… double late tulip (Tulipa 'Akebono') features creamy yellow flowers with a pale green flame on the exterior petals and a red picotee (edge to the flower petals). This cultivar is a sport … Spring', which was discovered in Japan. Tulips are not reliably perennial in the Chicago area for most gardeners but make a wonderful addition to the spring garden. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… until after Memorial Day to plant. Choosing the Best The best tomato varieties to grow depend on where you live. Our midwestern growing season is pretty short, so it’s important to know how … or more. There are two different types of tomatoes. Determinate tomatoes produce one crop on shorter, bushier plants that typically don’t need staking. Indeterminate plants continue to … and fruits, with vines up to 20 feet long that need some kind of support unless you have space for them to sprawl. Many cooks and gardeners appreciate heirloom tomatoes—the old-fashioned …
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… The winter landscape, freed from its summer splendor, may appear bare and forlorn to some, but for those who take the time to stroll around the Garden, there are wonders to contemplate—and to … to set. “At those times of day in winter, you get the added benefit of ice crystal reflection on the snow, causing a sparkling effect. Snow mounds can create longer shadows, and shadows and … add interest to any picture, but especially in winter.” The ice crystals are most attractive on a bright day, he explained. To photograph them, he recommends angling the camera partly toward …
Type: Plant Info
… the heavy white blanket, as do feather-light grasses that cast almost imperceptible shadows on the snow. How glad we feel for the subtlety of this season, where small favors are so enjoyed. The threadlike wisps of … white water, with no indication of where one form ends and the other begins. Framing it all, on the distant horizon, are the massive trees of McDonald Woods, brown, leafless, and silent when …
Type: Walks
… Vertical cracks appear in the winter in the bark of the sunny side of trees, particularly on the side of the trunk oriented to the south or southwest. Frost cracks are injuries caused by … Select trees that are winter hardy in your region. Siting trees properly is also important. For example, woodland trees that prefer shade may be more prone to frost cracking if planted in a … tree trunks is not an effective technique for avoiding frost cracks. For more information on frost cracking, please contact Plant Information Services at (847) 835-0972 or email . …
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… Notable for its fragrant flowers which appear in June, Fragrant Bouquet is a medium (1½ feet tall by 3 … hosta with bright green foliage and narrow creamy margins. It was named Hosta of the Year for 1998 by the American Hosta Growers Association. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long-lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks called scapes, they are grown primarily for their foliage and neat habit. Hostas …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… and enhanced by great garden architecture and furnishings. Where a designer places a seat, for example, can reveal a great deal about how they want the garden to be perceived. Dumbarton … years, acclaimed garden furniture designer and furniture historian, John Danzer, has worked on various projects at Dumbarton Oaks to study and reproduce Farrand's many designs for this … Massachusetts; Washington Irving's Sunnyside in Tarrytown, New York; and Montgomery Place, on the Bard College campus in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. He has explored mid-twentieth …
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… our town, gardeners know better than to try to predict the date the Japanese maples will light on fire, or the moment the filigreed sumacs will be a perfect blend of orange, green, and red. … guards those secrets. We leaf-peepers can only watch in wonder. The Perfect Ingredients for Fall Color For maximum fall color, a tree must be healthy and well watered. It also needs an … tree walk begins at the Visitor Center and proceeds south along the Garden's East Road on the way to the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Science Conservation Science Center . Leave …
Type: Walks
… in August and September. Later-blooming perennials, annuals, and shrubs can provide color for weeks to come. And many of their blossoms offer nectar to migrating butterflies and … perennial ranges in size from 2 to more than 5 feet tall. The sweet-smelling flowers form on long panicles that may be white, dark purple, deep pink, red, violet, magenta, or … annuals with flowers in white, yellow, orange, pink, violet, crimson, and bicolors. Depending on the cultivar, flowers may be single, double, frilly, or like pompoms. As cut flowers, they’re …
Type: Plant Info
… Fertilize roses for the third and final time at the end of the month with a liquid 20-20-20 fertilizer. Do not … roses by cutting flowers back to the first set of five leaflets. Monitor roses closely for blackspot. Remove any leaves that show darkened circles with fuzzy margins on either the topside or underside of leaves; yellow foliage with dark spots; and any leaves that …
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