… ‘Baby Blue’ is a very attractive conifer with intense silvery blue foliage with a feathery look. The foliage turns purplish plum in winter months, giving this plant year-round interest. Its growth is upright and somewhat conical. It retains a tidy …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… covered with a many orange flowers that are particularly effective at attracting hummingbirds. The chocolate maroon foliage with bright white spines is particularly eye-catching. Grow in full sun in well drained soils and add supplemental water if leaves start to lose their plump appearance. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Shantung maple ( Acer truncatum ) is a medium-sized tree that can reach a height of 45 feet. … displays brilliant fall colors of yellow and orange with some purple and red. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 32 inches high and blooms from mid May to early July with 1” yellow flowers that face outward. The flowers are held on thin wiry stems above a clump of green basal leaves. Plant it in full sun to partial shade. It is hardy in zones 4- 8. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Mock Orange ‘Blizzard’ is an upright growing oval perennial that reaches a maximum height of 7 feet. It requires full … In spring and early summer it produces showy white blooms that give way to brown fruit. The plant can be used as a specimen or in a hedge. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… American red elderberry is an deciduous shrub that grows to a maximum height of 25 feet. It requires full sun or partial … In early summer it produces yellow blooms that give way to red fruit that attracts birds. The plant can be used in a hedge or a border. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Vanilla, the most widely used flavoring in baking, is the pod fruit of a vine in the orchid family. Learn how to use fresh vanilla beans and vanilla …
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… Single white daisies are produced on the mounded fern like foliage of this non-hardy perennial. Thrives in hot dry conditions in summer. Water enough to establish the plants and then thereafter during droughts. Attracts pollinators to the garden. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Lavender daisies grace this moderately sized perennial from summer through to the first hard frosts of fall. Native (and collected by Garden staff) from mountain meadows in the Republic of Georgia this hardy perennial prefers full sun and moderately fertile, moisture retentive soils. Insect …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This late double-flowered tulip features pink outer petals and creamy white inner petals on sturdy stems towards the end of May in the Chicago region. It's elegant in landscapes, as well as a cut flower. Plant this tulip in fall, in well-drained soils, and in full sun and protect it from chipmunks and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
