… features thin, elegantly coiled creamy white florets in a flower with enough substance to stand up to the vagaries of fall weather in the Chicago region. In order to obtain the largest of flowers, the side flower buds should be removed - a process referred to …
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… Clematis 'Mrs. Cholmondeley' is a vigorous deciduous climber that grows 10 to 12 feet and produces 6 to 8-inch purplish blue flowers with blue and brown anthers in late spring to late summer. Plant it in full to partial sun and moist soil in a sheltered area to keep the …
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… Vernal or Ozark witch hazels, although native to the Ozark Plateau, are a welcome harbinger of spring. ‘Purple Ribbons’ is a medium-sized shrub or small tree with a round habit. Leaves are initially light green changing to a dark green then to yellow-orange in the fall. The flowers are small, fragrant thread-like lavender-purple petals …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… across when fully open. The petals are overlapping and very slightly ruffled. The plant grows to 4 feet high and blooms in mid summer to early fall. It is attractive to hummingbirds and bees while resistant to deer. The name Hibiscus came from the Greek work …
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… Iris versicolor , commonly known as Northern blue flag, is native to the northern part of the United States and into Canada. The flower stalks stand 2 to 3 feet tall, each with 3 to 5 blue flowers in May and June. The flowers have a prominent yellow blotch and a white area …
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… rose ( Rosa 'Aroyqueli') is a mildly aromatic, stunning hybrid whose peach-colored buds open to double, cupped yellow blooms with delicate salmon to copper shading on the tips of the petals. Growing to 6 feet tall with a spread of 3 feet, Gold Medal® is disease resistant with few thorns, and an …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… spaces. The ruffly roses are quite double (petal count 28 - 30) and borne in clusters of 5 to 30 buds. In addition, as part of the EASY ELEGANCE® series, she's bred to be particularly easy care - hardy to zone 4 and highly resistant to black spot. This is a vigorous, disease-resistant plant that's …
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… Paeonia suffruticosa, ‘Yae-Zakura’ is covered in double soft pink flowers up to 9” across. This cultivar can eventually reach 7’ x 7’ in size but is slow to establish. Young plants should be planted 4” – 6” deeper than they were previously grown – one … few times planting ‘deep’ is recommended. The extra depth provides the woody part of the peony to produce its own roots. Propagators bud/graft tree peony buds onto the root systems of …
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… Weeping Pond Cypress is a deciduous conifer native to the southeastern USA where it can reach up to 100 feet in height. Adapted to high water tables, the branches are upright with pendulous lateral branches and leaves. Green …
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… light foot traffic and release a wonderful herby fragrance when stepped on). It can grow to 12" tall and 12” wide. It blooms in late spring/early summer with pale purple flowers that are attractive to bees. It grows in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun and can tolerate drought and soils of low fertility. It …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
