… to 7 feet from September to frost. It is native to elevations between 4,000 and 5,000 feet in the Sierra Madre Oriental mountains in Mexico. This selection comes to us from Tony Avent of Plant Delights Nursery. Avent's sense of humor is well-known in the plant community, as evidenced by the cultivar name. The genus Salvia comes from the Latin …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Golden weeping willow 'Tristis' can grow to 75’ in height. Pendulous golden branchlets hang toward the ground, giving the tree its common name. … tree (a male and female are needed to produce fruit). It has non-showy catkins appearing in April-May and undistinguished yellow fall color. The narrow, finely-toothed leaves are green above and white-silky beneath. It can grow in full sun to partial shade in moist, fertile soil. Members of the genus Salix are commonly …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This is a Caribbean cultivar, Kashee, highly valued in Saint Vincent for cooking. Through genetic, historical, and morphological data, we were able … Puero, which has the same distinct spiky skin. Breadfruit If you visit almost any island in the Caribbean, you will likely come across a tree with big, glossy dark-green dissected leaves … The story of breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) is tied to the infamous mutiny on the HMS Bounty in 1789—a failed attempt to introduce seedless breadfruit to the Caribbean. The Bounty’s captain, …
Type: Blog
… Birds, berries, branches, and bark. Shadows and frost. Interesting seedpods, patches of moss in the woods, lichen, snow-covered evergreens, and much more. Winter at the Garden offers a … well as the small, interesting details up close. "Sometimes you have to work a little harder in the winter to find a suitable subject,” says Jack Carlson, who teaches photography classes at … “I like the challenge.” View Classes Carlson’s Outdoor Photo Tips Light Controlling light in photography is important. “Often the snow looks gray or blue in winter photos; this is because …
Type: Plant Info
… Description: One of the earliest nesting species in our region, this grassland species is most often seen flying over in spring, but occasionally lands in the Dixon Prairie. …
Type: Birding
… Description: One of the smallest owls at the Garden, this elusive bird nests in holes in trees trees and bird houses. It may be found in wooded areas. …
Type: Birding
… Description: A common migrant in many habitats at the Garden, this ground-feeding bird will often be found low in the shrubs or scratching in the soil for seeds. …
Type: Birding
… This round perennial grows to a height of 59 inches in full sun and moderate moisture conditions. It has pink blooms in July and August and belongs in a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… this plant before the seeds are dispersed (toward the end of October) to prevent reseeding in their gardens. This native perennial grows well in full sun, tolerates some shade, and can thrive in moderate to slightly dry soils. Butterflies, bees, wasps, and moths all cover this plant when …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Green antelopehorn, or spider milkweed, grows in pine woods, dry fields, and roadsides in southern parts of the United States. Each 18-inch stalk is topped by a large umbel of flowers. … are slightly cupped forward. Five spoon-shaped pink to purple petals with white spots nestle in the center. In late summer to fall, narrow, 4-inch long, curved follicles (seedpods) form and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
