… Rosa hugonis was named after Father Hugo (Hugh Scanlan), who sent seeds of this species back to Kew Gardens in 1899 from China. Lemon-yellow flowers in late spring and early summer are … Garden Merit in 1925. Rosa hugonis is a tough, reliably hardy and extremely thorny shrub rose to 6' in the Chicago region, and is among the first of the shrub roses to bloom each year. …
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… Missouri black-eyed Susan is a wildflower native to the Ozark region of Missouri where it spreads to form large colonies. It reaches 2 – 3 feet tall and produces yellow daisy-like flowers with black center disks with branched stems from June to September; the stems and the thin leaves are intensely hairy. The plants prefer full sun and …
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… has a three-pointed bract. A well-grown Douglas fir in a snowclad winter landscape is a sight to behold. Douglas fir is native to the Rocky Mountains and along the Pacific Coast; in the Pacific coastal regions, it can attain heights of up to 250'. …
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… Black alder is an upright tree native to Europe and Asia. It can reach a height of 80 feet in the wild. It actually prefers wet conditions and is often found on riverbanks in its native habitat. Related to birches, it produces catkins in the spring. The female flowers become tiny decorative cones. … and round, with a distinctive notch at the tip. While this tree is attractive, it does tend to reseed and is considered invasive. This species is slowly being replaced with native alder …
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… a tropical perennial with beautiful foliage and flowers with a reputation of being difficult to grow indoors. They have large ovate dark green leaves with prominent white veins, topped with … emerge yellow tubular flowers. They are often sold as small flowering pot plants, but tend to decline if not given even watering, moderate temperatures, and filtered light. As they grow, … they branch out and may lose the lower leaves until they become leggy. Cuttings may be taken to turn them back into compact flowering plants. …
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… There’s everything to like about Pretoria canna. First, there’s the fresh orange of the flowers with their red throats, deigned to attract bees and hummingbirds (and, in the tropics, bats). Then there’s the foliage – a fresh light green, with finely drawn yellow striations. Cannas are native to Central and South America and they’re one of the oldest domesticated plants in the world, …
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… This is another snake bark maple that is native to China. It was discovered by a Basque priest named Armand David which is reflected in its species name, davidii , and its common name, Pere David's Maple. The tree can grow to 50 feet with a slightly narrower spread and can be multitrunked. The bark pattern is pale … like in that it isn't lobed. Fall color may be bright red, orange or yellow. It is hardy to Zone 5. …
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… Beautiful five-to-nine-lobed leaves emerge early. The plant grows 15 to 20 feet in height with a similar spread. Use the Japanese maple as a specimen plant. May and … Foliage is reddish purple and in the fall turns a crimson red. This lovely small tree, native to the Far East, can be grown only in very protected areas if you live in Zone 5. It is an …
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… This natural variant of the bottlebrush buckeye grows to 10 to 15 feet in height and has a wide-spreading (15 feet) habit. Use this versatile shrub as a … in bloom. White petals with reddish-pink anthers and stamens are borne in panicles that are 2 to 3 feet long. Smooth brown nuts in husks ripen in late fall. Bottlebrush buckeye is a …
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… The false onion, or pregnant onion, is native to South Africa where the hot, dry conditions allow it to reach its final height of up to four feet. This unusual bulb sits above the ground where its distinctive onion shape can be …
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