… quail, and mourning dove enjoy the ripe seeds. Like other members of this genus, the sap is a milky white color and contains a number of chemicals that rabbits and deer avoid. …
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… 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 …
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… Silky dogwood is a multi-stemmed native shrub found along streams and swamps. It bears small white flowers in …
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… Europe or western Asia. It produces small white flowers, followed by almost black fruits. It is best suited for a naturalized setting at woodland's edge. Members of the genus Cornus , …
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… Large-leaf or Bigleaf dogwood is native to Asia and relatively uncommon in the U.S. Its white flowers and purple-black fruit …
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… Japanese Cornel dogwood ( Cornus officianalis ) is a separate dogwood species from Cornelian cherry dogwood ( Cornus mas ), but shares many of …
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… 'Half Pint' is a very floriferous formal, decorative dahlia, introduced in 2015. The numerous petals are rich …
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… Deutzia rubens is a white flowering species. The genus Deutzia consists of medium sized flowering shrubs native …
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… or early spring and are often the first flowers to appear in the Chicago garden. The foliage is leathery and dark green with finger-like clusters of 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 … that are toxic to humans but makes them unappealing to deer and other wildlife. Choose your site carefully as hellebores do not like be moved or disturbed once planted. …
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… Nursery in 1979, which was located near Lake Zurich and closed in the 1990s. This selection is no longer commercially available. Crabapples are small flowering trees that provide a showy …
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