… Turn your food residue into a nutrient rich amendment for all your plantings, both indoors and outdoors. In this class, you will learn how to do vermiculture (composting with worms) in your own home. It’s a simple and efficient way to turn your kitchen waste into an outstanding amendment for your soil or …
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… the subject. Your style can be either loose or detailed. You will explore color, composition, and intention in this class. Prerequisite: Botanical Drawing 1. The School’s CEUs=15 hours A … expressive track Marlene Hill Donnelly, scientific illustrator, Chicago Botanic Garden and The Field Museum Design Studio, Regenstein Center …
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… shiny, mint-scented leaves. A great front-of-the-border plant, calamint is deer resistant and drought tolerant. “It blooms for an incredibly long time and is a favorite of many pollinators. No garden should be without it,” said Jill Selinger, …
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… that is usually killed back to ground level each winter. Plant this butterfly bush in full sun and in moist, well-drained soil in a location in your garden from which you can observe the droves of butterflies and hummingbirds attracted to the honey-scented, nectar-filled flowers. …
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… foliage. The new leaves unfurl from wine-red canes in brilliant stripes of yellow, red, pink and green, all edged in burgundy. Then the flowering stalk rises, opening into the rich golden … grown primarily for its rhizome roots, a food source in the ancient civilizations of Central and South America. …
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… Aechmea 'Frappuccino' is a colorful bromeliad grown for both its foliage and spikes of red flowers that are tipped with yellow. The dark green foliage has silver stripes and a reddish tinge beneath. This plant is propagated by dividing rhizomes, tubers, corms, or …
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… Annual plants reach up to 5 feet in height and are topped by cascading masses of coral colored flowers (bracts) from summer through early … Young leaves can be cooked like greens while the seeds are edible by people, small rodents and songbirds. Makes a statement in the landscape! …
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… equivalent of hummingbirds. The origin of the Aloe genus name is unclear, with Greek and Hebrew allal (bitter) and Arabic alloch (bitter) all contenders. …
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… time in mid-summer. A complex hybrid, in the making for 20 years, this cultivar is sterile and produces no seeds, meaning the life span of each flower is prolonged. It is propagated by tissue culture. For this delphinium, full sun and moderately fertile moisture-retentive acidic pH soils are ideal. …
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… flowering stems will be produced from each bulb. Place the potted bulbs in brightly lit areas, and water once to bring the bulb into growth and then thereafter to prevent wilting. The large flowering stalks lean toward the strongest …
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