… ‘Etoile Violette’ or Clematis viticella 'Etoile Violette' grows to 12 feet in height and is covered in early summer with deep purple, 4-inch blooms with cream centers. In fall the fluffy …
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… are followed by billowing masses of silvery, silk-like seeds in late fall. This perennial is excellent for use as an informal vine or trained formally on arbors. It flowers on the current …
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… flowers, followed by yellow fruit in the fall that persist into the winter. This cultivar is noted for good disease resistance by the University of Illinois Extension. Crabapples are …
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… and are followed in the fall by gold fruit that persist into winter. This dwarf cultivar is reported as highly disease resistant by the University of Illinois Extension. Crabapples are …
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… The flesh-pink buds of Charlotte crabapple open to double pale pink flowers. The fruit is dark green and large (greater than 1 inch in diameter) for crabapples. In the fall the foliage …
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… Brazilian firecracker vine, also known as cigar flower and candy corn plant, is a twining vine from South America that can grow to 12 feet long with support. The tiny tubular …
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… Parrotia persica or Persian ironwood is a small, single trunk, deciduous tree eventually growing 20-40 feet tall (but typically 10 …
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… have seen this vine growing in the outfield. It's also the ivy of the Ivy League. Boston ivy is a fast-growing deciduous vine of the grape family from eastern Asia. It has deeply toothed, …
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… jet? And the flowerheads, perhaps they look like fox tails? Piglet dwarf fountain grass is a diminutive form of the very popular Hameln fountain grass. Piglet grows to about 18 inches …
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… end of a long lax stem and floating just above the water surface. In the center of each flower is a cluster of showy stamens. Waterlilies have been cultivated since at least 2,000 B.C. and are …
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