… grandifolius stands 6 - 8 feet tall. The huge 10 inch flowers are light pink with a red center and 5 petals which do not overlap. The flowers open in the late afternoon and are finished by noon the next day. Hibiscus grandifolius is also known as Swamp Rosemallow, a name which indicates the plant’s preference for swamps and …
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… leaves of this bromeliad overlap at the base, forming a cylindrical shape. Each leaf is grass green, mottled with burgundy and edged with sharp spines. A branched flower spike produces lavender-blue flowers from … fade, the plant will decline. Look for offshoots, called "pups" at the base of the plant and re-pot them to get new plants. They like filtered light and loose soil mixed with small bark …
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… Collarette-style flower blooms on a plant that grows to 2½ feet by the end of the season. This is a great little dahlia for bedding, containers, and cut flowers. Dahlias are not hardy in the Chicago area, and tubers must be dug, cleaned, and stored over winter. Plant this dahlia in full sun in the …
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… Common Snowdrop needs full sun to partial shade and moist soil conditions to reach a height of 9 inches by late April to early May. In late … they produce showy, fragrant white blooms with green markings on the inner whorl of petals. It is resistant to deer and rabbits. Snowdrops make an indeal groundcover beneath large deciduous trees like oaks and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Look carefully at the flowers on this plant and you'll see that each flower has five petals but the flower is symmetrical. Miss Heidi geranium flowers in late spring to summer with bright pink flowers that are veined in darker pink and have white eyes. Miss Heidi grows to about 10 inches in height but up to three feet width …
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… of dark red with a brilliant green splotch, Welcome Home euphorbia ( Euphorbia 'Welcome Home') is one of a new series of hybrid euphorbias created by horticulturists in Thailand when they hybridized Euphorbia lophogona with Euphorbia millii and selected for seedlings with larger flowers (actually, the colorful parts are botanically … described as bracts). The parental species are also displayed in the West Greenhouse and offer a rare opportunity for visitors to compare the improved hybrid with both parents. Grow …
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… Iris iberica has white, cream colored or light blue standards and reddish brown falls with brown veins and a brown signal patch. The flowers are unusually large for a plant that stands only 6 to 8 inches high. It is native to Iran, Armenia and Turkey where it grows at altitudes up to 6,500 feet. The name Iris …
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… upright spikes of flowers in the cooler months on this cultivar that will produce half double and half single flowers. This taller growing variety was bred for early spring cut flower production but also is a great addition to flower displays that need a little height. Plant 'Katz Purple' in full sun and in moderately rich and moist soils after the danger of hard frosts have passed. Five percent …
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… There are endless photographic opportunities with the architecture and city scenes of Chicago. We will visit Chinatown, Millennium Park/Lurie Garden, and Navy Pier to capture the sights of the city. Explore new camera settings while learning to integrate landscape and hardscape photography. Class is limited to DSLR or mirrorless cameras. Dress for the weather. Students will need to purchase …
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… The red mistletoe cactus or devil's tongue cactus is an epiphytic cactus of south America where it grows from trees and rocks in humid elevated rainforests. The red straps of this plant are its leaves, and they are completely pendulous. While this plant performs best in bright shade, the leaves …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
