… Cannas can be described in three words: big, bold, and beautiful. Australia canna lives up to those standards. It can reach 5 feet tall, produces flame red flowers from summer through … Plant this canna in a sunny location in rich, consistently moist soil and remove dead flowers to encourage reblooming. Cannas are not hardy in the Chicago area; the rhizomes should be dug up …
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… Gardenia jasminoides , native to southeast Asia, is a large shrub or small tree in the Rubiaceae family with large, white, very … woodruff (coumarin), psychotria (emetic ipecac — and a hallucinogen), and species used to produce red and yellow dyes. …
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… and you'll see that each flower has five petals but the flower is symmetrical. If you happen to be here when it has seed pods you'll see that they have a graceful curved shape, like the … flowers. After the flowers fade the plant bears the distinctive seed capsule. Brookside grows to about 2 feet in height and width in full or partial sun and requires regular deep watering …
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… they have been cut with pinking shears. Spangled star pink is a hardy compact perennial 5- to 7-inches tall that produces clove-scented red flowers with two pale pink spots on each petal in May and June. They are easy to grow in average, alkaline soils in full sun, but require good drainage—plants may die out in …
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… fronds with crested edges and golden-brown hairs on the stems. Overall the plant can grow to 3 feet in height and about 3 feet wide. It prefers shady moist conditions and in milder parts … appearance makes it a desirable specimen plant. Any dead frond can be removed in spring to enhance both new growth and appearance. …
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… 10 inches tall by 18 inches wide. The tall clusters of tiny white flowers increase the height to 16 inches starting in late spring and summer. It will attract hummingbirds and bees when in flower and is resistant to deer. The foliage will remain attractive in winter in milder climates. Members in the series …
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… conditions with only filtered light. The leaves of this fern are long and strappy and can grow to 4 feet long in the wild, although 2 feet is more typical in most houseplants. Since the crocodile fern is epiphytic, care should be taken to ensure that the growing medium is light and freely draining. This fern requires temperatures …
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… while the cup is small with a band of orange at the frilled rim. It is hardy in zones 3 to 8. Narcissus bulbs are toxic and will not be eaten by deer or rabbits. The name Narcissus comes from the Greek word meaning intoxicated and is often tied to the myth of a young man known as Narcissus who fell in love with his own reflection and …
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… of a drop of blood and gives the plant the name “bleeding heart”. The flowers are attractive to hummingbirds and butterflies while resistant to deer and rabbits. It is hardy in zones 4-8. …
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… brilliant yellow-orange and old rose flowers in profuse clusters on a trailing/mounding plant to 20 inches tall and 24 inches wide. Once established, it can take extreme heat and dry soils. … than 25 degrees Fahrenheit, this plant is a deciduous perennial that flowers from spring to fall, but in warmer climates, it is evergreen and flowers continuously. In tropical climates …
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