… ‘Autumn Bride’ is a mound-forming perennial that grows to a maximum height of 2 feet. Come fall, billowing fountains of small, white flowers cover … Bride'). This is a striking selection of Heuchera , with flower stalks gracefully waving up to 2 feet above the chartreuse-to-lime-colored fuzzy leaves. This selection of our native alumroot grows well in moderate to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… catmint, flowering heavily from May until September with purplish-blue flowers. It grows to about three feet tall and wide and tolerates a wide range of soils and conditions requiring only plenty of sunshine to perform well. To encourage reblooming cut back very hard in early summer. This catmint is often used to fill …
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… Summer snowflake ( Leucojum aestivum 'Gravetye Giant' ) is a bulbous perennial native to central Europe and the Mediterranean. It blooms in mid spring (April to May), bearing nodding, bell-shaped, white flowers atop arching, hollow stems. The … vase-shaped clump of foliage. Plant the bulbs in fall in well-drained soil in full sun to part shade 3 to 4 inches deep. Reliably hardy and long-lived in Chicago-area gardens, this …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soil in full sun. Tolerates drought. Prefers moist, gravelly or sandy … with good drainage. Plants may repeat bloom throughout the summer, but need regular moisture to encourage this. Remove spent flower spikes to help extend the bloom period. Plants may open up as the summer progresses, particularly in …
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… the cold seasons we deal with icy walks and driveways and worry about the potential damage to our lawn and landscape plantings from deicing agents. What can we use that is safe and … deicing agents can damage plants as well as concrete and other masonry. A strategic approach to ice prevention and removal must balance safety with plant protection and cost. Begin with … and landscape grades so that they do not spill water onto walks or drives, pitch pavements to drain rather than pool meltwater, and expose pavements to as much winter sun as possible. …
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… Aloe dawei grows to 4 feet in height, and in winter produces massive flowering displays from January through February. There appear to be two color forms in cultivation, orange-red and yellow. Both colors successfully attract hummingbirds in the American Southwest. Aloe dawei is adapted to arid environments with low fertility. Once established, plants can survive up to two months …
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… Native to Europe and northern , male fern is a deciduous perennial with medium green leaves, or fronds, which grow to 3-feet tall. It prefers cool moist conditions in partial to full shade. The name comes from the Greek words drys (oak) and pteris (fern) and refers to …
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… produces a continuous display of violet-blue flowers with a white eye from late spring up to the first frost. It grows to a height of about 18 inches with a spread of up to 2 feet when grown in full sun to partial shade and moderate soil conditions. This sterile …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Variety’ is also known as Water Avens. It grows 18 inches high and blooms from mid May to mid June with flared, semi double pink to orange flowers that are held on wiry reddish brown stems above a clump of lobed basal leaves 10 inches high. Plant it in full sun to partial shade. It is hardy in zones 3 to 7. …
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… is a tall perennial that can reach heights of 8 feet’ with a 4-foot spread. It blooms in mid to late summer with panicles of cream-colored flowers that provide a textural contrast to its large, scalloped leaves. It prefers moist, sandy, well-drained loams in full sun to part shade. It can spread aggressively but can be divided to keep it in check. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
