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  • Summer Succulent Centerpiece Workshop
    … succulents with different colors and growth patterns. Live houseplants are the perfect way to bring the spirit of summer into your home year-round.  Joe Huttner, assistant horticulturist, …
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  • Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora 'George Davidson'
    … the Chicago area. It can reach a height of 24 inches with an 18-inch spread. It blooms in mid to late summer with arching stems of bright yellow flowers. It is not fussy about soil type or …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Digitalis x valinii 'Takforugl'
    … qualities. Plant this foxglove in partial shade and in moist, well-drained soils; mulch to retain soil moisture. All parts of the plants contain cardiac glycosides and other bio-active …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Cleome hassleriana 'Clio Magenta'
    … in full sun and in average soil after the danger of late frosts has passed; water sufficiently to establish the root system and thereafter during periods of drought; it's rabbit and deer …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Crataegus aprica
    … reach a height of 20 feet. In spring, fragrant white flowers bloom in clusters and give way to fruits that ripen in fall and remain throughout the winter. Birds find these attractive. In …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Celosia argentea var. cristata 'Twisted Yellow'
    … Yellow' in full sun after the danger of late frosts has passed in average soils and water to establish the root system and thereafter only during periods of drought. This plant is pest …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Cephalanthus occidentalis 'SMCOSS'
    … Sugar Shack™ buttonbush is a compact form of buttonbush growing to only about 4 feet high and wide. It requires consistently moist soils so is useful in wet …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Chionanthus retusus 'Tokyo Tower'
    … contrasting nicely with the golden yellow fall color. With age, the bark on the trunk begins to exfoliate, revealing contrasting tan and gold colors. Plant 'Tokyo Tower' in full sun and in …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Euphorbia palustris 'Walenburg's Glorie'
    … Fall color is reddish. Tolerant of heavier wet soils, this is a hardy perennial adapted to most Chicago are garden soils. Don't let dry out during periods of drought. The milky sap …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Erythronium hendersonii
    … Henderson's Fawn Lily is native to Oregon and northern California.  It blooms with nodding, pink-lavender flowers in mid-spring …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant