… the critically endangered and federally listed rusty patch bumble bee (Bombus affinis) foraging at flowers at the Rogers Park Metra station in Chicago. Gruver’s unexpected observation …
Type: Research
… Once hummingbirds find their favorite plants in your garden, they will spend days there foraging for food. In early May, before many annuals are in full bloom, gardeners can establish …
Type: Plant Info
… palette, you’ll be more successful. Choose a color and let it guide the process.” Backyard Foraging Don’t overlook your garden for sources of seed heads, pods, dried leaves, and colorful …
Type: Plant Info
… and feed birds throughout the winter. Dawn and dusk are the two most active periods for bird foraging. There are many different food combinations that attract different types of birds. Beef …
Type: Plant Info
… Have you noticed anyone foraging mushrooms lately? Building campfires? Baking bread? In these disorienting times, there’s …
Type: Blog
… on their abdomens, will attack other males who come in the vicinity of the female when she is foraging for nectar. Just opening on the gravel hill prairie is the pale coneflower (Echinacea …
Type: Blog
Ring in the holidays with an idea that smart gardeners can appreciate: do-it-yourself wreaths made from dried and everlasting plant materials. The Garden’s own “Martha,” program horticulturist Nancy Clifton, made several of the wreaths in Krehbiel Gallery and offers up three basic ideas for a single-subject wreath. Forage collection Forage in your yard and neighborhood all year long. …
Type: Plant Info
… (Monarda fistulosa). Photo credit: Nick Dorian. Golden northern bumble bees (Bombus fervidus) foraging on native field thistle (Cirsium discolor). Photo credit: Nick Dorian. Habitat Helper …
Type: Plant Info
Susceptible Plants Trees, shrubs, turf grasses and other grassy plants. Description & Symptoms Voles are tiny, mouselike rodents with stocky bodies and short legs and tails. They weigh only 1 to 2 ounces. Voles eat mainly the leaves and stems of grassy plants although they will eat other vegetation and fruit. They also eat the bark of trees and shrubs during the winter. Timing & Life Cycle Voles …
Type: Plant Info
… a dedicated area for cut flowers, you may be growing other plants that are suitable. Go foraging for flowers in your garden. Do you have shrub roses? You could float one flower in an …
Type: Plant Info
