… flowers are produced on long, tapered spikes from late May until frost. This cultivar grows to a maximum of four feet in size and, like other butterfly bushes, will regrow from the root system after a hard winter. Plant 'Sunny Morning' in full sun and in well-drained soil. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ‘Tarragona’ has lovely creamy white flowers with yellow flowers and contrasting orange pollen. The flowers are trumpet shaped, fragrant and outfacing in mid` summer. The stems stand 2 ½ to 4 feet tall with 5 to 7 buds per stem and lance shaped foliage. This is a Orienpet hybrid, a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The cultivar 'Dawn Waltz' is a lovely pinkish lavender with slightly darker ruffled falls. It stands 27 inches tall and blooms in early to mid season, while the thin, grass like foliage remains a highlight throughout the summer . …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The cultivar Dewful has medium-blue flowers with distinctive white blazes. The rigid stems stand 3 to 4 feet high, taller than most Siberian irises. It blooms in late spring with narrow grass-like leaves that remain a highlight throughout the summer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: A loud and large flycatcher, this bird is most likely to be seen nesting in the McDonald Woods or in the Barbara Brown Nature Reserve. …
Type: Birding
… is a massive herbaceous plant with enormous broad heart-shaped green leaves that was found in the jungles of northern Thailand. Thailand Giant can grow to nine feet in height and about 6 feet in width with single leaves reaching five feet long. It …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… In this tulip, large white flowers are "flamed" in pink with the edges of the petals typically solid pink. Among the earliest of tulips to flower, this species has stems that are relatively short above the broad greenish-gray …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Annual plants reach up to 5 feet in height and are topped by cascading masses of coral colored flowers (bracts) from summer through early fall. Plant outdoors only after the soils have warmed (June first or later) in well drained soils in full sun. Once established …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Look carefully at the flowers on this plant and you'll see that each flower has five petals but the flower is symmetrical. Miss Heidi geranium flowers in late spring to summer with bright pink flowers that are veined in darker pink and have white eyes. Miss Heidi …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Tropicanna® Gold canna lily is not hardy in the Chicago area (USDA zones 7 – 11) but still deserves a place in the garden where her … bed in full sun (maximize flower production) or light shade (utilize the variegated foliage to lighten dark spots in the garden). Hummingbirds recognize this genus as one of their favorite …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
