… Acacia decora , commonly called showy wattle, is native to eastern Australia. It derives its species name from the plant's decorative qualities. This shrub grows in an erect or spreading shape from 9 to 12 feet in height, with variable gray-blue, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Mountain bugbane is primarily an East Coast native, but it's also found in Illinois (though it's currently on the endangered list here). Its white bottlebrush blooms rise 5 yo 6 feet above the mound of ferny … of tightly packed flowers, often followed by conspicuous berries. NOTE: Berries are poisonous to people and rabbits; harmless to birds and butterflies. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Q. What is the difference between aggressive and invasive plants? A. The Chicago Botanic Garden defines an invasive plant as “a species, usually nonnative, that is able to establish itself within existing native plant communities and is posing a threat to the … than preferred, or into an area of your garden where it is unwanted. A plant may be aggressive in one area of a garden or neighborhood and well behaved in another. …
Type: Plant Info
… Native to the Himalayas and China, Hydrangea heteromalla is not commonly seen in American gardens. The plant grows 10 to 15 feet tall and blooms from May to June, producing inflorescences that are …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Manchurian Maple is native to China. Its foliage is a little different from most maples; it is a compound leaf comprised of three leaflets with toothed margins. In the fall, the foliage turns pink and orange. It can be be grown as a small, multitrunked tree …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… alternate ovate or rounded leaves with a wavy margin. Yellow and red fragrant flowers bloom in February to March. The small flowers grow in clusters of three or four and each flower has four strap-like petals …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… its white falls. This is a miniature tall bearded iris that stands 18 inches tall and blooms in mid to late season. In 1965 Topsy Turvey was awarded Honorable Mention by the American Iris Society. It is an excellent cut flower and is attractive to butterflies and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This clump-forming perennial native to the Midwest grows to a height of 1 foot with partial shade to full shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has rose to purple blooms in May and June and belongs in a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Large yellow cockscomb flowers are edged in light orange on this tough annual that blooms through most of the growing season. Plant 'Twisted Yellow' in full sun after the danger of late frosts has passed in average soils and water to establish the root system and thereafter only during periods of drought. This plant is pest …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 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 is a Martagon hybrid, developed …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
