… Q. What is the best way to get rid of crabgrass? A. If you have just a few isolated patches of this annual weed, you can either dig them out before they go to seed or spot-treat with an approved post-emergent herbicide spray. If your problem is more …
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… Q. When is the best time to divide perennials? A. Perennials can be divided in either spring or fall. As … general rule, divide spring-blooming plants in the fall and fall-blooming plants in the spring to avoid disrupting their bloom cycles. The majority of perennials are divided in spring when …
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… Beach Wormwood has intense silver foliage with dense, ground-hugging habit, similar to Dusty Miller. It's white flowers are not significant, and bloom in July and mid-August. Foliage may be sheared back to maintain the desires shape. Grows best in full sun with good drainage, to height and with of 12". …
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… This semi-succulent plant from Zanzibar in tropical east Africa can form a clump up to 4 feet tall but is usually 3 feet tall. It has attractive rippled, undulating, dark green leaves, smudged with … from the center of the plant. This plant will tolerate low light levels but grows best and flowers if given bright light and even tolerates full sun. It is hardy to 30 to 32 …
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… Although often grown for its flowers, the foliage of yellow waxbells ( Kirengeshoma palmata ) is stunning. The bright green, hairy leaves are maple-shaped and are held nearly horizontally. In … tips of the branches, and these flowers are followed by unusual horned seedpods. This plant is best used as a backdrop for other perennials, in a shrub or perennial border, under trees, or …
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… Smooth sumac is very much like staghorn sumac, with large attractive compound leaves and an irregular growth … hairs. This large native shrub in the cashew family spreads by rhizomes and forms colonies. It is best for a naturalistic setting. This is a cutleaf version, with attractive deeply-toothed leaves …
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… Burkwood viburnum ( Viburnum x burkwoodii ) is a semi-evergreen shrub that grows in full sun to partial shade under average moisture … May pink buds produce fragrant white flowers that attract birds and butterflies. The plant is best used as a specimen, border, or a hedge. It is resistant to deer. This hybrid was introduced …
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… 'Joyce Fountain', a cultivar released in 2008, is classified as a reflexed chrysanthemum, with cascading petals giving it the appearance of a … the new petals unfold. The flowers are large and used in exhibitions. This cultivar was named "Best New Introduction" in the 65th Annual National Chrysanthemum Society show. To make flowers larger, growers will remove the smaller buds so all the plant's energy goes into …
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… Jim Dandy is a compact cultivar of our native deciduous winterberry hollies. In the wild they are found in swampy sites and stream margins in the eastern United States. Jim Dandy is a slow grower to about 6 feet high and 8 feet wide. It is the male cultivar for the female Berry Heavy and … within 50 feet of those plants for effective pollination. Prune in spring for shape. While best suited to moist sites with morning sun and afternoon shade, it grows well in moderate soils …
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… Often seen in floral arrangements and bouquets, ‘Lucifer’ is an eye-catching cultivar with brilliant red, tubular flowers that appear in mid-summer on … like it warm, and although ‘Lucifer’ is considered the hardiest for the Chicago area, it is best planted in full sun in a south-facing location close to a wall; plant the corms 3 inches deep. Mulch in winter or dig up the corms and replant in the …
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