… Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. palustris has lovely pink flowers measuring up to 6 inches across. It stands 3 to 6 feet high and blooms from July to September. It is native to the eastern and central United States where it grows in wetlands. It is also known as swamp rose mallow. Some taxonomists give Hibiscus palustris …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Texas Scarlet is a clump-forming shrub that produces showy watermelon-red flowers in the spring that are attractive to butterflies. It reaches a maximum height of 4 feet under full sun to partial shade with …
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… ‘Coral Carpet’ is an herbaceous perennial that grows to a maximum height of approximately 6 inches under full sun. It thrives in dry to medium soils. In late spring and early summer it produces pink and white blooms that are attractive to butterflies. It is also resistant to deer. The plant can be used as a ground cover. …
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… Scarlet red tubular flowers with yellow throats are attractive to hummingbirds, butterflies and humans alike. This non-hardy shrub from South Africa flowers continuously from early June up to the first hard frost - typically around mid-October in the Chicago area. Bright light and moderately moist fertile soils are keys to gardening …
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… rose ( Rosa 'Wekcatlart') is covered with orange-red, single rose flowers boasting a white eye in the center of the blossom from June up to the first frost. It was hybridized in 1998 by John Carruth, as a hybrid of 'Carrot Top', a …
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… November,” says Galen Gates, former curator of perennial herbaceous plants. “It sits only 4 to 8 inches high and has attractive blue foliage adorning branches that fan out in all directions.” This sedum works well at the front of the border or in a pot where it can spill over the rim. …
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… purple centers are produced from mid spring thru late September on this annual that thrives in sunny locations. The deep green pointed leaves are not bothered by rabbits, etc. while the flowers attract butterflies and honey bees. Deadhead flowers earlier in the season to insure a bountiful supply of bloom from late summer into fall. …
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… leaves that form a mounded habit. Five-petaled pink flowers, produced on stalks hovering over the leaves, grace the garden in May. Spotted geranium produces seeds freely, and new plants are always a surprise. This wild geranium, a native of our woodland forests, is one of the easier species to grow in a shade garden. A native plant that naturalizes well. …
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… Spikes of violet-blue flowers adorn May Night sage ( Salvia × sylvestris 'Mainacht') in May, June. and July If deadheaded (the old flowers removed before they set seeds), this upright, hardy sage cultivar has been known to reflower. Plant May Night sage in average garden soil and in full sun, and provide …
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