… to practice boxwood blight cleanliness programs to ensure the plants they sell are disease free. Here at the Chicago Botanic Garden, we are developing protocol to monitor incoming plants and to monitor our existing collection. Boxwood blight photo by David L. Clement, University of … Maryland, Bugwood.org Boxwood blight photo by Mary Ann Hansen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org Boxwood blight photo by Mary Ann Hansen, Virginia Polytechnic …
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… the Chicago Botanic Garden this summer. The prominent display on Bird Island prompts questions and reflection from the outset. That reaction is at the heart of the art installation Of Earth and Sky , created by poet Keli Stewart and artist Luke Jerram for Flourish: The Garden at 50 , … people do, and what we hope neighborhoods will do—flourish and thrive,” Stewart said. “It all points to the cultivation of a neighborhood, a space, that the youth will inherit. Thinking about …
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… grandiflorum , a woodland wildflower beloved by conservationists, gardeners, schoolchildren, and white-tailed deer. Also known as white wake-robin, snow trillium, trinity flower, or … large-flowered trillium, it is easily recognizable by its waxy white flower with three petals and three sepals, blooming atop a single stalk arising from a whorl of three deep green leaves. … ages, the white, wavy-edged flowers will often fade to pale rose. A member of the lily family and native to eastern, southeastern, and midwestern states, trillium grows happily in heavily …
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… Cindy 'Pinky Lee'), an Oncidium -type hybrid orchid, is a cross between Miltonia 'My Clown' and Oncidium Shonan 'Pinky'. It is one of the few pink-blooming oncidinae with amazing, relatively large mottled blossoms. The beautiful colors range from shades of pink and lavender to purple and red, with some yellow in the center. The matte flowers have purple sepals and mottled petals …
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… orchids. The genus consists of grandparents from Brassovola , Cattleya , Laelia , and Sophronitis . These varieties seem well suited for home culture, due to hybridization and their small size. It can easily be imagined that a combination of desirable qualities from a hybrid would be an outstandingly handsome thing, and many lovely combinations do occur in Potinara crosses. The beautifully colored Cameron's …
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… the subspecies rosea is found. The flower spikes can produce flowers for up to three months, and each of the flowers smells like chocolate. This species requires very bright light whether … prefers a moist, humid growing environment, but in the winter the watering should be reduced and diurnal — the difference between night and day low temperatures —with temperature fluctuations of 10 degrees F. to initiate flower …
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… This epiphytic (grows on the branches and trunks of trees) orchid species bears small, delicate white flowers with long, curved nectar … continuous bloom for up to two months. They are relatively easy to grow, given medium light and temperatures to 60 degrees Fahrenheit at night and daytime temperatures in the mid-70s. A famous native of Japan, Neofinetia falcata was the …
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… A misunderstood plant flaunts its fall beauty. Mention poison ivy and you will hear a few choice words. But come fall, poison ivy practically begs us to love it. … leaves are some of the first to turn colors, from green to brilliant shades of red, yellow, and orange. If you spot its vibrant fall beauty on a Chicago Botanic Garden trail, don’t be fooled. Poison ivy is toxic all year round, and you could still get a rash from exposure to it. Like thorns on roses, poison ivy is …
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… chinensis . Hybridizers recognized the intriguing qualities of these small-flowered plants and refined them to the point where they bloom in all the colors and combinations of their large-flowering relatives. Some are fragrant; most are repeat bloomers; and they are quite winter hardy, since they’re grown on their own rootstocks. But perhaps what …
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… From left: Smith, Willingham, and Coleman at Windy City Harvest’s Legends Farm, where they each have Incubator plots. Natasha … Corps program because he needed a job—then from day one, he fell in love with “how resilient and amazing nature is.” Clarence Smith’s family has farmed for generations in Michigan and … tastes different because it doesn’t have any pesticides, it’s organically grown and chemical-free. It makes a big difference." In the name of keeping their food local, Smith is constantly …
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