… Mexican bush sage has been used in our autumn landscapes for several years. Although it is a shrubby perennial of coniferous forests in Mexico, the Garden uses it in annual displays in September to November, when it is covered by hundreds of attractive flower …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… is a hardy member of the Aroid (philodendron) family, which produces spikes of green flowers in late summer. This cultivar is named for the hometown of We-Du Nursery in South Carolina, where this sterile cultivar was created. Plant Polly Spout in shade or woodland gardens for the textural effects of the deeply divided green leaves that …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… is a hardy member of the aroid (philodendron family) that produces spikes of green flowers in late summer. This cultivar was named to honor the home town of We-Du Nursery in South Carolina where this sterile cultivar was created. Plant in shade or woodland gardens for the textural effects of the deeply divided green leaves that …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… bald cypress reaches a mature height of 50' to 70'. Its feathery green leaves are yellow-green in spring, a soft sage green in summer and finally a rich brown in fall. This large specimen deserves a place of prominence in the landscape. Another attractive …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… humidity and drought tolerant perennial that produces blue flowers from August through October in the Chicago area. This plant thrives in sunny conditions in soils that stay on the moist side and will reach 5’ in height. Not bothered by insects or …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… dwarfed mounded foliage throughout spring and into early summer. The flowers open first thing in the morning and close up by the end of day and attract a number of pollinators to the garden. Plant in containers or directly in the garden in full sun. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Flowers with fragrance redolent of ripe apricots in yellow to apricot color appear on this non-hardy small tree in the Passionflower family. Native to Central America, populations vary in the flower color. Large blooms up to eight and a half inches in diameter. A dry period is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Rhododendron 'Milestone' features red-pink flowers in large trusses in mid-May. It was developed by the Weston Nursery of Hopkinton, Massachusetts, to meet the need for rhododendrons hardy in the harsh New England climate. Slow growing, over ten years it will reach 3 feet in height and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… these and other waders were hunted for their feathery plumes that women wore in their hats. Since then, the great egret, standing more than 3 feet tall with a nearly 5-foot wing span, has become the symbol for the National Audubon Society, founded in part to stop these birds from being killed to extinction. Great egrets spend winter as far south as the West Indies, Central America, and South America. In spring, they migrate in small flocks during the day, eventually choosing a place farther north …
Type: Birding
… Description: These bright yellow "wild canaries" can be found in the Dixon Prairie and elsewhere. In their greenish winter plumage, this small, common finch can be found with flocks of siskins and redpolls in birches and alder or at bird feeders. On any day of the year at the Garden, you might hear the …
Type: Birding
