… This perennial grows to a height of 3-5 feet in full sun and moist soil conditions. It has tiny flowers in various … seeds airborne. It can be used as a specimen in a border or butterfly garden and is resistant to deer. Swamp milkweed is a native plant found growing through much of eastern and central North …
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… calamint ( Calamintha nepeta 'Montrose White'), a clump-forming hardy perennial that reaches 9 to 12 inches in height and blooms from summer until frost. The crushed leaves have a mint-like fragrance; the flowers attract butterflies, honeybees, and hummingbirds to the garden. Plant lesser calamint, which does not produce viable seeds, in full sun. ‘몽트로즈 …
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… divide after 3-4 years, or whenever the clumps become so congested that the corms are pushed to the surface of the soil. All parts of the plant are toxic and should not be ingested. The … ancient kingdom of Colchis on the Black Sea, currently the modern nation of Georgia, and home to some very ornamental species. …
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… It takes its name from the plantlets that grow from on top of more mature leaves and appear to be piggybacking on them. Cool Green has bright yellowish-green heart-shaped leaves that are covered in tiny hairs. The plant grows to form a mound about eight inches high but extends when each plantlet puts roots down. …
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… Cannas can be described in three words: big, bold, and beautiful. CANNOVA® Lemon lives up to those standards. It can reach 4 feet tall, produces lemon colored flowers from summer through … Plant it in a sunny location in rich, consistently moist soil and remove dead flowers to encourage re-blooming. CANNOVA® Lemon isn’t hardy in the Chicago area; the bulbs should be dug …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… be described in three words: big, bold, and beautiful. Cannova Orange Shades canna lives up to those standards. It can reach 4 feet tall, produces orange colored flowers from summer through … Plant it in a sunny location in rich, consistently moist soil and remove dead flowers to encourage reblooming. Cannova Orange Shades isn’t hardy in the Chicago area; the bulbs should …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Cannas can be described in three words: big, bold, and beautiful. Water canna ‘Erebus’ lives up to those standards. It can reach 5 feet, produces showy salmon-colored blooms from midsummer to fall and has large lance-shaped, gray-green leaves with creamy stripes resembling those of the …
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… Cannas can be described in three words: big, bold, and beautiful. Orange Punch canna lives up to those standards. It can reach 4 feet tall, produces orange flowers with yellow throats from … Plant it 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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… 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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… 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 …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
