… R.O. Backhouse’ has small yellow blooms with tightly recurved petals speckled with red spots in early spring. The stems stand 3 to 5 feet tall with flowers that are only 1½ to 2 inches. This … of this lily make it a lovely addition to the garden. Lilies love full sun but will do well in partial shade. They tolerate hot summer days, as long as the bulbs are deep enough to remain …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 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 … of this lily makes it a lovely addition to the garden. Lilies love full sun, but will do well in partial shade. They tolerate hot summer days, as long as the bulbs are deep enough to remain …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… for the stunning beauty of their usually large flowers, which emerge prior to the foliage in spring, and are often fragrant. While shades of pink are the most common bloom color, the … and southeastern Asia and eastern North America, Central and South America; most are not hardy in the Chicago region. Buds and blooms of the magnolias that do thrive here are often subject to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… for the stunning beauty of their usually large flowers, which emerge prior to the foliage in spring, and are often fragrant. While shades of pink are the most common bloom color, the … and southeastern Asia and eastern North America, Central and South America; most are not hardy in the Chicago region. Buds and blooms of the magnolias that do thrive here are often subject to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… and maintain leaf colors. Since this plant is epiphytic, it is essential that it be grown in freely draining soil. This plant is not hardy in Chicago but can be successfully overwintered indoors. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Lilium ‘Friso’ stands 3 to 4 feet tall with brilliant fuchsia flowers with crimson centers in July & August. The ends of the petals melt to white. The flowers are trumpet shaped and huge, … of this lily makes it a lovely addition to the garden. Lilies love full sun, but will do well in partial shade. They tolerate hot summer days, as long as the bulbs are deep enough to remain …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The plant's deep green, triangular lanceolate leaves are ornamented with white spots in transverse bands. This succulent can tolerate some shade and is found in nature growing on north and east cliff faces. Potting medium has to be very well drained. This …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… creamy white at the tip melting into deepening shades of pink at the base. The blooms emerge in mid summer continue into the fall. The color of the flowers is not affected by the pH of the soil. FIRE LIGHT® Hydrangea does well in full sun to light shade and is moderately drought - tolerant. It blooms on new wood so it is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… creamy white at the tip melting into deepening shades of pink at the base. The blooms start in mid summer and continue into the fall with strong stems that hold the flower clusters upright … drooping. The color of the flowers is not affected by the pH of the soil. ‘SMHPLQF’ does well in full sun to light shade and is moderately drought - tolerant. It blooms on new wood so it is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… reaching 4 feet tall by 5 feet wide. Pink buds followed by fragrant white flowers appear in late April to early May and last 10 days to two weeks. Plant in full sun to partial shade where it will attract birds and butterflies. Viburnums are a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
