… Franz Kline, Mark Rothko as well as photographers they inspired in the art world. Intermediate to advanced level. Class is limited to DSLR or mirrorless cameras. This class will be taught online via Zoom. All registrations must …
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… Cannas can be described in three words: big, bold, and beautiful. Red Velvet canna lives up to those standards. It can reach 3 feet tall, produces red flowers from summer through fall, and … humidity. Plant 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 bulbs should be dug up in …
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… coral and chocolate brown, from mid-June thru mid-October. The unique color is actually hard to describe. A 2003 All-America Rose Selection, this patented rose was hybridized by Thomas Carruth and introduced by Weeks Roses. It grows up to 4 feet high with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. The disease-resistant, glossy new …
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… and square stems. In a growing season in the Chicago area, gardeners can expect this plant to reach 1 foot in height by 2 feet in width. It attracts butterflies and honeybees, but the … bad-tasting compounds in the leaves deter deer from browsing its blooms. The species is hardy to zone 7 and will not survive winters in Chicago. …
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… 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, upward-pointing needles are an unusual shade of pale blue-gray. The growth rate is very slow, at two to three inches per year, and the branches grow into irregular patterns. Blooms are …
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… The Hedge Maple is native to most of Europe (in Scotland, it is the only native maple) and has been naturalized in North … cultivar is narrower than the species. It will reach the same height (35 feet) but only grow to a width of 20 feet. Its foliage is the same dark green, but its fall color is a bright yellow. …
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… Beautiful five-to-nine- lobed leaves emerge early. The plant grows 18 feet in height with a similar spread. Use … red. The foliage emerges as purple and turns red in the fall. This lovely small tree, native to the Far East, can be grown only in very protected areas if you live in Zone 5. It is an …
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… This North American native can grow up to about 25 feet in height with a spread of 20 feet. It is another "snakebark" maple and has … foliage resembles a goosefoot in shape. It emerges with pink tinges in the spring and matures to a deeper green in summer. It turns bright yellow in the fall. It can tolerate quite a bit of …
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… This is another snake bark maple. It is native to eastern Russia, northeast China and Korea. At maturity it can reach a height of 35 feet and a … While some snake bark maples start losing their stripes as they mature, this maple tends to keep its striping much longer. It prefers dappled shade in moist, well-drained soil. Archived …
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… This upright, multi-stemmed, suckering shrub attains heights of 6 to 10 feet. Renewal pruning will prevent the plant from becoming too leggy. Use this plant in the … fall, red chokeberry has spectacular red leaf color and red berries, bringing fine fall color to the shrub border. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no …
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