One look at the striking red-purple color of the foliage and you can see why this Dyckia is named Grape Jelly. You can also see why the common name for Dyckias is the sawblade plant. Dyckias are survivors. They're native to arid, rocky terrain high in the mountains of Brazil, so they're very drought tolerant, and more cold tolerant than any other Bromeliad. In fact, they're considered to have the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
Flowering spurge ( Euphorbia corollata) produces so many small, white baby’s breath-like flowers from summer through fall that the plants often tilt to one side. Too much fertilizer encourages the plant to become even more top heavy. As with its relative the poinsettia, the flowers are actually modified leaves; the "real" flowers are small, golden structures in the middle of the white bracts. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
We know spring has arrived in northern climes when we see the cheery yellow blooms of the ubiquitous forsythias in April. Named after William Forsyth, one of the founders of the Royal Horticultural Society in the 18th century, forsythias are medium to large shrubs that produce four- petaled clusters of bell-shaped flowers in the axils of the stiff, rough branches. These Asian shrubs are very …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
We know spring has arrived in northern climes when we see the cheery yellow blooms of the ubiquitous forsythias in April. Named after William Forsyth, one of the founders of the Royal Horticultural Society in the 18th century, forsythias are medium to large shrubs that produce four- petaled clusters of bell-shaped flowers in the axils of the stiff, rough branches. These Asian shrubs are very …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
We know spring has arrived in northern climes when we see the cheery yellow blooms of the ubiquitous forsythias in April. Named after William Forsyth, one of the founders of the Royal Horticultural Society in the 18th century, forsythias are medium to large shrubs that produce four- petaled clusters of bell-shaped flowers in the axils of the stiff, rough branches. These Asian shrubs are very …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
Carnival Candy Apple Alumroot matures to a neat 12 inch by 14 inch mound shape and has foliage colors with an apple red and green theme, with silver accents. Although primarily grown for its decorative foliage, a spike of delicate creamy white flowers appears in early to mid summer, increasing the height to 18 inches and adding interest. Carnival Candy Apple Alumroot is one of a ten Carnival …
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Carnival Watermelon Alumroot is one of ten Carnival Alumroot cultivars with diverse foliage colors, uniform size and good heat tolerance. It matures to a neat 12 inch by 14 inch mounded shape. Carnival Watermelon Alumroot was selected for its wonderful shades of peach, pink and green foliage. Undersides of the leaves contrast with a bright pink. Although primarily grown for its decorative …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
'Half Pint' is a very floriferous formal, decorative dahlia, introduced in 2015. The numerous petals are rich coral-red, with a yellow base, and can measure 5 inches across. The flowers grow on bushy plants with sturdy stems 2 1/2 feet tall, which means staking the flowers should be unnecessary. Wild dahlias are native to Mexico and Central America and have been hybridized into more than 20,000 …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
Deutzia rubens is a white flowering species. The genus Deutzia consists of medium sized flowering shrubs native to Asia, generally with slender stems and a fine-textured arching habit. The clusters of small flowers that appear in spring or early summer are white on most species, but may be pinkish in a few species and cultivars. Deutzias are best used grouped in informal settings as a hedge or …
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Beautybush is an old-fashioned favorite spring-flowering shrub. It has long arching branches weighed down by abundant displays of trumpet-shaped pink flowers in May in the Chicago region. DREAM CATCHER™ was selected for its attractive foliage, pairs of ovate leaves which emerge red, change to orange and then chartreuse. Flower buds are burgundy, opening into pink flowers that flare out into …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
