… Phlox glaberrima is native from Virginia to Wisconsin and south to Florida and Texas. It likes moist marshes and the banks of creeks and rivers. It stands 1-3 feet tall and blooms in late April and May with … flower colors of some varieties. The species name means completely hairless. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… regarding ID of giant hogweed ( Heracleum mantegazzianum ) are not common in our region. This plant is not found at the Garden, and homeowners looking to identify the species and the threat of several related …
Type: Plant Info
… Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri is a native of rocky areas on the northwest coast of Madagascar and goes by the common name of Palm Beach bells. Plantlets form … reproduce the plant vegetatively—an effective survival technique utilized by many species in this genus. This plant in intolerant of frost. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Whorled milkweed is the tiniest and cutest milkweed native to Illinois, although not as showy, with greenish-tinged … that point upward. Many butterflies and beetles are attracted to them, but the milky sap is toxic to birds and livestock. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This maple is native to the higher elevations in the Middle East, southern Europe and the Caucasus. It can be used as a small shade or street tree, reaching a height of 30 feet with a similar spread. Foliage is a dark green followed by yellow fall color. Plant in full sun to partially shaded locations …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Muscari armeniacum 'Blue Spike' is an improved selection of this species featuring branched inflorescences (usually there is a single spike) of large double flowers in soft blue. Rabbits sometimes nibble the foliage in very early spring, but they have typically found something tastier to eat by the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Albadura grapeleaf anemone is a delightful late summer and early fall perennial. A mound of large maple-like leaves in … summer produces airy spikes 3.5 feet tall, topped with white flowers with a blush of pink. In the center of each flower is a pale green disk surrounded by a ring of yellow stamens. The … to 12 flowers can appear on one stalk, as the tip divides into three and then three again. This plant does well in light shade, protected from the hot sun. It has a delicate rhizome, and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This free-flowering, compact selection of the native black-eyed Susan is covered with golden-yellow, sterile petals surrounding the … the plants to flop over. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Hibiscus 'Brandy Punch' stands 3-4 ft. high with huge deep pink flowers the size of dinner plates. The buds are produced in multiple clusters which bloom continuously from late summer until frost, with each flower lasting 3 to 4 days. The foliage is burgundy to purple. It is hardy in zones 4-9. This is a hybrid of a hardy hibiscus native to eastern and central United States. It is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The barren strawberry is an ornamental groundcover that is native to the eastern part of the US. … green leaves that appear in groups of three and in spring five-petaled yellow-flowers appear. This plant is very hardy and able to withstand clay soils and is unattractive to deer. It grows …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
