… garden. What can I plant in March? A. It’s not too early to select and purchase onion sets for late March planting. Onion sets are available at some garden centers and by mail order. If you order from catalogs, the varieties ‘Ebenezer’ and ‘Golden Globe’ are recommended for Illinois. Sets may be planted in early spring as soon as the soil is dry enough to work. For green onions, the sets should be placed upright about 1 inch apart and about 3 to 4 inches …
Type: Plant Info
… Bank. The Garden’s Dixon National Tallgrass Prairie Seed Bank—part of the Negaunee Institute for Plant Conservation Science and Action—provides long-term storage for more than 4,200 seed collections from 1,800 species of plants native to the tallgrass … important to Midwest habitat restoration efforts. The Garden also works with the Center for Plant Conservation to preserve seeds from 11 of the rarest species in the Upper Midwest. …
Type: Research
… Green lawns can also be "green" (as in ecofriendly) lawns. In fact, some of the best tips for lawn care actually reduce our carbon footprint. For example, watering and mowing less often generally is more beneficial for grass. Tom Tiddens, plant health care supervisor at the Chicago Botanic Garden, oversees the …
Type: Plant Info
… “I love it for its fine-textured, low-mounding habit, its late-summer flowers that are fragrant, like cilantro—very unusual for a grass—and its orange-tinged fall color,” says Dr. James Ault, director of ornamental plant …
Type: Plant Info
… ginger makes a striking, shining ground cover or border plant in shady gardens. It is grown for its foliage, because its flowers are insignificant. It spreads by rhizomes and is semi-evergreen during winter. It is an elegant ground cover for shady gardens. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… America. Silky Scarlet bloodflower ( Asclepias curassavica 'Silky Scarlet') is a great plant for color in the landscape from mid-summer through fall. Butterflies attracted to the nectar will lay their eggs on the foliage for their larvae to eat. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… scene with intricately-shaped lavender flowers above bronze-tinted new foliage. Selected for cultivation by noted German plantsman, Ernst Pagels, this low-growing, hardy ground cover is perfect for shady locations. Once established (after 2 to 3 years), Epimedium grandiflorum 'Lilafee' can …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… example of perfectly hardy trees that only survived the last Ice Age in the Deep South. Makes for an excellent tree for urban soils with poor aeriation. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… more common. That's when Illinois was covered with pasture land. This nocturnal owl is known for its heart-shaped face, and its acute listening skills come in handy for hunting small mammals on the ground. …
Type: Birding
… to set their flower buds. Their size, and this chilling requirement, make them a challenge for home owners to re-flower however the plants themselves can live for decades. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
