… Hellebores are prized for their flowers which appear in late winter or early spring and are often the first flowers to appear in the Chicago garden. peppermint Ice hellebore grows into a low mound about twenty-two inches high and 2 feet wide. The foliage is light green with finger-like clusters of up to ten serrated leaflets which are evergreen … cool, moist soils with a high organic content 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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… or Lenten roses are prized for their flowers which appear in late winter or early spring and are often the first flowers to appear in the Chicago garden. Pink Lady hellebore grows into a low mound about eighteen inches high and two feet wide. The foliage is a glossy dark green with serrated leaflets that are evergreen throughout the winter except in … cool, moist soils with a high organic content 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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… GEAUGA® gray dogwood is one of the Counties of Ohio series of cultivars. Its foliage dark green with reddish brown new … welcome in the home garden for their multi-season interest -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, …
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… ‘Black Beauty’ has deep raspberry blooms with a thin white line along the edge of each petal and a green star in the center. Delightfully fragrant, the 3-inch flowers appear in late July to … petals. The stems grow 4 to 6 feet in height with 20 to 50 flowers per stem. Black Beauty is an Orienpet hybrid, which generally blooms a little later than the Asiatic hybrids. Oriental … a lovely fragrance, although some people find it unpleasant at best. The unsurpassed grace and beauty of this lily make it a lovely addition to the garden. Lilies love full sun, but will …
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… name from the deep brown to almost black color of its bark at maturity although the inner bark is yellowish orange and was once used as a source of yellow dye. It produces acorns biennially after up to 20 years … to North America; the Chicago Botanic Garden's collection contains more than 60 varieties and over 1,000 individual trees. Twenty oak species are native to Illinois. Oaks are slow …
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… its fruit - the rose hips - which were thought to cure the bite of a mad dog. Unlikely. But it is true that this rose's hips are unusually high in antioxidants and it was used for a variety of medical purposes over the centuries. Even in the 40's, it … have also played a role in history. They're the basis for the rose used in European heraldry. And Shakespeare referred to it in A Midsummer's Night Dream. However, you might not want to grow …
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… Pink twin-leaf squill is one of the tiniest plants grown outdoors at the Chicago Botanic Garden. You will see clusters … smaller flowers than the species. The unopened buds at the top of the spike are deep pink, and as they open they fade to a soft rosy-pink, with carnation pink anthers. They are best … in large groups because a single bulb could easily be over-looked. They are fully hardy and require no special care. After blooming, the flower stalks and tiny pairs of linear leaves …
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… Chive ( Allium schoenoprasum ) is an easy-to-grow, edible member of the Alliaceae family. Smaller, globe-shaped, purple flowers …
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… or in tropical gardens with limited space. A little bit hardier than most elephant ears. It is a sport or genetic bud mutation of the popular Portora hybrid. Rarely flowers. …
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… These alternatives to traditional mums are easy to grow, Mary Stoker is a prolific bloomer that will gradually expand to make a sizeable clump completely smothered in …
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