… Red Jade crabapple is notable for its weeping habit. Its deep pink buds open into white flowers and are followed by … are small flowering trees that provide a showy display in the spring landscape for one to two weeks. In addition to the eye-catching buds and flowers, their foliage, habit, and fruit make them attractive plants …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… white flowers of Koreanspice viburnum emerge from pink buds in early May and persist for up to two weeks. This dense, rounded 5' shrub is often planted near a path or door where its lingering fragrance can be appreciated. The wine … quite attractive. Viburnums are a versatile genus of multi-stemmed shrubs that are well suited to the home landscape due to their range of sizes and cultural adaptability. Some viburnums are …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… my lawn in the spring. Should I do it again in the fall? A. Late summer or early fall is an important time to apply fertilizer to lawns. The summer heat and fluctuations in precipitation have stressed lawns. A cool-season …
Type: Plant Info
… Korean firs are beautiful, densely-branched evergreens native to the mountains of Korea. 'Cis' is a dwarf specimen with fresh green needles and a loosely rounded habit. Firs can be … appearing even on young trees, but not likely on dwarf cultivars. Korean firs may not be easy to grow in areas with clay soil and they don't like excessive heat or air pollution. They require …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… A striking member of the Bromelioideae family, the urn plant, Aechmea zebrina ‘Surprise’, is an exotic, stately plant with beautiful, spiky, bright orange flowers held upright above … potting soil with its central cup filled with fresh water, where it will thrive in indirect to moderate light in temperatures above 55 degrees Fahrenheit. Native to Mexico through South America, bromeliads are epiphytic (growing on trees) plants whose name …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… narrow leaves are green with a touch of red in the spring but in the fall the red deepens to burgundy and after a frost, turns candy-apple red. The plant grows 6 feet tall and prefers full sun and moist, well- drained soil. It is most effective when grouped into large drifts and makes an excellent ground cover for parks, … state. Though replaced by farmlands and greatly reduced in numbers, they are starting to make a comeback in restored prairies and home gardens. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… with blue stems and leaves in an inflorescence resembling a candelabra. Flowers continue to be produced over a long flowering period. Four inch-diameter bracts surround the central cone of fertile flowers on a plant that matures about 30 inches tall by 18 inches wide. It is a butterfly attractant, and its seeds are a favorite of songbirds, but deer avoid it, as they … for candelabra-like umbels of flowers—this striking plant needs well-drained soil and full sun to reach maximum coloration. The flowers of this genus have long been treasured by dry flower …
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… In late August and early September, this bushy cultivar of clematis is covered with hundreds of small white flowers edged in lavender or blue. Like most clematis, … shade. Moderately moist, well drained soils are ideal. In the Chicago area it can be cut close to the ground in late fall, and it will regrow to a bush 6 feet in height and width by the end of the following summer. This cultivar was …
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… Silky dogwood is a multi-stemmed native shrub found along streams and swamps. It bears small white flowers in … -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, varies among the species. Dogwoods are native to cooler temperate areas of North America and Asia. The genus includes 45-60 species, divided …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Japanese Cornel dogwood ( Cornus officianalis ) is a separate dogwood species from Cornelian cherry dogwood ( Cornus mas ), but shares many of … -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, varies among the species. Dogwoods are native to cooler temperate areas of North America and Asia. The genus includes 45-60 species, divided …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
