Japanese Plum Yew reminds the grower of Taxus spp. in form and appearance, but needs more aggressive pruning to stay dense. They are far more deer resistant and adapted to warmer, more humid climates than Taxus, however. ‘Prostrata’ is a low growing spreading male form, useful as a woody groundcover.
Read More...Japanese Plum Yew reminds the grower of Taxus spp. in form and appearance, but needs more aggressive pruning to stay dense. They are far more deer resistant and adapted to warmer, more humid climates than Taxus, however. ‘Duke Gardens’ was discovered at its namesake in 1958 as a sport off of the much more upright […]
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Fox Valley® is a deciduous, low-branched, intermediate river birch selection with a uniform broad-pyramidal to broad-rounded habit. No catkins or seed are produced. This plant was chosen for the Chicagoland Grows® Plant Collection because it has a novel habit and beautiful garden silhouette. It is an excellent alternative to other intermediate-sized ornamental trees in the […]
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A compact grower, whose apple green, lace-edged flowers open with a tinge of red becoming all red. The flowers age to green with red highlights.
Read More...Karen is an attractive, very hardy, semi-evergreen azalea with lavender-purple flowers. Foliage turns burgundy in the fall.
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Very slow growing, Turkish Fir tolerates heat and wet soil better than other firs. Glossy, Dark Green foliage makes this a stunning addition.
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Admiration is aptly named. A winner of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Award of Garden Merit that is an eye-catcher. Its brilliant orange and coral red leaves edged in yellow and cream scream at you for attention. Tight inter-nodes keep it very compact and to date no flowers have been observed making it essentially sterile. […]
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Five-fingered aralia, although a member of the aralia family is not in the genus Aralia. is an erect, upright shrub with arching branches that flop over. Can be severely pruned; easy to transplant and adapts to poor growing conditions; tends to sucker. Tolerates shearing well. It root-suckers readily. It tolerates full sun to shade; prefers well-drained […]
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