… The Pyrenees Star of Bethlehem is a native of rocky mountain hillsides from the Pyrenees in Spain right across southern Europe to Turkey and the Caucasus mountains. It is also known as … flower spikes are edible and the plant was cultivated for this purpose near the city of Bath in England. It has six-petaled yellowish-green star-shaped flowers that appear in showy 1 foot tall flower spikes in May and June. The common name is after the star of …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… reaching a final height and width of about 5 feet. White Lights is completely smothered in pinkish-white fragrant blossoms in mid-spring. Like most azaleas, it prefers a partly shaded site, with protection from afternoon … well-drained, but consistently moist soil and will demonstrate chlorosis (leaf yellowing) in alkaline soils. Prune immediately after flowering and mulch the root zone in the fall for …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Rosa rubiginosa , commonly known as the sweet briar or eglantine rose, grows wild in Europe, North Africa, and western Asia, with sweetly perfumed single white or pink flowers … east of the Regenstein Center has a very showy crop of hips that catch the eye from a distance in the dead of winter. No one knows for sure which species of rose that Sargon, King of Sumer, brought to his capital of Ur in Chaldea in 2350 B.C., but roses are among the oldest plants grown in gardens. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… EASY ELEGANCE® My Girl can be a reliable, season-long shot of bright pink in a mixed border, or a a carpet of color in larger spaces. The ruffly roses are quite double (petal count 28 - 30) and borne in clusters of 5 to 30 buds. In addition, as part of the EASY ELEGANCE® series, she's bred to be …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… or mostly bright red. This tree is descended from a Bartlett pear tree that was found in Australia in the 1950s to have red fruit. Bartlett Red Sensation can reach heights of up to 25 feet in height and widths of 10 to 25 feet. In the spring it bears white blossoms, and in the late …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Bright-red double flowers up to 4 inches in diameter are features of Rosa ‘Hi, Neighbor’, a hardy, disease-resistant grandiflora rose created by the Buck Rose breeding program in Iowa. Glossy green foliage covers this shrub that can reach 4 feet by 4 feet in size. It is very hardy, with survival documented at minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit. This rose …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… for its striking green and white variegated leaves, it also puts forth flowering stalks in the spring and summer. Buds, protected with showy orange calyxes, open to display white blooms. This stromanthe, just introduced to the gardening world in 2013, is named after Charlie McDaniel, a Florida teacher and avid horticulturalist who had it in his own collection. To this day, we don't know whether he collected it in Brazil or it turned …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Milka New England aster Symphyotrichum 'Milka') is hardy in the Chicago area and is grown for the lavender-purple flowers that cover the plant during autumn. It is insect- and disease-resistant when grown in full sun with open space between plants. First used in flower beds at the Chicago Botanic Garden in 2003, this was one of a wave of new aster hybrids …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… is a deciduous conifer native to the southeastern USA where it can reach up to 100 feet in height. Adapted to high water tables, the branches are upright with pendulous lateral branches and leaves. Green leaflets in spring change to a russet-gold color in fall. It prefers acidic soils but with care can be grown in the alkaline heavy clays of the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: The junco is a very common migrant and winter resident. It can be found in most habitats at the Garden. Those of us who live in northerly climes refer to our family and friends who head south for the winter as snowbirds. A … a chatty, active bird that brightens the woods, shrubby areas, and conifers at the Garden and in northern Illinois backyards. The junco is about the size of a sparrow, and is closely related …
Type: Birding
