… One of the earliest colchicum to come into flower, often in late August. The goblet shaped flowers mature to a flattened star shape. Mostly white flowers (or very pale lilac) with deeper lilac colored tips to the tepals. Plant in full sun in moist but well drained soils among companion plants that can accomodate the luxuriant foliage …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Ornamental sweet potato vines are used as a colorful foliage accents in summer flower beds and containers. This cultivar has large, three-lobed, maple-like lime green … bright sun or partial shade and loves summer heat. Sweet potato vines have really taken off in popularity in recent years due to the efforts of University of Georgia horticulture professor Alan Armitage, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… lance-shaped and held close to the branch. Spring to early summer abundant blooms tend to be in white or pink tones, depending on the species and/or cultivar. While individual flowers are quite small, they occur in clusters of inflorescence that can be very showy. Spireas are best used in groupings in a shrub or mixed border, where they are valued as tough, reliable and easy-care …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… lance-shaped and held close to the branch. Spring to early summer abundant blooms tend to be in white or pink tones, depending on the species and/or cultivar. While individual flowers are quite small, they occur in clusters of inflorescence that can be very showy. Spireas are best used in groupings in a shrub or mixed border, where they are valued as tough, reliable and easy-care …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… lance-shaped and held close to the branch. Spring to early summer abundant blooms tend to be in white or pink tones, depending on the species and/or cultivar. While individual flowers are quite small, they occur in clusters of inflorescence that can be very showy. Spireas are best used in groupings in a shrub or mixed border, where they are valued as tough, reliable and easy-care …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… lance-shaped and held close to the branch. Spring to early summer abundant blooms tend to be in white or pink tones, depending on the species and/or cultivar. While individual flowers are quite small, they occur in clusters of inflorescence that can be very showy. Spireas are best used in groupings in a shrub or mixed border, where they are valued as tough, reliable and easy-care …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Sunday, September 11, 2016 7:45 – 10:20 a.m. Carillon In commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, James Fackenthal will give a carillon performance of “In Memoriam,” composed by John Courter. Courter was the carillonneur at Berea College in Kentucky. “In Memoriam” will be followed by a bell toll for each person who perished. James …
Type: Event for Calendar
… Bergenias are clump-forming perennials in the Saxifrage family, which contains a lot of species noted for growing in rocky crevices in mountains or along streams. This species produces large, round, leathery leaves that emerge …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This shrub grows in a low mound (it’s only three feet tall!) that’s great for filling up a border with beautiful pale blue flowers nestled among silvery foliage beginning in late summer with secondary blooms continuing in the fall. It needs full sun with consistently moist, well- drained soil to bring out those …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 7 inches across on sturdy plants that grow to 5 feet. This late-season cultivar, introduced in 2004 and classified as a novelty, doesn't come into flower until August. Dahlias are not hardy in the Chicago area and tubers must be dug, cleaned, and stored over winter. Plant this dahlia in full sun in spring, when danger of frost has passed. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
