… and August. Flowers and stems are ideal size and strength for the cut flower industry. This is the first sunflower that is downy mildew resistant - a breakthrough in plant breeding! …
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… has a unique flower in a rainbow of colors that resemble ice cream cones. The overall habit is strong, upright and mid-sized for a middle layer in the perennial garden. Minimal maintenance, fertilizer and watering is required once established. …
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… Summer Photo Tour Shapes and Texture Download the GardenGuide App when you visit to use this tour on your phone Distance: .35 miles Time: 40-50 mins Stop 1: Photo Tip: … Tip: Summer-Waterfall Garden The falling and still pools of water offer the perfect location to experiment with varying shutter speeds. Stop 5: Photo Tip: Summer-Dwarf Conifer Garden Note … look for what might be behind you. Stop 8: Photo Tip: Summer-Evening Island Pay attention to how the structure of the leaf veins of hostas support the enormous leaves. These plants, often …
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… Flower buds emerge white and then change to pale lilac with a distinctive white cup. Introduced to science by M. Leichtlin in 1890. It is close in appearance to Colchicum speciosum but differs in the flowers being broadly …
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… ‘Harvest’ is a tree peony with a stunning 3-inch flower, starting as pale orange and maturing to a warm yellow. The young foliage has a reddish cast. Tree peonies often need to settle in for one to two years before producing flowers and, once established, will grow to …
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… Garden, thousands of Narcissus bloom. Come enjoy the spirit of spring, and be inspired to try some new varieties in your own garden. The Beauty of Spring The Narcissus genus includes … swaths in formal gardens. The thousands of cultivars range from the great giants, growing to 20 inches with strong stems, coronas (trumpets), and perianths (petals) that can withstand … cover beds or in perennial borders where emerging plants hide their yellowing foliage. It is crucial that the stems and leaves remain attached to the bulbs until they begin to lose their …
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… persist. Warm weather can cause certain vegetable crops, such as head lettuce and spinach, to flower and set seed prematurely, which is called bolting. Most vegetables can be started from seeds or transplants. Successive plantings … late summer, beginning in August. Certain varieties of pak choi are heat tolerant and slower to bolt. Leaf lettuce and mustard greens can be planted in late summer and will mature during …
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… cultivar its name. Among the deepest of all of the colors of Colchicum flowers. This plant is also offered under the cultivar name of 'Jaroslavna'. Plant in full sun and moist but well drained soils. Divide when the clumps of corms have become so congested they start to push up to the surface of the soil. Interplant corms with companion plants that begin growth late in the …
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… for their flowers which appear in late winter or early spring and are often the first flowers to appear in the Chicago garden. Ice Follies hellebore grows into a low mound about twenty inches high and 2 feet wide. The foliage is dark green with finger-like clusters of up to ten serrated leaves which are evergreen … splashes. Hellebores prefer cool moist soils but are very adaptable requiring only that the site be well-drained. Typically they are planted in woodland settings under deciduous trees where …
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