… 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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… 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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… 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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… 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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… ‘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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