… This shrub is semi-evergreen with its leaves turning mahogany red in fall. Lavender flowers appear in early …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This Asian native is a semi-evergreen shrub that grows to 3’. It blooms in April with clusters of white flowers. In …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… tree, reaches a mature height of 30' to 40'. Use as a specimen plant. This slow-growing tree is a five-needle pine with lustrous dark-green needles. This plant deserves greater attention. An …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This Veronica is an evergreen ground cover that slowly forms a dark green mat 6" X 12". It blooms with tiny …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… each. The flowers have five burgundy petals in a half-circle with a white lip edged in red. It is a terrestrial orchid, which means it should be planted in soil rather than bark chips. …
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… What does it mean for plants? The temperatures have been slowly dropping and sporadic frost has put the brakes on annuals, blackening their leaves or simply causing entire plants to wilt. Not to worry—there are things we can do to protect trees and shrubs and extend the last harvest as we move closer to winter. Frost or Freeze? The typical average date for the first fall frost in the greater Chicago area is October 15. In some years, the first frost happens in September or as late as November. Frost …
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… know you can grow kiwis right in your own back yard? The fruit of 'Michigan State' kiwi vine is a cousin of the familiar grocery store kiwis. The berries have the same sweet-and-citrus taste, but sweeter. They're smooth-skinned and about the size of a small plum so you eat them from your hand like grapes - no peeling. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Pembina serviceberry is one of the saskatoon cultivars, which were selected for fruit size, taste and yield. It has white blooms in April/May followed by purple-blue fruit in June that both birds and humans find tasty. Members of the genus Amelanchier offer four seasons of interest -- small …
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… Forest Prince serviceberry is a hybrid cross between two native serviceberry species. It has an oval habit and red-orange fall foliage color. Flowering and berry production are typical of the genus. Members of the genus Amelanchier offer four …
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… The Nordic Carpet cotoneaster is a cultivar of the bearberry cotoneaster that forms an evergreen groundcover with red stems and small glossy green leaves. It produces red berries in the fall, when the foliage turns shades … are characterized by a stiff, dense branching structure; small, glossy leaves of fine texture, and abundant fruit in the form of small pomes, which are generally in shades of red/orange but …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
