… LS4.C, LS4.D Lake investigations (90 minutes) Fall, Spring Students examine water samples from Garden lakes, using observations of biotic and abiotic conditions, chemical tests, and … LS4.C, LS4.D Lake investigations (90 minutes) Fall, Spring Students examine water samples from Garden lakes, using observations of biotic and abiotic conditions, chemical tests, and …
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… like one, too. Male bees land, hoping to mate, only to be fooled into transporting pollen from one flower to another. Ophrys apifera Psychopsis papilio looks like a butterfly, is named … like one, too. Male bees land, hoping to mate, only to be fooled into transporting pollen from one flower to another. Ophrys apifera Psychopsis papilio looks like a butterfly, is named …
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… Japanese Garden: Sansho En. Stop 11: 2.0 mile mark 2.0 mile mark: The gate marks 2.0 miles from the Children's Learning Campus gate. Parking lots and the Visitor Center are ahead. … Japanese Garden: Sansho En. Stop 11: 2.0 mile mark 2.0 mile mark: The gate marks 2.0 miles from the Children's Learning Campus gate. Parking lots and the Visitor Center are ahead. …
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… (OGA), dedicated to developing, selecting, testing, and marketing a diversity of plants from landscape trees to shrubs, perennials, and grasses, all well adapted to midwestern and … (OGA), dedicated to developing, selecting, testing, and marketing a diversity of plants from landscape trees to shrubs, perennials, and grasses, all well adapted to midwestern and …
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… Lightly fragrant trumpet shaped peach flowers edged in yellow appear at four feet in height from the end of June into early July. Plant bulbs among shrubs and perennials that will shade the roots while allowing the stem to receive full sun. Prone to nibbling from rabbits and deer. …
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… for the display gardens. The nursery grows plants to finished size and holds many plants from the greenhouses until they are sent to their intended spot in the Garden. The nursery also … Garden's native habitats, giveaway plants for the Garden's visitor programs, or plants brought from plant collecting expeditions around the world. The bonsai are also housed in the Plant … for the display gardens. The nursery grows plants to finished size and holds many plants from the greenhouses until they are sent to their intended spot in the Garden. The nursery also …
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… (flat-topped clusters of flowers) in winter in the Chicago area. With a native range from Mexico south to Colombia and Venezuela, the flowers can vary from pale yellow through gold, sometimes with a red blotch near the center of the flowers. Grow … the 12-foot-tall plants to a more manageable size during the dormant non-flowering season, from late winter to early spring. …
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… Yang-style tai chi is a beautiful, slow-moving meditation in motion. Move through a selection from the 24 forms and some qi gong. Class level is best for students new to tai chi or the Yang … Burnstein Hall and Nichols Hall, and the outdoor, covered, McGinley Pavilion. Classes held from May through September will take place outdoors whenever possible. Dress for the weather. Classes held from October through April feature indoor classes only. Gordon Lock, instructor Regenstein …
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… Bloodflower ( Asclepias curassavica ) is a nonnative perennial plant from South America that the Chicago Botanic Garden grows from seed and uses as a warm-season annual. It is a member of the milkweed family, which includes … of 'Red Butterfly' are scarlet and the crowns are yellow. Milkweed flowers form seedpods from which seeds with silky hairs are dispersed by wind. Bloodflower is a host plant for monarch …
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… known by its common names of Wood Avens, or Herb Bennet. It grows 1 to 2 feet high and blooms from late May to mid July with small pale yellow flowers. The flowers are singles, measuring1 inch across and facing upward. Hairy stems rise from the basal rosettes of hairy green leaves formed over winter. The species name comes from the Latin word ‘urbanus’ referring to the tendency of the plant to follow people. The hooked …
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