The state flower of South Dakota, eastern pasque flower is one of the earliest blooming wildflowers in the Midwest; its hairy fernlike flower stems often emerge when snow is still on the ground and bloom even before the foliage has completely formed. The plant eventually reaches 8 – 12 inches and the erect flowers, one to each plant, are violet blue, yellow, or white. The name Pasque is derived …
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'Baron Girod de l'Ain' is an heirloom rose, first discovered in 1897 as a naturally occuring hybrid of another heirloom, 'Eugene Furst.' The very double, fragrant flowers are red, blending to deep pink, each petal delicately outlined with a fine line of white that accents its ruffled appearance. Unlike many heirlooms, it does repeat, in flushes, throughout the growing season. And it tolerates …
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Opening Night™ ( Rosa 'Jacolber') is a tall-growing hybrid tea rose—to 4 feet—featuring clear, fire-engine red, 5-inch blooms with just a hint of fragrance. This cultivar produces 16-inch long stems and is perfect for cutting and bringing indoors. The parents of this cultivar are two of the best red hybrid tea roses, 'Olympiad' and 'Ingrid Bergman'. Site this heat-tolerant cultivar toward …
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This is an easy-to-grow houseplant that tolerates a wide range of cultural and environmental conditions. It prefers warm, sunny locations, but tolerates some shade. Protect from hot afternoon sun. Best grown in a soil based potting mix. Water regularly during the growing season, with significantly reduced watering from fall to late winter. Do not pour water on the center of the rosette. Wider …
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Prairie dock ( Silphium terebinthinaceum ) is a distinctive native of the tallgrass prairie featuring leafless stems up to 10 feet tall topped by panicles of bright yellow, 3-inch-wide flowers. The leaves—some quite large—form a rosette not more than a couple of feet high that are cordate (heart shaped) and very rough. Prairie dock is not fussy as to soils or soil moisture content and flowers …
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Native to the eastern United States and Eurasia, where it is found in sunny wetland areas, marsh fern is a perennial with upright narrow fronds and deciduous light-green leaves. It spreads by rhizomes in the soil, producing dense colonies of leaves up to 2 ½ feet tall as it develops. Unlike most ferns, it prefers full sun to light shade and grows best in wet to moist surroundings and sandy acid …
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This double early tulip features intensely colored orange flowers that age to tangerine. Introduced in 2003, this is a sport of the yellow-flowered 'Monte Carlo'. With short sturdy stems, it will withstand windy days in late April and early May. For good displays tulips should be planted close together in masses, rather than in lines like soldiers. Like all tulips, 'Orca' is at best a short-lived …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
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… in which people project their human-ness on plants. Here are a few of our favorites: You can buy seeds and mini bonsai kits in the Garden Shop at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Your tomato … plant story Twenty-eight percent of Americans have hugged their plants, according to a Trees.com survey—but if the plants don’t respond to touch, does it still count? As it turns out, some …
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… to grow plants from seed (many ephemerals require five to seven years to flower from seed) or buy plants from nurseries that have propagated their own plants (see list below). Consider …
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