… This pyramidal evergreen conifer needs full sun and moderate moisture conditions to reach a height of about 2 feet. It is a specimen in a border and is resistant to deer. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no …
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… This round evergreen conifer needs full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions to reach a height of 4 feet. It is a specimen and is resistant to deer. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no …
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… This is a wilt-resistant variety with a gardenia-like fragrance. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… to show us the process. Note that you should wait until a hard frost before digging them up for storage. Dahlias , which grow from small tubers planted in the spring, are one of my favorite annuals. You might have seen them this summer at the Chicago Botanic Garden in the Crescent Garden, Circle Garden, or Thomas … I dampened them too much) if I cleaned them thoroughly of soil before storing. My solution is to leave soil around the tubers (whatever sticks there) and place them in a paper grocery …
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… What an amazing plant science moment occurred in the Semitropical Greenhouse this morning, as a fascinated crowd gathered to see what was happening with Spike, the titan … determined that Spike had run out of the energy it needed to continue its bloom cycle. Spike is powered by energy from the sun, stored in its beach-ball-sized corm—a tuber-like underground … the floriculturist who had raised Spike from a seed, peeked inside the frilly spathe to check for pollen. “If there had been pollen, it would have been all over my hand,” Still said. Pollen’s …
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… This clumping perennial grows to a height of about 1 foot with partial shade to full shade and … conditions. In May and June it produces showy, coppery, orange-red and yellow blooms. This is a ground cover or an understory and is resistant to deer. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no …
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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 … blue green highlights. 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, …
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… This pyramidal tree is a deciduous conifer and needs full sun and moderate to moist soil conditions to reach a height of 20 feet. It is a specimen and resistant to deer. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… This low-growing evergreen shrub needs full sun and moderate soil conditions to reach a maximum height of 6 inches. It is a specimen as a ground cover and is resistant to deer. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no …
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… This low-growing evergreen shrub needs full sun and moderate moisture conditions to reach a maximum height of 1 foot. It is a specimen as a ground cover and is resistant to deer. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no …
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