… conditions. Its white blooms from March through June are followed by edible purple fruit. It is a specimen and is attractive to birds. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… soil conditions. From May through August it has pink blooms that attract butterflies. It is a ground cover that is resistant to deer. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… Queen of Diamonds Culver's Root is a form of a native American perennial that grows in forests, meadows, and prairies throughout the Midwest. It is currently undergoing evaluation at the Chicago botanic Garden for suitability in local gardens. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: This flycatcher is a breeding species that is most often found calling from willow thickets around the Dixon Prairie. …
Type: Birding
… This is a heirloom cultivar. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This blackberry is thornless. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This blackberry is thornless. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… consider constructing a raised bed outlined with durable, untreated lumber. The boxed bed is then filled with a perfect, lightweight mix of topsoil, compost, and leaf mold. Other … veggies and herbs can use this same mix for their pots. Any gardener who suspects the soil is contaminated should have a soil test taken prior to growing edible plants. This is best done when the soil temperature is above 50 degrees. …
Type: Plant Info
… Iris cristata ‘Alba’ is a white variety of Iris cristata with gold crests on the falls. This is a dwarf iris standing only 6 inches high and is found in floodplains from Maryland to Oklahoma. It thrives in shade, spreads rapidly, and is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Iris graminea is a reddish-purple beardless iris with purple standards, purple style arms, and violet falls … stand 8 to18 inches high, each bearing 2 buds in June. It has a sweet plum-like fragrance and is sometimes called the plum-scented iris. The foliage is grass like, forming clumps which may partially hide the flowers. In 1994 the Royal …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
