… Bottlebrush buckeye is native to New York, Pennsylvania and a few states in the Southeast. Requiring a lot of space in the landscape,this shrub grows to 8 to 10 feet in height and has a wide-spreading habit, with thick branches that do not lend themselves to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Soft yellow needles are banded in white, providing contrast with the orange-red bark to create a striking accent in the landscape. Broadly pyramidal, this cultivar will need space in the landscape. Because it has so little chlorophyll in the needles, it is slow growing. Plant …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… cultivar of the common fig is known for being slightly more cold hardy and surviving outdoors in Chicago in protected enviornments. Green to brown fruit will ripen in summer but rarely again in midwinter due to the temperatures outdoors - even in protected …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The flowers of the dwala aloe are produced in multibranched panicles and can come in yellow, orange, coral pink, or red colors. The attractive turquoise-colored leaves take on a pinkish tinge when grown in full sun. Plants can produce large clumps over time in climates where they are hardy outdoors, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Star-of-Bethlehem is a bulb that is native to northern Africa and southern Europe. In late spring and early summer, it bears tall spikes of large (2-inch), white, star-shaped … effect. Overall, the plant is about 2feet tall and about 1foot wide. These bulbs are not hardy in the Chicago area so, they are generally planted in two ways: They can be planted in containers, which can be brought inside to overwinter in a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… thyrsiflora ), a member of the Commelinaceae family, is a tropical plant that resembles ginger in growth and habit but is actually related to the spiderworts (genus Tradescantia ). This … plant is native to the tropical woodlands of North, Central, and South America, especially in the Atlantic forest vegetation in Brazil. It is cultivated for its handsome, spotted stems and large, shiny foliage, which is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… flowers mature to white and take on a pinkish cast with age. Best performance is achieved in partial shaded, moist garden soils. The foliage is persistent in very mild winters but deciduous most years in Chicago. Deer find the flowers and leaves objectionable. Wild collected by Chicago Botanic …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… White 'shasta' daisies in profusion wave in the wafting breezes above the filigreed foliage on this short lived perennial. Plant in perennial borders or flower beds in full sun and moist well drained soils. Allow to reseed to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… several small pots of flowering dwarf iris, crocus and mini-daffodils from the grocery store in February. What do I do with them after they flower? A. These are all hardy bulbs in the Midwest and are normally planted outside in fall to bloom in early spring. This normal cycle of growth is disturbed when they are forced …
Type: Plant Info
… Sand aloe ( Aloe hereroensis ) is an African aloe native to the rocky and sandy soils in dry areas of the Northern Cape and Free State in South Africa, north into Namibia and Angola. A 20-inch-wide, ground-hugging, medium-sized succulent, it usually has only a few rosettes in a clump. Its smooth, pale blue-green leaves curve upward and are flecked with white lines on …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
