… Easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soil in full sun. Tendency to flop is greatly increased by growing this plant in anything less than full sun. Drought tolerant. Cut back plants almost to the ground in early …
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… Iran. It can grow to a height of 20 feet with a spread of 10 feet. The foliage emerges yellow in spring, matures to green by summer and finally turns golden yellow to red in fall. Leaf Yellowish-green flowers bloom in corymbs (to 2"" long) in April ripening to the familiar maple ""whirlybird"" samaras in fall. …
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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 America and New Zealand. It is a slow grower and has deeply fissured, cork-like bark. The leaves have five, blunt, rounded lobes. 'Carnival' is a dwarf cultivar (10 feet in height with a similar spread) with gray- green variegated foliage outlined in white and pink. …
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… Light pink, ping pong ball-sized blooms appear above the twisting green leaves in July on this rhizome-producing (not bulb) ornamental onion. In Chicago-area gardens, the ornamental onions producing rhizomes are better adapted to our heavy soils that often get excessively wet during periodic rainy periods. Plant in full sun in average soils and avoid crowding, shading, or disturbing the plant for several …
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… warm summer weather on this nonhardy, evergreen shrub from Central America. Winter hardy in USDA zones 7 and warmer, it is used as an annual in Chicago-area gardens. Full sun in the hottest microclimates available in your garden and average soils are keys to success in …
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… untoothed, aromatic glossy green leaves. It produces interesting many-petaled, nodding flowers in later May. The cupped flowers have broad outer sepals that are glistening white, sometimes tinged in violet, with a ring of inner petals of yellow with a purple blotch at the base. Originally placed in the genus Sinocalycanthus , this species was been merged with Calycanthus , and it has been …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… and partial sun, especially afternoon shade. Although they are capable of reaching 10-12 feet in height and width in their native environments, in northern climates, when grown in pots they are more likely to reach about 3-4 feet in height. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Hydrangea arborescens is an upright, deciduous shrub that prefers moist, well-drained soils in part shade. ‘Ryan Gainey’ is compact, growing to 3 feet tall and displaying dark green … hydrangea, but ‘Ryan Gainey’ has stronger stems that are less likely to flop. Flowers bloom in June and can last until October. Bloom occurs on new wood, so plants may be pruned back to the ground in late winter. Plant ‘Ryan Gainey’ in masses in the shrub border or use as a specimen in …
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… All Summer Beauty has large mophead flowers which are blue in acid soils and pink in alkaline soils. The mophead inflorescence consists mainly of showy but sterile florets with a sprinkling of fertile florets around the outside. It grows 3 to 4 feet tall, blooming in June until fall with bright green foliage. It blooms in mid summer on new wood, and later in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ovate and toothed and maintain their color throughout the season. Pale pink flowers appear in small clusters in late April. It is best grown in moist, organically rich, well-drained soils in full sun. It tolerates part shade, but best …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
