… 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 … in full sun and well-drained soil. Hummingbirds, butterflies, and moths are attracted to the flowers, but herbivores, like deer and rabbits, find the foliage distasteful. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This species is a compact, upright plant reaching up to 2' tall with coarse, arrow-shaped leaves. Numerous spikes of red-purple flowers appear in … is less intense and lighter than that of most cultivars of Salvia x sylvestris. This easy-to-grow, hardy perennial is usually sold as the cultivar 'Purple Rain'. A rich purple salvia …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… flowers extend well above the foliage, with petals curving inward around a cluster of stamens to form a globe atop olive green stems. The leaves are a glossy dark green, each with five to six lobes. Globeflower prefers rich moisture-retentive soil and partial shade. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Flowers of pale yellow edged in violet red change as the flower matures to ivory with pinkish red-violet edges on this late flowered tulip with long pointed tips to the petals. Plant these tulips in moisture-retentive, well-drained soil and in sunny positions …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… fertile, constantly moist (not wet) soils in full sun. It will tolerate light shade. Deadhead to encourage additional bloom. After bloom, it may be cut back to provide a tidy ground cover. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… moisture-retentive soils, and water only during periods of drought (when the leaves begin to wilt). This plant attracts butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees to the garden, but the foliage isn't favored by rabbits and deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 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 …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Q. When is the correct time to prune evergreen hedges? A. March is actually a fine time to prune junipers or arborvitae that have been shaped into hedge forms. Before the plants put out … shear your arborvitae, if necessary. Junipers can be tip-pruned instead of sheared in order to maximize their feathery qualities. Most dwarf conifers require very little, if any, pruning …
Type: Plant Info
… Plant Science Center Seminar Rooms A/B Since 1989, Alan Meerow has made a dozen field trips to Brazil to study the country’s sizable inventory of species in the Amaryllis family—his main taxonomic … emphasis on two amaryllid genera found only from Pernambuco state in the northeastern region to northern São Paulo state in the southeast—two of only three genera in the family that express …
Type: Event for Calendar
… The Hedge Maple is native to most of Europe (in Scotland, it is the only native maple) and has been naturalized in North … name is Yellow Hedge Maple because the young foliage emerges golden yellow in spring maturing to yellow-green or green by summer. It may be grown as a hedge. It was discovered in Postel, Silesia and was introduced into commerce in 1896. It prefers sun to part shade in well-drained soil kept evenly moist and is Zone 5 hardy. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
