… tall with hundreds of yellow flowers from a rosette of foliage that resembles yucca (without the sharp spines). This plant thrives in full sun but can tolerate some shade and needs moisture during the winter, … The seeds disperse in fall and sound like a rattle when hit by the wind. The eye of the bulb is surrounded by an octopus-like array of roots and should be planted just below the soil …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… In the spring you'll see beautiful flowers called Narcissus. The name Narcissus is tied to the myth … up around the pool in his memory. Narcissus ‘Rijnveld’s Early Sensation’ is in Division 1. This is a dwarf cultivar that blooms very early in the spring with 3½ flowers. The petals are a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This tree is a cultivar of the native and can reach a height of 60 feet. Its common names are the Ohio Buckeye, American … to green. In the fall, the leaves turn a bright red. The fruits contain tannic acid which is poisonous to humans as are the leaves. It is hardy to Zone 4 and prefers moist, well-drained …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ‘Hypmad I I’ is known by its trademark name TICKLED PINK™. This is a compact shrub 4 to 5 ft tall with a spread of 5 to 6 ft. The large, conical flowerheads consist of showy but sterile flowers with large recurving petals …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Grandiflora is commonly known as pee gee hydrangea, although the nickname pee gee hydrangea is often applied to other Hydrangea paniculatas as well. This is a fast growing shrub that can grow as tall as 25 feet and as wide as 15 feet. The large, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Iris ‘Great Smokey Dawn’ is a Tall Bearded Iris which blooms in mid season. The falls are a soft lavender with distinctive brown ruffled edges. The standards are the same, … a symbol of royalty throughout history is an adaptation of the iris flower. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
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… Korean azalea ( Rhododendron yedoense var. poukhanense ) is a low-growing azalea covered with pink-mauve flowers in spring and orange to red fall color later in the season. Like other plants native to Korea, this species is winter hardy in many parts of the Upper Midwest, including the Chicago region. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Hedge Maple is native to most of Europe (in Scotland, it is the only native maple) and has been naturalized in North America and New Zealand. It is a slow … grower and has deeply fissured, cork-like bark. The leaves have five, blunt, rounded lobes. This cultivar is narrower than the species. It will reach the same height (35 feet) but only grow …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Rosa 'Europeana', a floribunda rose, is covered with deep red, lightly fragrant double blooms from June through frost. The new growth is a dark burgundy color that matures to deep glossy green. The ultimate height and spread of this rose is 3 feet by 3 feet in the Chicago region. This rose is more tolerant of summer heat …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
