… Recombining store-bought bouquets allows you to make excellent floral arrangements. You will learn how to include foliage, fruit, and dried materials as well as how to prepare flowers before arranging. Purchase a few mixed bouquets, several individual flowers, …
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… upright spreading tree with a dense, rounded crown or a large multi-stemmed shrub. It is easy to grow in moist, rich, well- drained soils in full sun to part shade and performs well in areas with cool summer climates. Amur maple makes an unusual … tree which can reach a mature height and spread of 20 feet. Its name, 'Ruby Slippers' refers to its bright red samaras which appear in the spring. It can be grown in full or partial sun in …
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… spanning the border between Siberia and Mongolia, but in fact it's native from eastern Russia to Korea. The fluffy white flowers are densely packed on arching racemes that can reach 6-feet … of tightly packed flowers, often followed by conspicuous berries. NOTE: Berries are poisonous to people and rabbits; harmless to birds and butterflies. …
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… family and has the flavored leaves that are typical of these plants. This plant's name refers to the pink globe-shaped flower heads that look like pink balloons when it flowers. Round, … with a compact growth habit and broad strap, shaped, blue-green leaves. BALLOON BOUQUET grows to about a foot in height and about 8-10 inches wide. Unlike edible onions, the root system is a rhizome, not a bulb, and adapted to the clay soil found in many Chicago-area gardens. An advantage of rhizomatous onions is that …
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… the light green midrib and the grass green center. Then that rich dark green, edged in white to set it off from the wide grass green border. In addition, the leaves fold up at night to show off the velvety purple underside. Calatheas are tropicals native to northwest Brazil, and ‘Medallion’ is one of over 300 known varieties. Because they can’t take …
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… Cannas can be described in three words: big, bold, and beautiful. Water canna ‘Ra’ —a reference to the Egyptian sun god—lives up to those standards. It can reach 5 feet tall, produces striking yellow blooms from summer through … leaves resembling those of a banana plant. It is versatile as well. Plant it in sun to part shade in moist soil or along the water’s edge, or submerge it directly into a pond. It …
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… ( Aruncus dioicus ), also commonly known as bride's feathers, is a showy perennial native to woodlands and ravines in the eastern United States. In Illinois, it is only found in the wild … English Walled Garden. A bold plant with large fronds of divided foliage, it will grow 4 to 6 feet tall and wide, with foot-tall plumes of showy, cream-colored flowers that resemble those of Astilbe . Easy-to-grow goatsbeard needs partial sun; moist, organically rich soil; and lots of space! …
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… Although prairie milkweed looks similar to common milkweed, it is less common, preferring undisturbed prairies. It is not as drought … giving the flower the appearance of a crown. The fruit is a soft, warty pod that splits open to disperse little brown seeds attached to white silky tufts of hairs that become airborne in the wind. Like common milkweed, it is a …
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… 16 inches tall and 20 inches wide. In late summer spikes of creamy flowers increase the height to 30 inches and provide an interesting contrast to the almost black foliage. The leaf color is purple brown in the spring and in full sun … by French plant breeder Thierry Delabroye. It will attract bees, birds and is resistant to deer. It would be lovely in a mixed perennial border or planted in groups as a groundcover. In …
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… climates will be decorative through the winter. It has plumes of white flowers in late spring to early summer that contrast nicely with the dark leaves. The flower buds and the undersides of … has a compact form and is 10 inches high, 16 inches wide and 24 inches in flower. Attractive to bees, birds and resistant to deer, Obsidian Alumroot will work well in containers, perennial borders and planted in large …
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