… in growth habit reaching 50 feet in height with side arms expanding the width of the plant to 4 feet. The white flowers open in early evening to enable bats to pollinate the flowers while sipping the nectar. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This small statured tree features masses of pink flowers that with time will age to almost white. Native to the high mountainous regions of Japan, it is reliably winter hardy but sensitive to hot humid summers. Soils should be moisture retentive yet well drained. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This clump-forming shrub grows to a height of 4 feet with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has insignificant greenish-yellow blooms in … and April followed by edible black fruit. It belongs in a hedge or a border and is attractive to birds. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soil in full sun. Tendency to flop is greatly increased by growing this plant in anything less than full sun. Drought tolerant. Cut back plants almost to the ground in early spring before new growth begins. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This cactus needs bright indoor light and dry moisture conditions to reach a height of about 3 feet before the stems start to lay over due to their weight. In late spring, it produces large orange-red blooms. It is free of most insect …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Tiers of feathery downy bluish foliage on a broadly upright habit provide a 'soft' texture to the landscape 12 months a year. Hardy in the Chicago area when provided sun to partial shaded conditions in moisure retentive soils. Deer don't find the foliage particularly tasty to eat. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… These alternatives to traditional mums are easy to grow, Mary Stoker is a prolific bloomer that will gradually expand to make a sizeable clump completely smothered in single daisy flowers from late summer through …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Rough Tree Fern is native to eastern Australia and Tasmania and can withstand cooler temperatures and elevations than the … with rich, moist, well-drained soil and partial sun. In its native habitat it can grow to 60 feet high and 35 feet wide but in cultivation it tends to grow to 15 to 35 feet high and about 12 feet wide. It is deciduous in cool conditions with new …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This variegated flax lily is derived from the flax lilywhich is native to Africa, Asia and Australasia. This flax lily has long green strappy grass-like leaves edged in white that can grow to be up to five feet long, although two to three feet is more typical. The plant forms a clump up to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… fertile but non-showy ones. The flowers emerge white in July with a green tinge and mature to pink as they age. The blooms continue into the fall. The color of the flowers is not affected by the pH of the soil. Skylight does well in full sun to light shade and is moderately drought - tolerant . It blooms on new wood, so the flowers are not susceptible to late spring frosts. This is a hybrid of Hydrangea paniculata which is native to Japan, China …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
