… ID of giant hogweed ( Heracleum mantegazzianum ) are not common in our region. This plant is not found at the Garden, and homeowners looking to identify the species and the threat of several related plants can find information and …
Type: Plant Info
… Tobiosho Japanese Maple tree is known for its full canopy of bright red leaves in fall. The foliage starts out green in spring … foot per year until it reaches 20 feet tall and 15 feet wide. It does well in a partial sun to sunny spot. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… bergenia ( Bergenia 'Bressingham White') produces the very palest of pink buds that mature to white flowers held well above the glossy deep green foliage. This perennial appreciates a bit of shade in the afternoons but otherwise is a hardy perennial for the Chicago area in moist soils. It was bred by noted British …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This Brazilian native features large pale green to cream exotically patterned petals with veins and shading in burgundy. This is a parent of many of the more unusual amaryllis that have become commercially available. The …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Yellow' in full sun after the danger of late frosts has passed in average soils and water to establish the root system and thereafter only during periods of drought. This plant is pest and disease resistant. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… attract butterflies in May and June. It reaches a height of 2 feet under full sun and in dry-to-medium moisture conditions. This native of the mountains of southern Europe makes an ideal component for a mixed border. Mountain bluet is free of debilitating pests and diseases in the Chicago region. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Clio™ Magenta Cleome is a smaller statured, sterile hybrid featuring lavender-pink flowers throughout the growing … in full sun and in average soil after the danger of late frosts has passed; water sufficiently to establish the root system and thereafter during periods of drought; it's rabbit and deer …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The A. Bedford rhododendron is a hybrid broad leaf evergreen of unknown parentage. It blooms in late April with … mauve flowers with darker lobes with a brownish-red blotch. The flowers bloom in trusses of 11 to 16 flowers. This rhododendron will tolerate some sun. Like all rhododendrons, it prefers …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Cama rhododendron is a semi-evergreen shrub whose foliage turns red to reddish orange in fall. White or pale pink …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Soft yellow needles are banded in white, providing contrast with the orange-red bark to create a striking accent in the landscape. Broadly pyramidal, this cultivar will need space in the landscape. Because it has so little chlorophyll in the needles, it is slow growing. Plant 'Golden Ghost' in filtered bright sunlight and in well-drained locations. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
