… The Staghorn or Elkhorn fern is native to the tropical rainforests of South East Asia, Polynesia and Australia where it grows … plant can reach 2-3 feet in height and width. A warm humid environment with filtered light is necessary for successfully growing these epiphytic ferns. In home gardens it is commonly grown by tying the crown to a board or planting in an epiphytic potting mix. While …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… take a closer look at the leaves and notice that they look like a little ladder. This plant is often called Jacob's Ladder like the stairway to heaven described in the Bible. Heaven Scent Jacob's Ladder is a cross between the American native and the Japanese polemonium. Reddish fern-like leaves … flowers have faded the leaves become green and take on the fine-leaved ladder-like form that is almost fern-like. This plant likes many of the same conditions as ferns including humus-rich …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This broadleaf evergreen selection grows 6 feet in height and is a hybrid of two Asian species. New growth that appears in spring is deep red before it fades to a dark, shiny green. An abundance of tiny, white urn-shaped flowers hang above the leaves in 4- to 6-racemes in April. If spring is cool, they will last for a few weeks. The buds are formed the previous fall, staying tightly …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Weigela florida ‘Pink Princess’ is a 6-to-9-foot shrub that, in May and June, is covered with lavender-pink flowers that hummingbirds find irresistible. Flowers are produced … so any pruning to keep the shrub within bounds needs to be done immediately after flowering is complete. 'Pink Princess' has no fall color or ornamental fruit to speak of; this shrub …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… <p>Even though the flowers are yellow and the foliage is deep green, <em>Sedum</em> kampschaticum is commonly known as orange stonecrop. That’s because the long-lasting yellow flowers age to russet, and the foliage is tinged with red once the weather turns colder. It’s native to the Kamchatka peninsula in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Senecio stellata ‘Giovanna’s Select’ is a seed strain featuring purple, blue, and blue-purple flowers on 3 feet tall plants that thrive under cool, moist, shady conditions. This species is an annual in the Chicago area but is perennial in USDA zones 9 to 10. Free of most insect and diseases (botrytis on the petals in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Simmondsia chinensis , or jojoba, is native to the southwest desert and is best known for jojoba oil, a very long, straight chain wax that has more in common with whale oil than with more traditional vegetable oils. This wax is used in cosmetics and has potential for use as biodiesel fuel for automobiles as well as in a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: This cryptic bird is most often seen in large flocks during fall migration, flying erratically while catching insects. A member of the goat-sucker family, it is less likely to be seen when perched. …
Type: Birding
… This is an early, large-flowered climber that produces single, large, rich purple flowers with silver undersides and red anthers. It is attractive on pergolas where the underside of the leaves can be seen. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… It has pink flowers that attract butterflies in May and June, followed by edible red fruit. It is a specimen tree that is attractive to birds. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
