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  • This is a tall buckeye (over 90 feet). It is also known as Aesculus x neglecta 'Erythroblastos'. It blooms in May-June with panicles of yellow flowers. This is another buckeye that will hold onto its foliage into the fall and provide a beautiful display of red and orange. Archived Copy: This content was …
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  • This is a tall buckeye (over 90 feet). It is also known as Aesculus x glaucescens . It blooms in May-June with panicles of yellow flowers. This is another buckeye that will hold onto its foliage into the fall and provide a beautiful display of red and orange. Archived Copy: This content was …
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  • This perennial grows to a height of 30 inches with full sun and moist soil conditions. It belongs in a border or used as a ground cover and is native to the Midwest. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer …
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  • … Masses of fragrant two tone pink flowers cover this beebalm from mid-July into early September because it produces a second wave of flowers as soon as the first is finished. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer …
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  • This shrub needs full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. In the spring it produces showy pink, purple, and red flowers that attract butterflies. It is a specimen. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer …
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  • … Growing to 2' in height, this plant has bright glossy green, finely divided leaves. Use painted daisy in a sunny perennial … Single flowers each 2" to 3" in diameter appear in shades ranging from white to red in the early summer. The painted daisy is so named because its flowers are multicolored and look as if an artist has completed a …
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  • This corm reaches a height of 4 inches and will slowly naturalize over time via self-seeding. It … amethyst flowers. It prefers well-drained, sandy soil in full or partial sun. Tommy crocus are the only species that can survive the predation of chipmunks and squirrels in Chicago area gardens. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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  • … to orange flowers appear in winter and into early spring on a single unbranched flower stalk. The gray-green leaves sometimes take on a reddish hue and feature white dots and small, white forward-pointing thorns along the leaf edges. This cultivar suckers freely and can produce a mass of rosettes up to 2 feet in height and equal width. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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  • … sneezeweeds, Red Jewel ( Helenium 'Red Jewel') features red and orange flowers with some of the petals tipped in yellow. This cultivar will reach 36 inches in height and spread to 20 inches if grown in full sun and … Brown on the Isle of Wight. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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  • This evergreen ground cover grows to a height of 6” and will spread to 18”. It blooms from May through June with light blue flowers rather than the lavender-blue of the straight species. It will bloom intermittently until fall. It prefers … part shade, or full shade. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant