… derived from the leaves which will leave an unpleasant odor if handled. It bears clusters of one inch bell-shaped flowers that are pale green edged in dark red. Hellebores prefer cool moist …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Prima is a crisp textured, tart apple primarily used for eating fresh. This cultivar is one of many developed by PRI, a disease resistant apple breeding program, which is a cooperative …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The first species was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. The genus Mammillaria is currently one of the largest in the cactus family, with 171 known species and varieties. This amazing …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… injury was observed, it maintained a good form throughout the trial. Overall it was rated one of the top beebalms for Chicagoland conditions, receiving a good to excellent performance …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… are 3 to 6 inches on stems that stand 3 feet tall in late spring to early summer. This is one of the taller Asiatic hybrids. Asiatic hybrids are the easiest lilies to grow, are quite …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
‘Ruby’ typically grows 8 to 10 ft. tall and 8 ft wide. It has large, 10 inch long conical flowerheads which contain a mixture of showy but sterile flowers and smaller, fertile but nonshowy ones. The flowers emerge white in July, and turn pink as they mature, and then a deeper pinkish red as they age. With new flowers continually emerging at the tip of the cone, the flowerheads are a lovely blend …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
Hydrangea paniculata ‘SMHPFL’ is sold under the trademark name ‘FIRE LIGHT™’ This is a small shrub typically 4-6 ft. high with a spread of 4-6 ft. The large, conical flowerheads, which measure 12 to 16 inches, include a mixture of showy but sterile florets together with smaller, fertile but non-showy ones. The flowers emerge white and turn light pink, then a deeper pink as they mature. With …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… adapts well to the alkaline soil and frigid winters of the Midwest. It branches and matures at one half to two thirds the size of a typical Viburnum carlesii plant, reaching 4 feet tall by 5 …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… McDonald Woods nature trail. This hundred-acre oak woodland, on the east side of the road, is one of four natural areas in the Garden (the other three are the prairie, lakes, and Skokie River …
Type: Walks
… means that the pollen has a greater chance of reaching the stigma for proper pollination. One mason bee can pollinate as many flowers as 100 honeybees. Mason bees pollinate a wide variety … are interested in growing fruit trees and vegetables in your yard, you may want to attract and support more mason bees. Are you avoiding bees because they sting? Another reason to invite mason … available at big-box stores and lumberyards. Ask them to cut blocks to length with an angle at one end for the roof. Unless you’re talking nectar, bees aren’t fussy. They want shelter from the …
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