Search

  • … to move indoors in the fall to escape winter's freezing temperatures. *A hybrid swarm is a variable local population at the junction of the range of two interfertile species or …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … and early fall. It grows best in full sun and moist, well-drained soil and enjoys the heat. It is most effective when grouped into large drifts and makes an excellent ground cover for parks, …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Callicarpa japonica , or Japanese beautyberry, is one of the stars of the fall garden, with its rounded clusters of berries produced at almost …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Did you know you can grow kiwis right in your own back yard?  The fruit of  'Rosanna' kiwi vine is a cousin of the fuzzy grocery store kiwis. The berries have the same sweet-and-citrus taste, …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … its fuzzy skin, have earned it the nickname of Taiwan peach, even though the size of the fruit is closer to a berry than a peach. The berries have the the distinctive  fuzz and taste of …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Aechmea 'Black Jack' is grown for its narrow, strap-like, glossy leaves that are very dark red, almost black. The …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … in nature from Iran and Turkey through Central Asia, and commonly called Star of Persia, this is another of the large-flowered onions that succeed best in Chicago landscapes if interplanted …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Nikko slender deutzia is a dwarf cultivar with a spreading habit. It produces abundant small white flowers in spring. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Showy deutzia 'Nancy' features clusters of abundant double white flowers. It is a hybrid developed in the Lemoine nursery in Nancy, France, before 1910. The genus Deutzia …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … however, may be the deep red stems that provide a winter display after the red fall foliage is gone. Members of the genus Cornus , commonly known as dogwoods, are welcome in the home garden …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant