounding the bulb, so carefully plant these bulbs in fertile, well-drained soils that have not grown lilies in recent history (to avoid spreading …
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… The cultivar Orville Fay is a violet-blue with a yellow and white blaze and dark veins. It stands 36 inches high with large 5-inch flowers in early to mid season, while the thin, grass-like foliage remains a highlight throughout the summer. In 1971 Orville Fay was awarded Honorable Mention by the American Iris Society, and in 1976 it …
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… 'Teal Velvet' is a rich deep purple. The falls have a distinctive white center with purple veins flowing outward. It stands 33 inches high and blooms in early to mid season. In 1983 it was awarded Honorable Mention by the American Iris Society and in 1985 it received the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
