… cones, which are upright and persist on the tree until the seeds have dropped. 'Silver Show' is a dwarf cultivar with short, curled needles which show off the white undersides of the …
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… leaves may yellow, becoming chlorotic from an inability to uptake manganese from the soil. It is a wonderful specimen tree or shade tree. …
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… Aconitum 'Barkers Variety' is a tall (up to 5-feet) perennial for the back of the flower or mixed shrub border, featuring …
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… Red baneberry is a tough Illinois native. In fact, it can survive temperatures to 30 below on the one hand, and …
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… the fruit as well as the flowers, you need both a male and a female. Hardy kiwi vine 'Andrey' is a male, capable of pollinating 5 female vines. In addition it offers clusters of greenish …
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… a carpet of them...thousands and thousands. It's the first sign of spring. And once bloom is done, the ferny mounds of foliage unfold. <p>Members of the <em>Adonis</em> family can be …
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… It was donated to the Garden by the Garfield Park Conservatory - ergo the specific epithet. It is one of the birds nest type with large green upward spreading leaves creating an open space …
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… Ruby'), a half-hardy shrub with a more compact habit than other butterfly bushes. (Its top is frequently killed to the ground in Chicago-area gardens.) This selection came from the J.C. …
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… at the flowers on this plant and you'll see that each flower has five petals but the flower is symmetrical. If you happen to be here when it has seed pods you'll see that they have a …
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… time in July to create multiple branches. Each branch could then be disbudded or left as is to create a number of flowers at the tip of each branch. …
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