… in his Species Plantarum. He invoked the legend of Venus’s slipper: the story says that Venus and Adonis were out hunting when a storm forced them to take shelter. Love ensued. Afterward, … packed a lot of meaning into one name: Cypripedium combines Cyprus (Venus’s sacred island) and pedilon or slipper; calceolus means little shoe. …
Type: Plant Info
… of species to cultivated hybrids. Individual orchids in 128 classes will vie for red, white, and blue ribbons. Twenty-five entries will receive “best of class” green ribbons, and the best-appointed plant in the show will receive the Chicago Horticultural Society Award …
Type: Event for Calendar
… This is a cultivar of the English hybrid of Buddleja alternifolia and Buddleja crispa raised by Mr. A. V. Pike at Hever Garden, Kent. It grows to a maximum height … panicles of lilac-mauve flowers with orange throats. They appear in mid to late summer and attract lots of butterflies. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… it's cartoon namesake, this mum is tough with strong stems that hold up well in heavy rains and high winds. Double orange flowers with a greenish-bronze eye begin early in the season (late August) and continue to the end of October (or later - depending on first date of hard freeze). Plant …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This nonhardy bulb can be grown in either moderately moist to very moist soils in full sun and moderate fertility. In the Chicago region, this plant is not susceptible to some of the foliar pests found in warmer climates. Lift the tubers in fall after the first hard frost and store in a cool, dry environment nestled in wood shavings over the winter. Plant them out in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… annual from Opopeo, Mexico can be used as a taller component at the back of the flower border and/or as a leaf vegetable (young leaves) or seeds for grinding into flour (fall) or all of the … requirements. May need staking or some other support if planted in windy locations. Deer and rabbits love the tender young leaves. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… New growth is a contrasting shade of mint green. The form is rather irregular when young, and when older will tend to have a flat top. After ten years it can be expected to reach four feet tall and five or six feet wide. White firs are the most tolerant of the firs with growing conditions …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… a few weeks longer than smaller varieties to bloom. Dahlias are not hardy in the Chicago area, and must be dug up, cleaned, and stored over winter in a cool dry place. Plant this dahlia in spring when danger of frost is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… in the genus Lonicera. They can be recognized the opposite, toothed leaves along slender twigs and clusters of tubular yellow flowers with long stamens and pistils protruding from the flowers. The fruit is a dry capsule with long filaments. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… resulting in a large shrub (versus a medium-sized tree for the straight species). Compare and contrast the very succulent-appearing Jatropha podagricea in the Arid Greenhouse with this … family, this plant's sap contains a white latex substance that is a skin irritant and can be poisonous if swallowed. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
