… wide) hosta with glossy yellow leaves and a dark green margin. It blooms with purple flowers in the summer. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long-lived. Although they produce … natural mutations or “sports” are also common; new introductions abound. Hosta cultivars range in size from several inches to several feet; it may take 3-8 years for hostas to reach their full …
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… two tone pinkish red beauty with large darker red falls and yellow signals. It thrives in consistently moist or boggy soil, or standing water. The flowers are huge, measuring 4 to 6 … shade. Typically the flowers are quite large, wide and flat with distinctive gold markings in the center. The Louisiana hybrids are often hardy all the way north to Canada. Louisiana …
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… flowers with smaller, fertile but nonshowy flowers underneath. The flowers emerge white in July and slowly take on a greenish hue as they mature. The fertile florets will stay limegreen … to pink. The color of the flowers is not affected by the pH of the soil. This plant does well in full sun to light shade and is moderately drought – tolerant. It blooms on new wood so the …
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… sterile flowers and smaller, fertile but nonshowy flowers underneath. The flowers emerge white in July, and turn pink as they mature. The blooms will continue into September. It does well in full sun to light shade and is moderately drought - tolerant. The color of the flowers is not …
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… to mid summer. The standards and falls are flatter than those of the bearded irises, resulting in the entire flower being noticeably flatter. Iris ensata commonly as known as Japanese iris, is … tall, clump forming plants grow well along the edges of streams and ponds where they thrive in rich, moist soil. They are attractive to hummingbirds and butterflies while resistant to deer …
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… The dwarf chinkapin oak is a small tree/large shrub native to rocky soils in the southeastern and southern Midwestern U.S. It produces abundant acorns annually at a relatively young age. The genus Quercus includes … that produce fruit we all know as acorns. Within the white oak group, acorns mature annually; in the red oak group, acorns take two years to mature (biennial). Oaks are often imposing shade …
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… If you're a Cubs fan and have been to Wrigley Field then you will 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 … green leaves that reach 8 inches high with three lobed or ovate leaflets turning red to purple in the fall. The vine climbs by attaching adhesive disks to surfaces but these disks can be very …
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… of petal forms on neat clumps that slowly increase. One of the few Primulas that naturalize in Chicago-area gardens, it prefers a shady moist position but its ability to enter summer … It is free of most insect and disease pests. Primula sieboldii is native to swampy meadowlands in Japan, eastern Siberia, Korea, and Manchuria, where it experiences incredibly cold winters and …
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… ( Rhododendron ‘Landmark’) produces large trusses of dark pink flowers with red spots in the throats. Another selection from the Mezitt family of Weston Nurseries, this small-leaved, large shrub (up to 10 feet) retains most of its leaves in winter, which turn a bronze-mahogany color. All rhododendrons require acidic soil, and because …
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