… and powdery mildew.>/p> Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… completely dry on hummocks. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… in moderately moist soils. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… average, well-drained soil. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… also find it irresistible. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… part shade, or full shade. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… repels deer and rabbits. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… At the Garden, peak fall color emerges around mid-October. This year’s fall color show is not a drastic change, but the colors are a little “off,” according to Boyce Tankersley, … “The progression of species looks about right this year, but the quality of the experience is a little ‘off,’” Tankersley said. “For instance, the cherry [tree] outside my office—in a good year—is a mass of light yellow leaves. This year, some leaves have already dropped, some are the light …
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… saving our special discovery for last. I got everyone’s attention and announced, “This is extremely rare! As a butterfly wrangler, I have released many thousands of butterflies, but this is the one and only butterfly that is literally half male and half female!” The visitors were fascinated by the lacewing, which sat …
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… at the Garden, you can find examples of this everywhere. The milkweed in the Dixon Prairie is a favorite meal of the monarch butterfly. In the Bernice E. Lavin Plant Evaluation Garden, … food to all kinds of wildlife like birds, insects, and mammals, having a set of diverse plants is crucial to helping create diverse wildlife for a flourishing ecosystem. Managing our natural areas so they support diverse native plants is a priority of the Garden’s ecologists, who appreciate this important connection between plants …
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