… The giant dioon is a tall cycad that is native to the low altitude, rocky rainforests of southern Mexico. It has … a cycad, an ancient group of plants that bear cones. The giant dioon can grow to 35 feet in its natural habitat but in cultivation it is usually seen as a specimen tub plant of around six feet tall and wide. It …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Barbara Ann wood vamp is a climbing vine that has large glossy dark green leaves and grows along fences, walls and trees to about thirty feet in height. In June and July is bears clusters of fragrant fertile white flowers that are attractive to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Lace Aloe, formerly known as Aloe aristata , was winner of the RSH Award of Garden Merit in 1994. It has been moved to its own genus, Aristaloe , where it is the only species. Recent genetic studies have shown that this species is actually not an Aloe … genus, it is now called Aristaloe aristata . It is considered half-hardy, it will overwinter in an unheated greenhouse or outdoors in areas with a mild winter and tolerates temperatures to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Merlot sweetspire is a cultivar (cultivated variety) of Virginia sweetspire which is native to the moist … for its fall color which is dark red and persists into winter. It is also an attractive plant in late spring and summer when the long racemes of fragrant white flowers hang gracefully and attract butterflies and other pollinators. Merlot has a compact form reaching only 3-4 in height and about 3 feet in width. Merlot prefers partial shade and consistently moist soils, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Ohazuki Ginkgo is a female selection that will produce fruit. This selection is slow growing and will mature in ten years to a small sized tree 6-13 feet tall with a broad spreading habit. This Ginkgo has … color, and being a female tree, if pollinated, it will produce the distinctive smelly fruit in the fall. The Ginkgo nut is not edible raw. The hard seed inside the fruit, if properly …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Baldwin apple is sweet tasting and crisp. It can be eaten fresh or used in cooking or for juice and is noted as a good keeper. The Baldwin apple originated in the 17th century in Massachusetts. The difference between apples and crabapples is the size of …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Red Rome apple is tart with firm flesh and is highly recommended for cooking, both sauce and in pies. This variety originated in Ohio in the 19th century. The difference between apples and crabapples is the size of the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Phlox stolonifera ‘Blue Ridge’ is commonly known as creeping phlox. It grows 6 - 10 inches high, forming a dense mat of foliage that spreads indefinitely. It blooms in spring with a showy display of lavender blue flowers. Plant it in partial shade. It is attractive to butterflies and is hardy in zones 5 - 8. The genus name is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Rosa 'Distant Drums' is a shrub rose producing bronze-centered orchid pink petals that shade to lavender at the tips in a spray that can include dozens of flowers on one stem. This is another of the Buck series of … roses that is known for dark green, disease-resistant foliage on a plant growing to 4 feet in height by 5 feet in width and is perfectly hardy in the Chicago region. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Purple Cabbage palm is not really a palm at all although its wide purplish leaves growing off a thick woody central … of palm leaves. The cabbage palm is native to New Zealand where it can grow to 35 feet in height and 20 feet in width. In northern climates like Chicago it is usually treated as an annual or as a potted …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
