… Strongly fragrant, fully double flowers range from light apricot to a shell pink on strong upright plants that thrive in full sun, moderately moist soils, and locations that provide for air movement around the foliage to decrease the incidence of black spot and powdery mildew. Mound crowns after the first frost with coarsely shredded bark mulch to protect from Chicago winters. This plant attracts pollinators of all types. …
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… SavATree arborists will be right outside the Krasberg Rose Garden from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. to answer all of your tree care questions. …
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… The perennial requires full sun to partial shade and moderate soil moisture. Blooms in late spring to early fall and had a medium blue flower. …
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… This perennial grows to a height of 1 foot with full to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has yellow blooms from March through August. …
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… This evergreen shrub grows to a height of 12 feet with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It belongs in a hedge or a border. …
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… March April May June July August September October Prune raspberry bushes and reattach canes to support system, if necessary. Some gardeners mow their raspberry patches to the ground this month to encourage one big crop during summer. Everbearing bushes should not be mowed down. When soil …
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… but well-drained soil, and divide when the clumps of corms have become so congested they start to push up to the surface of the soil. Interplant the corms with companion plants that begin growth late in the season to accommodate the luxuriant spring foliage, which provides a backdrop for the flowers in fall. …
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… This break-through variety of novelty poinsettia was the first to feature rich red bracts speckled with pink and creamy white. Poinsettias have flower bracts … meaning that they require darkness (12 hours at a time for at least five days in a row) to change color. At the same time, they require abundant light during the day for the brightest … grouped within small yellow structures found in the center of each leaf bunch. Native to Mexico, the poinsettia derives its common English name from Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first …
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… for their flowers which appear in late winter or early spring and are often the first flowers to appear in the Chicago garden. Green Gambler hellebore grows into a low mound about twenty inches high and 2 feet wide. New foliage emerges as maroon, then matures to dark green with finger-like clusters of up to ten serrated leaves that are evergreen … or veining. Hellebores prefer cool moist soils but are very adaptable requiring only that the site be well-drained. Typically they are planted in woodland settings under deciduous trees where …
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