… Violet blue flowers cover this mounding annual during the heat of summer in shaded to partially shaded locations with moist soils. The spent flowers drop off on their …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… tall and wide. It prefers full sun and dry rocky or sandy soil, making it perfect addition to the rock garden. Attractive to butterflies, it is the earliest buttercup to bloom, beginning in March and continuing through June. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… version of Boston ivy with small, deeply lobed leaflets which turn a red and maroon color in the fall. The vine grows to a height of 70 feet with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Sunfinity Sunflower This pollenless, sterile sunflower hybrid comes into flower earlier in the season and prolongs flowering up to the first hard frost. Golden yellow sunflowers feature dark brown eyes and are produced from …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Dwarf Berry Cape Gooseberry is a dwarf version of the Cape Gooseberry that is suited to containers or small gardens. The plant resembles a compact tomato bush and bears golden fruits … between a pineapple and a tomato. Because of this composite flavor, the berries can be used in sweet and savory dishes and preparations. Like most other vegetable plants the Dwarf Berry …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… is a Chicagoland Grows® selection. Chicagoland Grows® is a plant introduction partnership of the Chicago Botanic Garden, the Morton Arboretum and the Ornamental Growers Association of Northern Illinois formed to promote plant cultivars that perform well in northern Illinois. This variety was developed at the Chicago Botanic Garden; it is a cross …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Watercolor is a luminous, beautiful medium. Learn to pair the delicacy and gestural brushwork of watercolor with expressive line work in pen; and add depth and vibrancy to your watercolor paintings with the enhancement of colored …
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… Q. How much water do plants need to keep them healthy? A. The amount of water plants need depends on several different factors, … two times per week. Annual plants usually require more water, especially if they are planted in full sun. Newly installed plants require more frequent watering, perhaps two or three times …
Type: Plant Info
… The final A to Z orchid (drum roll, please)! Photo by Lois Cinert, Illinois Orchid Society More than 3,000 … hybrids are registered every year—‘Blue Birds’ is a glorious recent addition. Can you find the eponymous bird (in mid-flight) in this orchid? …
Type: Plant Info
… The Chinese fringe tree leafs out in late spring. It bears delicate fringe-like white flowers in panicles, followed by blue berries that the birds eat rapidly. It can be grown as a shrub or as a graceful tree if its tips are allowed to grow out. It is a very graceful specimen. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
