… Iris ensata ‘Kongo San’ has large dark blue flowers with curled petals June to July. The stems stand 40 inches high, each with a single bloom with no fragrance. Iris ensata , commonly as known as Japanese iris, is native to Japan, China, Korea and Russia. The standards and falls are flatter than those of the bearded …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Manchurian crabapple features white flowers followed by bright red fruit. This variety is one of the earliest to flower. Crabapples are small flowering trees that provide a showy display in the spring landscape for 1 to 2 weeks. In addition to the eye-catching buds and flowers, their foliage, habit, and fruit …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Border Jewel Himalayan fleeceflower is derived from a wildflower native to the Himalayas. As a groundcover, Border Jewel grows to about eight inches tall with flower spikes growing to 12 inches tall. Each plant grows rapidly …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Native to the southeastern and central United States, trumpet honeysuckle is a woody perennial vine that will twine up a trellis, wall, or fence and grows up to 18 feet. From May to October , this cultivar produces clusters of funnel-shaped flowers that …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… native North American species. The species has fuzzy, narrow leaves mostly near the base. It is a short-lived perennial, usually cultivated as an annual. This cultivar grows to about two feet tall, with flowers 3-4 inches across. Butterflies love to visit the flowers for their nectar, while various seed-eating songbirds flock to the dried …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Hexagon stonecrop is a hardy evergreen perennial that forms a mat that is 4” tall and 8” wide. It blooms in summer with yellow, star-shaped flowers. It gets its name from the whorls of six tiny needle-like leaves that grown along its stems. It is not an evergreen groundcover, but will turn an attractive shade of red in the fall. It works …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… season and sturdy stems that won't bend too much under the weight of the flowers. According to the National Chrysanthemum Society, there is evidence that mums have been cultivated since at least the fifteenth century B.C.E. in China. … of chrysanthemums, including single-flowered, decorative, anemone, and spider. This one is decorative and should be hardy if planted early in the season. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Homestead' is a large (70 feet high, 60 feet wide at maturity) tree that is a cross between Aesculus glabra (Ohio buckeye) and Aesculus octandra (Yellow buckeye). It blooms with panicles of yellow-red flowers. The foliage turns red in the fall. It is fully hardy here (Zone 4) and will tolerate some shade. It prefers moist, well-drained soil …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: If this state-endangered owl is seen at the Garden, it is either flying over, or roosting on the ground, in the Dixon Prairie. …
Type: Birding
… yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus) in my lawn. How do I get rid of it? A. Yellow nutsedge is a warm-season perennial weed in the sedge family. The leaf blades are grass-like and … green than lawn grass. Nutsedge thrives on moist, poorly drained sites, so it’s important to maintain a dense, healthy lawn and follow proper cultural care procedures such as mowing at … there are only a few yellow nutsedges present, you can manually pull them. Approximately six to eight weeks after emerging, the plants develop tubers or nutlets, so it’s important to pull …
Type: Plant Info
