… the true flowers. It is not fussy about soil type as long as it is well drained and planted in full sun. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… nectar and pollen rich flowers attract pollinating insects and hummingbirds while chemicals in the leaves deter deer and rabbits. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Yellow flowers with just a hint of chartreuse are produced in summer above narrow light green leaves featuring a white midrib. Fall color is reddish. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… smaller spaces that experiences cooler temperatures during production and display. Place it in a brightly lit location and ensure, if wrapped with florist foil, that a hole has been punched …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… producing lots of flowers. Leaves are initially light green then dark green changing to yellow in the fall. The flowers are slightly curled and crimped pale red petals fading to a straw color …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Bright yellow, medium-sized sunflowers with brown eyes are produced in masses at the ends of the 2-foot stems from September through early November on this cultivar …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Large burgundy flowers edged in cream are produced apically (at the growing tip) and then sequentially down the lateral buds …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… indoors for Thanksgiving, Christmas, the New Year, or Valentine's Day. It's not hardy outdoors in Chicago, unless given a very sheltered microclimate. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… into flowering six weeks or so after watering the bulb to bring it out of dormancy. Place in bright light as the flowering stalk begins to grow and stake if it begins to lean. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… into flower by watering the dormant bulbs about six weeks before flowers are desired and grow in the brightest light possible to keep the flowering stalks upright. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
