… Lilium ‘Sterling Star’ has lovely white to light-cream flowers with maroon-speckled throats. The blooms are upfacing on stems that stand 3 feet in early summer. They are not fragrant. Sterling Star is an Asiatic hybrid. Asiatic hybrids are …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Joanna J. Stroz, a versatile artist based in Copenhagen with Polish and Danish roots, is renowned as a carillonneur, composer, music … two albums under her belt, Nordic Wave (2010) and Drums and Bells (2015). Joanna continues to captivate audiences with her unique blend of electronic and carillon music. As both a composer … musical journey has taken her to festivals across Europe: Germany, Denmark, Poland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, and the United States, where her solo carillon performances have left …
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… Tall bellflower is an upright annual or biennial that is native to moist and shady areas of the Midwest. It is a biennial, producing leaves in the first year. In the second year, it produces tall flower stems with star-shaped, light blue …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Champlain hardy shrub rose ( Rosa 'Champlain') is one of the very hardy and disease-resistant shrub roses developed in Canada known collectively as Explorer roses (named after famous North American explorers). … hardiness, a light fragrance, and showy orange hips in fall, all of which recommend it to gardeners in the Chicago area. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Caucasian spurge is a rounded perennial that produces yellow flowers during the summer. It grows to a height of 2 feet under full sun in moist soil. The plant is mostly used as a ground cover or in a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… old wood from June-July and new wood from August through October. Flower color is dependent on the soil in which the hydrangea is planted – blue in acidic soils and rose-pink in alkaline soils – and color will change as the flowers age. It is hardy to zone 4 so will survive better than most Hydrangea macrophylla in Chicago’s harsh winters . …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Smooth blue aster has a very wide range in North America, including Illinois prairies. It can reach a height of 3 feet on unbranched, blue-green stems. The central stem terminates in a panicle of daisy-like, light lavender or light blue-violet … It prefers full or partial sun in average, well-drained soil. Provide good air circulation to prevent powdery mildew. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Sweet flag is a wetland species in the arum family resembling cattails or sweet flag iris, with narrow, rigid leaves up to three feet tall. This is a shorter variety, topping out at about two feet. The leaves have …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri is a native of rocky areas on the northwest coast of Madagascar and goes by the common name of Palm Beach bells. Plantlets form on the leaf edge and drop off as they mature to reproduce the plant vegetatively—an effective survival technique utilized by many species in this genus. This plant in intolerant of frost. …
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… Singin' in the Rain™ floribunda rose ( Rosa 'Macivy') is described as an apricot blend, with colors that soften over time. The 2.75-inch flowers have a strong musk-rose fragrance, and the bush will eventually reach 5 feet high. Plant this rose in full sun; moderate water and fertilizer are the keys to success with this award-winning rose. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
