… including the differences in type and use, and why broomcorn became the preferred fiber for broom-making. Then, flex your crafting muscle by combing the seeds off the sorghum hurl to … with the weaving technique by creating two pine needle mini brooms. You will then move on to working with sorghum to form a traditional hand broom to take home. All skill levels welcome. Lunch is on your own. All supplies included. Abeni Pierson, fiber arts educator, Where the Pines Grow …
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… in May with 6-12” long racemes of fragrant, blue-violet flowers. Flowers bloom simultaneously on each raceme providing a dramatic visual display. The flowers give way to bean-like seedpods … prefers slightly acidic, moderately moist and fertile, well-drained soils in full sun (needed for best flowering). It can be slow to establish and may require three years or more to flower. … can be aggressive, producing rooting surface runners. It will need a sturdy support structure on which to grow; choose growing sites wisely because plants dislike being transplanted. …
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… Japonicum) herald the changing of seasons. At a party, it's the red dress that turns heads. On the highway, it's the red sports car. In the prairie, it's the rare cardinal flower in a sea of goldenrod. And when the woods take on a golden glow, the flame of red is what makes an autumn spectacular. Trees and shrubs whose … Andrew Bell, curator of woody plants. It's something they reveal. The pigments — anthocyanin for reds, carotenoid for yellow — are always there, masked during the growing season by green …
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… Just in Time for Halloween This is the month for ghosts, goblins, and witches, and for tricks and treats. Some … plant health care department. “It has long, dangling branches and I like to put purple lights on it in October—it looks pretty cool.” On a fall night, the bare limbs look like big straggly arms reaching across his garden. The tree …
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… imagination. You may not have to look beyond your closets, shelves, basement, attic, or garage for things that you can transform into outdoor art. And there are always resale stores with … everything together. For example, if you paint your patio furniture blue, consider using blue on pots, trellis panels, or arbors. Reflect It Have an old mirror that you’re no longer using? … colorful bowling balls? Recycle them as garden globes and place them so the finger holes are on the bottom. Stagger them in a border or in a row alongside a path. Place some on birdbath …
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… patches, and scientists at the Chicago Botanic Garden study prairie plants and their chance for survival amid changing climates and landscapes. For Dr. Barak, a key question is what … the plant communities to the mix of seeds that were planted there initially. “I studied that on the ground—how do prairies differ, how do seed mixes become prairies, and how can we tweak … rainwater and carbon dioxide—they also provide opportunities we can all enjoy each time we visit, said the scientist and former teacher. “I think it’s about more than that [the ecological …
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… flower he ever saw and he would probably shout out "sunflower." Ask a prairie aficionado for a list of the top ten prairie plants blooming now, and a sunflower will surely be on that list. And if you ask a perennial gardener what's that beautiful, double-yellow flower in … the Great Plains—a plant cherished by the Native Americans for its seeds, its silage and later on, for its oil. There are dozens of different varieties of annual sunflowers, some 10 feet tall, …
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… Peonies are popular garden plants, known for their stunning flowers, their cold hardiness and the huge variety of their colors, forms and … category, the Itoh or intersectional peonies display the extravagant blooms of tree peonies on herbaceous stems. All peonies bloom between April and June; flowers on tree peonies appear 1-2 weeks before those of the herbaceous peonies. ‘Miss Congeniality’ is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Peonies are popular garden plants, known for their stunning flowers, their cold hardiness and the huge variety of their colors, forms and … category, the Itoh or intersectional peonies display the extravagant blooms of tree peonies on herbaceous stems. All peonies bloom between April and June; flowers on tree peonies appear 1-2 weeks before those of the herbaceous peonies. ‘Nick Shaylor’ is an …
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… Q. I have ash trees on my property that are doing poorly and haven't been healthy for the last few years. Do I have Emerald Ash Borer? A. Ash trees can be afflicted by many …
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