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  • … False goatsbeard is a refined, fine-textured perennial that produces airy plumes of tiny flowers in nid-summer. … partial shade and even moisture. "Rose-pink" is not a true cultivar name, but a description of the color of this planting, which arrived un-labeled. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February …
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  • This mat-forming aquatic plant grows to a height of 3 feet with full sun to partial shade to full shade. It has white blooms from May through October. It is a specimen in a border or 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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  • This cultivar is dense and compact, growing to 3- 4’ height and spread. Its name is derived from the plant's winter buds, which have an attractive, white, waxy coating all winter. It prefers …
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  • This perennial native to the Midwest, can grow to a height of 20 feet with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. It has pink blooms that attract butterflies from July to October. It is a specimen in a hedge and is resistant to deer. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no …
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  • … Ylang-ylang is a tropical tree that produces long-petaled flowers virtually year-round that emerge lime green and mature to lemon yellow. In its native Philippines, it is pollinated by moths and so the fragrance is most intense at sunrise. The highly prized fragrance is used in a number of … light, moisture-retentive soils that do not dry out, and high humidity. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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  • This nonhardy shrub produces tubular magenta flowers with fringed edges to the petals throughout the warmer months of the growing season in Chicago. Plant this sage after the soils have warmed (toward the end of May, typically) in full sun and …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Kohleria are herbacious perennial plants in the gesneriad family native to tropical America. Kohleria 'HCY's Jardin de Monet' has flowers with coral pink tubes. The throat is creamy white with lobes spotted in burgundy. Flowers appear in loose spikes at the ends of … large, up to seven inches long by five inches wide, and red-violet beneath. The growth pattern is strongly upright. Kohlerias are characterized by soft, ovate scalloped leaves and tubular …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … It’s hard not to like a plant that needs little maintenance, is pest resistant, and is also attractive. “Its gray foliage and light blue flowers pair well with practically anything, and the plant’s airy openness adds lightness to the garden—and it integrates well with other plants,” …
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  • … EverColor® Everillo Golden Sedge Golden yellow (sun) to lime-green (deep shade) leaves are the attraction of this non-hardy sedge. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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  • The Aglo rhododendron is an open multi-stemmed, rounded evergreen shrub. It blooms with lightly scented shell pink trumpet-shaped flowers with a red blotch in early spring. The narrow leaves turn purple in the fall, giving the plant some additional interest. Like all rhododendrons, it prefers …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant