… Description: Look for this bird of the shrub prairie in the Dixon Prairie when it is passing through. …
Type: Birding
… This cultivar is a shorter flowering sport of Allium 'Summer Beauty' with lavender flowers at 12 inches in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'White Beauty' is a vigorous plant with rust-red basal ring in each white flower. Leaves have wavy margins. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… October and November. A long stamen protrudes from the long lilac upper lobe. The lower lobe is deep purple with a white spot in the throat. The attractive foliage is arrow-shaped and coarsely toothed; as a member of the mint family, 'Shi Ho' has square stems. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… soil. Free blooming, deeply cupped, and delightfully perfumed, this red English Rose is a gift for the garden! A rare combination of very plush, fully double blooms and a very deep crimson color! The shade is reminiscent of old red Gallica roses. Heathcliff™ also demonstrates remarkable …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Light pruning of deciduous trees and shrubs can be done this month. Heavy pruning is best done in late winter or very early spring before buds break. Immediately prune back any branches damaged by snow and ice. During periods of thaw, continue to water trees and shrubs, especially newly planted trees and all evergreens. Take advantage of thaw to water plants or garden areas that receive salt spray. The water will dilute the salt …
Type: Plant Info
… Autumn Brilliance serviceberry owes its cultivar name to its outstanding red-orange fall color. In addition to its autumn appeal, it displays the classic features that make amelanchiers welcome in the … -- abundant white flowers in spring, edible berries and interesting branch structure/bark. It is considered trouble free and frequently recommended by garden designers. More than one-third of …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This fuzzy deutzia cultivar is a tall, dense, deciduous shrub with slender, broadly spreading to arching stems. It typically grows 6 to 10 feet tall with a spread of 4 to 8 feet. Upright, cylindrical racemes of tiny, bell-shaped, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… with recurved petals that have a chocolate pink stripe on the reverse side. The stems stand 3 to 4 feet tall, each bearing 12 to 20 blooms in mid summer. Tiger Babies is an Asiatic hybrid. Asiatic hybrids are the easiest lilies to grow, are quite winter hardy, and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Golden weeping willow 'Tristis' can grow to 75’ in height. Pendulous golden branchlets hang toward the ground, giving the tree its common name. This is a dioecious tree (a male and female are needed to produce fruit). It has non-showy catkins appearing in April-May and undistinguished yellow …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
