… The horse chestnut is native to the Balkans. This cultivar is a dwarf form. It has panicles of white flowers that appear in spring. Fall color is not vivid (yellows and browns). It can tolerate some shade and has medium soil and water …
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… The Purple Cabbage palm is not really a palm at all although its wide purplish leaves growing off a thick woody central stem are reminiscent of palm leaves. The cabbage palm is native to New Zealand where it can grow to 35 feet in height and 20 feet in width. In northern climates like Chicago it is usually treated as an annual or as a potted plant that is overwintered in a warm sunny spot. …
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… Phlox stolonifera ‘Blue Ridge’ is commonly known as creeping phlox. It grows 6 - 10 inches high, forming a dense mat of foliage … blooms in spring with a showy display of lavender blue flowers. Plant it in partial shade. It is attractive to butterflies and is hardy in zones 5 - 8. The genus name is from the Greek word phlox meaning flame in reference …
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… Phlox subulata ‘Blue Hills’ is commonly known as a moss phlox or creeping phlox. It grows only 6 inches high, forming a dense … of dark green foliage. It blooms in spring with a showy display of lavender blue flowers. It is resistant to deer and is hardy in zones 3 – 9. The genus name is from the Greek word phlox meaning flame in reference …
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… Muscari neglectum is native to Europe, northern Africa, and southwestern Asia. The scapes stand 4 -8 inches high … fertile flowers with white lobes, as well as smaller, paler flowers that are sterile. It is long blooming and easy to grow, but it is invasive and is considered undesirable by some people. …
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… Rosa 'Distant Drums' is a shrub rose producing bronze-centered orchid pink petals that shade to lavender at the tips in a spray that can include dozens of flowers on one stem. This is another of the Buck series of hardy shrub roses that is known for dark green, disease-resistant foliage on a plant growing to 4 feet in height by 5 …
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… The barren strawberry is an ornamental groundcover that is native to the eastern part of the US. It has green leaves that appear in groups of three and in spring five-petaled yellow-flowers appear. This plant is very hardy and able to withstand clay soils and is unattractive to deer. It grows to about six …
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… While the actual flower is relatively small and white, what makes this plant so ornamental is the clear bright red of the bracts, which last for weeks and even months after the bloom itself is finished. …
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… Lilium lancifolium is commonly known as tiger lily. It has bright orange flowers with dark speckled spots in late … summer. The stems stand 4 feet tall with up to 10 unscented flowers per stem. This species is native to Guam, China, Korea, and Japan. Although this species does not produce viable seeds, … produced in the leaf axils along the stem. A bulbil will produce flowers two years after it is collected from the stem. The bulbs are edible, and these plants have been cultivated in Asia …
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… The Kew Ginkgo is derived from its famous parent, one of the first Ginkgo trees planted at Kew Gardens. It is a male clone, which will not produce the distinctive smelly fruit, and will develop into a tree smaller and narrower than is typical for the species. With increased age, it will mature to a 30' by 15' tree. It could be …
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