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The blooms age beautifully!

Lindera benzoin (spicebush) is a dioecious shrub. That means that a plant either has male or female reproductive organs in an individual plant - not both. So, in order for pollination to occur successfully, both a male and female plant must be planted. This plant is usually not sexed when you purchase it so, to be fairly certain you have both genders, you must purchase at least 3 or 4. I had one shrub for years that always flowered but never fruited. Last year I learned that it was dioecious, so I purchased 3 more. Sure enough - this year there are berries on two of the shrubs!

Fragrant flowers on this hosta!

Spreads politely!

One of the bluest of the lilacs.

Cute plant. Not real showy, but nice foliage and TOUGH as nails. The more I ignore it, the better it does!

This is its 2nd year in the ground from bareroot. Very nice little tree.

Can get late season mildew. If it does, just cut the leaves off and it will be fine. Otherwise, a great plant!

Pretty, but flops without lots of sun.

LOVE this plant. It's so airy and see-through, it just goes anywhere. So delicately PRETTY!

So sweet and so BLUE! Love this plant. And, the foliage does not go dormant in the Chicago area.

This plant is SLOW growing. This is its 3rd year and it's only about 18" high. It does run, though - note the child plant at the left.

They say this plant goes dormant in summer, but mine does not. In fact, it sent up blooms sporadically through June!

Shade and drought tolerant - ALWAYS looks great!

I think the old common ditch lilies are even more beautiful than some of the fancy daylilies!

Full sun is recommended, but I find it grows and blooms in quite a bit of shade. Very mildew resistant.

Spent two years getting its roots down. This is its 3rd year from bareroot and it finally has put on some growth. It's a beauty!

This plant did not bloom until its 3rd year in the ground, but when it did - what a show!

A prolific bloomer and always looks wonderful!