… Apapanthus produce strong stems in summer to support the masses of brilliant blue flowers in rounded masses. Dark green strap-like foliage provides for textural interest when not in bloom. This bulb from South Africa is not hardy outdoors. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… White to pale pink grace this native onion that thrives in sunny conditions. All parts of the plant are edible, including the bulbils produced in the flower umbels. It can be toxic to cattle if consumed in large quantities. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Bright red, 3.5-inch, formal, decorative-shaped blooms appear on a smallish plant (2.5 feet in height) from midsummer up to the first hard frost. This nonhardy bulb flowers best in moderately moist, fertile, well-drained soils in full sun. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… One foot tidy mounds of fern like foliage are covered in early spring with cotton candy pink and white flowers with a red base. Plant in full sun to partial shade in moderately fertile soils. Protect from rabbits, deer, etc. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This tall (70’) tree is found only in central and west China. Its needles are blue-green. Due to its rarity, it is seldom seen in private gardens. It will do best in a sunny location with well-drained soil. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… A great container plant for interior or exterior use that needs little care. Long placed in the Agavaceae, the Dracaenaceae and by some in the Ruscaceae families, this genus is now considered to be correctly placed in the Asparagaceae. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… low maintenance, and disease- or pest-resistant. As ground covers, some can be used in place of turf grass, which is difficult to grow in shade. Others, like ferns, complement nonnative perennials in shady beds, borders, and in … is not edible—it contains aristolochic acid, which can cause kidney damage, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.) Creeping sedge (Carex laxiculmis) Native sedges are …
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… Fall will soon settle in at the Chicago Botanic Garden and that's an invitation to engage your senses. It's a time of … and dazzling colors, of fragrance and sumptuous berries, and of trees and shrubs resplendent in their autumn garb. The usual stars—pumpkins and asters, kale and chrysanthemums—are plentiful. In the Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden, the soft sunlight falls on lush pears and apples on …
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… try to select plants that have multiseasonal interest. This compact plant is as attractive in the autumn as it is in the spring,” says Jill Selinger, manager of continuing education. “It has terrific deep blue star-shaped flowers in spring, and in fall the deep green foliage turns brilliant yellow. You should definitely …
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… Broad creamy margins decorate the leaf edges of this lipstick vine with reddish-orange flowers in clusters at the tips of the stems. This native of southeast Asia is not hardy outdoors in the Chicago region and requires a warm, humid growing environment. It is Ideal in a hanging basket or cascading over a window sill or ledge. Like many other ephiphytes it grows …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
