… Beautiful light red full double flowers with the classic tea rose fragrance comes to us from the shrub rose breeding lines of the David Austin Company in Great Britain. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… In June and July, the elegant Martagon lilies ( Lilium ), one of the most shade-adapted lilies, proudly show off their small Turks cap flowers above handsome whorled foliage on 3- to 4-foot stems. The selection 'Nepera' has orange-spotted, downward-facing flowers. They make …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… features dark green leaves and large clusters of flowers which are either lace cap or mophead in structure. ‘Gilded Lace’, which grows 5’ tall, is a lace cap with light blue flowers and striking gold mottling on the leaves. Flower color is dependent on the soil in which the hydrangea is planted – blue in … rose-pink in alkaline soils – and color will change as the flowers age. This plant is hardy to zones 6-9 and will not survive Chicago’s harsh winters unless given a sheltered site, winter …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Iris ensata ‘Midwest Splendor’ stands 46 inches high, with deep purple blooms in early to mid season. The standards and falls are flatter than those of the bearded iris, making the entire flower …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Cleome is a smaller statured, sterile hybrid featuring lavender-pink flowers throughout the growing season on mounded, thornless plants. Plant this hybrid in full sun and in average soil after the danger of late frosts has passed; water sufficiently to establish the root system and thereafter during periods of drought; it's rabbit and deer …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This free-flowering, compact selection of the native black-eyed Susan is covered with golden-yellow, sterile petals surrounding the … disk of fertile flowers from late summer into fall. Plant this black-eyed Susan in full sun and in well-drained soil and avoid excessive fertilizer, which would cause the plants to flop over. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Scilla forbesii , is small but showy, with bright blue flowers centered with a white spot near the base. The white stamens are bunched together and tipped in yellow. According to Odyssey Bulbs, it appeared as a spontaneous seedling in the garden of Arnis Seisums. Aethra …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The silver fir is an evergreen conifer. Its bicolored needles are dark green on top and white … giving the tree a silvery appearance. A European native, it can reach more than 100 feet in height. Pine-scented essential oils from this tree are used in the perfume industry. Firs are mostly native to mountainous regions, where they grow in rich, acid soil. They are not very tolerant of hot, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Hibiscus 'Berry Awesome' has lavender pink flowers with a red eye. The flowers are 7-8 “ across, the size of dinner plates and are produced at nodes from the bottom to the top of the plant, rather than just at the ends of the branches. This is a member of the … from the Greek work ‘hibiskos” that meant “marshmallow.” The sticky root or stem of some plant in the mallow family was used at one time to make marshmallow confections. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… tail instead of a pointed tail, like a mourning dove. They are light brown, similar to the mourning dove with a black crescent shaped band around the back of the neck. The primary … of the wing, so gives a dark wing tip appearance. These birds were introduced to this country in the 70’s and are now found over most of the United States. …
Type: Birding
