… This round shrub grows to a height of 4 feet with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has white blooms that attract butterflies …
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… perennial reaches a height of 2 feet with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. From July to October its pink and red blooms attract birds and butterflies. It is a specimen in a border and is resistant to deer. …
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… Thrives in sunny locations with average fertility and water. Attracts butterflies and birds to the flower; songbirds to the seeds in fall. …
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… This clumping perennial grows to a height of 2 feet with full sun and dry to medium moisture conditions. In July and August it produces green and purple flowers that …
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… This mat-forming perennial grows to a height of 1 foot with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. It has mauve and lilac … that attract butterflies from July through October. It belongs in a border and is resistant to deer. …
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… This clump-forming grass grows to a height of almost 3 feet, with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has pink-and-white blooms from July through …
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… This clump-forming perennial grows to a height of 8 inches with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. It has white and lavender … that attract butterflies from May through August. It belongs in a border and is resistant to deer. …
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… Whorled milkweed is the tiniest and cutest milkweed native to Illinois, although not as showy, with greenish-tinged white flowers. It grows in dry fields … Plant Evaluation Garden. It can take drought but can’t compete with taller plants. Growing to about 1.5 feet in height, the leaves are linear and crowded in whorls or clusters along … become pencil-thin seedpods that point upward. Many butterflies and beetles are attracted to them, but the milky sap is toxic to birds and livestock. …
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… produces stiff upright flower spikes with buttery yellow bracts and reddish stems. Too large to be a house plant, these plants do well as a border plant in tropical areas. Bromeliads are … are called vase plants or urn plants. Their curved leaves collect water and can be home to aquatic insects and microorganisms. Plants take several years to flower and will usually decline after the long-lasting blooms fade, but they can be restarted …
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… spiral ginger is a large member of the Costus genus (Costaceae) that grows in a spiral habit to a height of 4 to 8 feet. Beginning in early April and lasting through autumn, Costus barbatus 'Red Velvet' … one at a time from between the bracts. Each flower lasts only a day, but the bracts continue to grow throughout the season, reaching a length of 6 to 10 inches. Old bracts die off quickly …
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