… The birch leaf maple can reach a height of 30 feet. It is native to west and central China. It grows best in sandy loam or gritty loam soil. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… by the use of flowers in preparing certain food dishes. Are there some basic guidelines to follow when choosing the flowers? A. Edible petals are creative additions to desserts, teas, salads and fruit dishes, as well as charming decorations for most vegetable and meat preparations. Not all flowers are edible, however! Check with a … as edible in the produce section of stores. A few popular suggestions to start you on your way include roses, marigolds, lavender, pansies, violets, apple or crab apple blossoms, geraniums …
Type: Plant Info
… can sit on the floor, a bookcase, a shelf, a counter, suspended from the ceiling, or attached to a wall. We don’t often think of “decorating” with plants, but it’s an opportunity to use them … foliage trailing from the top of a bookshelf. And, you don’t have to be a gardening guru to get them to thrive . There are plenty of places to stage plants indoors. They can go near the … Decorators often choose plants for a design effect, but you can’t choose a houseplant the same way you choose a bedspread or curtains. Most people who buy plants want to keep them for the long …
Type: Plant Info
Hexagon stonecrop is a hardy evergreen perennial that forms a mat that is 4” tall and 8” wide. It blooms in summer with yellow, star-shaped flowers. It gets its name from the whorls of six leaves that grown along its stems. It is not an evergreen groundcover, but will turn an attractive shade of red in the fall. It works well in a rock garden, where it will not be shaded by taller plants. Plant …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… is a Kurt Bluemel eulalia grass introduction with a compact form. Its mature size is a clump 4 to 5 feet high. This ornamental grass begins blooming in August and has fluffy silver pink … species has done so well that some cultivars are invasive, particularly Purpurascens. It's best to look for late-flowering clones that will not have time to set seed. It is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Variegatus Japanese silver grass is hardy in USDA Zones 5 to 9 and prefers full sun to partial shade. The foliage is a lush green with long creamy white … species has done so well that some cultivars are invasive, particularly Purpurascens. It's best to look for late-flowering clones that will not have time to set seed. It is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… one-of-a-kind stripes on a zebra? Our brains are natural pattern detectors, wired by evolution to appreciate structure in chaos. Decoding patterns helps us navigate the world—it’s how we recognize faces, understand language, and learn new skills. For scientists, patterns are also clues that something deeper is at work. “Nature is inherently … for Plant Conservation Science and Action at the Chicago Botanic Garden. “Evolution has a way of weeding out what’s not useful.” Patterns in plants—from microscopic leaf veins to …
Type: Blog
… some 12-inch-long soft strings of light-colored yarn put out by humans, she may snatch them to make her nest. A common breeding bird of open woodlands, natural spaces, gardens, and … Baltimore orioles have arrived in the eastern United States to set up breeding territories. To get her attention, the male hops around the female, spreads his wings, and bows forward. The … lucky enough to see an oriole nest will most likely agree. It can take a week to ten days for the female to complete her nest. She’ll then lay three to seven pale eggs blotched with …
Type: Birding
… Pale dogwood is also known as swamp dogwood due to its natural affinity for soggy soil. It is a multi-stemmed shrub that bears small white flowers followed by bluish white fruit. It is best suited to damp, naturalized areas. Members of the genus Cornus , commonly known as dogwoods, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Carnival Rose Granita Alumroot matures to a neat 12 inch by 14 inch mound shape, has silvery gray green foliage with a rose pink glaze, … contrasting scarlet red. The leaf margins are more rounded that most. Although primarily grown for its decorative foliage, a spike of delicate pinkish to creamy white flowers appears in early … Plants, the official trade name of a Dutch company, Witteman and Co, founded in 1865. For the best foliage color grow in partial shade. It works well as a color accent in containers or …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
