… This perennial bulb blooms with reddish pink petals with a blue center in midspring. It will grow to a height of 6” and (over time) will naturalize in the garden. It should be planted in full sun in average, well-drained soil. Foliage should not be removed until it turns yellow. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… to maroon flower/seed spikes top off the burgundy leaves and stems on this annual that thrives in the heat and humidity of summer. Song birds (and people) find the amaranth seeds tasty in the fall while the colorful flowers and foliage provide a pop of color in the landscape throughout the growing season. Plant in flower beds for best results or stake …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Agaves are rosette-forming perennials growing in the desert and mountainous regions of North, Central, and South America and in the Caribbean. They bloom once at maturity, which can be anywhere from 5 to 40 years. Most … plants die after flowering and are not frost hardy. Commonly grown as an outdoor ornamental in southern California, dragon agave has thin, wide, pale gray-green leaves that are soft, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: A fairly common migrant and breeder here. Look for it in any wooded habitat on migration or in McDonald Woods in summer. …
Type: Birding
… dwarfed mounded foliage throughout spring and into early summer. The flowers open first thing in the morning and close up by the end of day and attract a number of pollinators to the garden. Plant in containers or directly in the garden in full sun. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Rhododendron 'Milestone' features red-pink flowers in large trusses in mid-May. It was developed by the Weston Nursery of Hopkinton, Massachusetts, to meet the need for rhododendrons hardy in the harsh New England climate. Slow growing, over ten years it will reach 3 feet in height and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The native Allegheny serviceberry will attain heights of 15 to 25 feet in the Illinois garden. White flowers cover this small tree/large shrub in mid-spring. However, they are delicate, and an early spring storm can quickly send them … tinge as the flowers fade but become dark green when fully open. Dark purple fruits ripen in early summer and are quickly devoured by birds. Fall color ranges from yellow to orange to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Beaver Creek Pride spirea produces light pink blooms in June with some rebloom later in the summer. The Spiraea japonica species includes the greatest range of cultivars available to the home gardener within the Spiraea genus. They all have a compact mounding habit in sizes ranging from 18" to 5' that makes them useful in borders and smaller spaces. The …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… DAKOTA GOLDCHARM® spirea produces pink blooms atop foliage that emerges bronze, becomes golden in the summer and turns red in the fall. The Spiraea japonica species includes the greatest range of cultivars available to the home gardener within the Spiraea genus. They all have a compact mounding habit in sizes ranging from 18" to 5' that makes them useful in borders and smaller spaces. The …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… genus Amelanchier offer four seasons of interest -- small white flowers (occasionally pinkish) in spring, edible berries in early summer, attractive foliage color in fall and interesting bark/branch structure in winter. Common names for amelanchier include …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
