… long and passionate love affair with gardening has exerted an enormous influence on the way Americans garden today. A walk through the Helen and Richard Thomas English Walled Garden’s … a walk through the history of English gardening. It is also an ideal opportunity for visitors to fill their own gardening dreams with beautifully inspired ideas. A Series of Garden Rooms … bluestone surrounds, and in the familiar pepper pot hideaways that offer one of the best views in the entire Garden. The Formal Checkerboard Garden The Checkerboard Garden …
Type: Walks
… Vernal or Ozark witch hazels, although native from Missouri to Texas, are fully hardy in the Chicago area and are a welcome harbinger of spring. These are … of three or four. The petals unfurl late in winter or early spring as soon as temperatures get above 40 degrees. If temperatures go below freezing, they curl up again. As the leaves … by inconspicuous woody seed capsules. AUTUMN EMBERS™ was selected by Klehm Nursery for its particularly intense burgundy fall color. These shrubs are maintenance free, with no …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… pear, waterlily, and jack-in-the-pulpit—and learn a bit about paper engineering along the way. No experience is necessary, but bookbinding or paper craft skills will speed your progress. …
Type: Item Detail
… Large green leaves only give away the genus by the unique way they are clustered at the nodes on the upright stem. This distinctly upright prayer plant is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… family) with pendulous racemes featuring soft yellow bracts surrounding creamy white flowers. Best grown in a large container and trained upon a scaffolding so the 2- to 4-foot long cascades of flowers can be shown off to best effect. The common name celebrates the world famous Nong Nooch Botanic Garden in Pattaya, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Hundreds of small, single yellow-marigold blossoms cover this annual from summer up to the first hard frost of fall. The finely dissected, lacy foliage provides a fine texture for the landscape. Deadhead (remove old flowers) to encourage additional blooms. Flowers can be … Plant 'Lemon Gem' in full sun and in average soil, and provide moderate fertilization for best results. This plant attracts nectar-feeding insects during the growing season, and the seeds …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Q: There are so many beautiful varieties of mums at this time of year. They are supposed to be perennial, but I lose them over the winter. Is there a trick to get mum plants to overwinter? A: Hardy mums ( Dendranthema , formerly Chrysanthemum ) come in … or cool basements and plant them in the spring. Allowing dead flowers and stems to remain for the winter to collect plant debris will help insulate the roots. Dead stems should be …
Type: Plant Info
… The Rantings & Ravings of a Pruning Freak “When’s the best time to prune?” “Anytime!” It doesn’t matter what season you’re in because there’s always something … or just realizing that, “Hey! This stuff actually grows in the shade!” These elements get stored in your mind — adding up to what you would want your garden to look like or feel like. …
Type: Plant Info
… The Calandiva series of kalanchoes have been bred to sustain year-round flowering on compact, well-branched plants. This cultivar features single, dark red flowers. Like other succulents, it is best grown in full sun and in moderately dry soil to maintain a compact growth habit. Plants grown in partial sun to low light etiolate (stretch) but will survive for an extended period of time if they are not overwatered; however, flowering is reduced. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This Celosia was bred to continue flowering even during the hottest summer days; a significant improvement over earlier cultivars. Dark purple, feathered plumes arise above the green foliage from June to the first frost of fall. Plant 'Dark Purple' in full sun and in average soils, and water it to get the root system established; then only water it during periods of drought or when the leaves …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
