… siebold viburnum has an upright habit and approaches the size of a small tree. White flowers in May give way to red to black fruits; fall foliage is burgundy. Viburnums are a versatile genus …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… stinging hairs. The leaves of the latter can be boiled and eaten like spinach. They are high in iron and vitamins. However, they must be boiled for at least 10-15 minutes to leach out a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… white fir ( Abies concolor ‘Compacta’) is a round evergreen conifer that can reach 8 feet in height and width with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. The flat, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… five or six feet wide. White firs are the most tolerant of the firs with growing conditions in the Chicago area, but prefer a good, organic soil that is well-drained. …
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… with three leaflets. It is a wonderful specimen plant. As its name implies, the flowers appear in clusters of three; however, these spring flowers are not very showy. It has attractive fall …
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… Nodding onions are petite natives found growing in praries and margins of wooded areas. They form petite clumps of foliage with narrow leaves. …
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… milkweed ( A. sullivantii ), and swamp milkweed ( A. incarnata ), midwestern native perennials in the Garden's permanent collection. Asclepias flowers form seedpods from which seeds with silky …
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… needs full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions to reach a height of 15 feet. In May to June it produces showy lilac-purple blooms that attract butterflies. The drooping …
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… not far from Chicago. Fragrant white bottlebrushes cover this 3-foot-by-3-foot deciduous shrub in May. Autumn features a montage of orange, gold, and red leaves just before they fall. This …
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… shade and moist soil conditions to reach a height of 9 inches by late April to early May. In late winter they produce showy, fragrant white blooms with green markings on the inner whorl …
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