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  • … Bobby Kennedy the styles of landscape architecture depicted in the play, including where to find examples of them in Chicagoland. Click here to reserve your seat . …
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  • … tin patterns in vibrant colors. Explore a wide selection of designs and learn techniques to expertly cut and shape your pieces. These unique pins will add a cheerful touch to your holiday attire or make a thoughtful handmade gift.  Bonnie Arkin, artist and designer …
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  • … Brick red to orange flowers appear in winter and into early spring on a single unbranched flower stalk. The … along the leaf edges. This cultivar suckers freely and can produce a mass of rosettes up to 2 feet in height and equal width. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … is a clump-forming perennial that produces showy blue flowers in May and June. It grows to a height of 5 feet in full sun and moderate moisture and sharp drainage. Plants may be cut back severely if the foliage starts to brown during the summer. The plant is mostly used in a border, as specimens, or in small …
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  • … Central Africa in moisture-retentive, organic soils, and cut back hard right after flowering to control height and width because this specimen can grow to 10 feet tall and 6 feet wide. …
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  • … without becoming water logged. Increase fertilization (especially nitrogen) if plants are to be grown in high light locations to avoid leaf scorch. …
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  • … " Nelumbiifolia ” translates as “with leaves like a lotus” to point out the most distinctive aspect of this begonia, the waterlily-like leaves with the stem … in airy white sprays. With consistent moisture, warmth, and at least partial shade it can grow to 2’ wide and 3’ across, making a handsome and unusual display. …
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  • … by the corkscrew-like spiralling of the leaves when dry. They prefer moist, fertile material to grow on. This moss needs partial to full shade. It is a ground cover. …
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  • … or white flowered spikes of blooms in spring and, if the summers are cool, continuously up to frost in the fall. Vigorous, heat-tolerant plants reach a uniform height and are topped by excellent-quality, closely set blooms. Nice 'snapdragon' fragrance to the flowers is rarely overpowering, even indoors. …
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  • … along the sinuous stems of this cactus from Oaxaca in early spring.  This species is adapted to growing in cracks and crevices of cliffs, etc. The small pale yellow spines that cover the stems are difficult to remove and should be avoided.  Bright light and exceptionally well drained soils are required. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant