… densely on an upright oval tree that can reach a height of 75 feet with a spread of 50 feet. The sugar maple is an excellent shade tree for lawns and parks. Tiny yellowish-green flowers … samaras, matures in the fall. Autumn color is highly variable, ranging from yellow or orange to red, but it is always outstanding. One of the best known trees of eastern North America, sugar maple is as prized for its ornamental value as …
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… densely on an upright oval tree that can reach a height of 120 feet with a spread of 80 feet. The sugar maple is an excellent shade tree for lawns and parks. Tiny yellowish-green flowers … samaras, matures in the fall. Autumn color is highly variable, ranging from yellow or orange to red, but it is always outstanding. One of the best known trees of eastern North America, sugar maple is as prized for its ornamental value as …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… a vase-shaped habit and produces abundant white flowers in spring and bright red berries in the fall, which persist into winter. Native to China, Korean, and Japan, linden viburnums derive their name from the leaves, which resemble … 8 feet wide. Creamy white flowers in showy, domed clusters appear in May to early June, giving way to bright red fruits in late summer to early fall that persist on the shrub into early …
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… to receive a five-star rating of excellence by Richard Hawke, plant evaluation manager at the Chicago Botanic Garden. The straight species, S. lateriflorum , was also among the seven, so you can see that this is one of the best asters for your garden. The foliage of ‘Lady in Black’ is an almost black-purple color, … an old pistol. She chopped off her hair and disguised herself in men’s clothing. She snuck her way to the prison cells and signaled to her husband by whistling a Southern refrain. He signaled …
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… Mando is in Division 1. It blooms in early to mid spring with sweetly scented bright yellow flowers. The flowers are 3 ½ inches wide with a long trumpet that is a slightly darker shade of yellow … for the cultivar King Alfred by Dutch growers which has become virus infected. Mando does best when planted in full sun in moderately rich soils. To allow Mando to dry out during its …
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… beneath a tuft of leaves; visually, their inflorescence resembles a pineapple. This is the best cultivar among all of the Fritillaria imperialis offerings for naturalizing in the Chicago … smell like skunk spray and are great for planting among tulips, crocuses, and other bulbs to repel rabbits and deer. Crown imperial fritillary is native to dry, rocky hillsides in Persia …
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… There are some remarkable prairie plants in the Midwest. Here at the Chicago Botanic Garden, the Dixon Prairie boasts more than 250 species of native plants. You don’t have to go far to find plants that have something interesting or unique about their life story. …
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… Photographer Julie Kaplan—named best photographer by Make It Better magazine for three years—is offering family portraits for an additional fee during our Easter Egg and Mother's Day brunches. The sitting charge is $100 for a ten-minute session and one fully edited digital file of your … please purchase the 9 a.m. ticket time; then contact Julie Kaplan’s studio at (224) 522-0454 to schedule your seating time. …
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… Lacy white umbels seemingly float above the ferny foliage on this annual suited for use as a tall filler in flower beds or can be used as a cut flower. Plants come into flower in August and continue into October and are best grown in full sun and average soils. Flowers last longer during the cooler temperatures of …
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… For 50-year members, the Garden has meant inspiration, refuge, and more The Chicago Botanic Garden has been … first opened in 1972 are still members today. Here’s what a few of those inaugural members had to say about what the Garden has meant to them. Click on each member below to read their full … young, this was my refuge. It was an introduction to the world’s wonder to them, and it was a way to find a little bit of peace in our otherwise crazy lives. … I taught for a number of years, …
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