… ARCHANGEL™ Blue Bicolor Angelonia ARCHANGEL™ Blue Bicolor is a member of a series has the biggest blooms of any other angelonia series that pop against a … flowers accentuated with a cream lip. It is low maintenance, drought and heat tolerant in extreme summer conditions. Works well in beds and in containers, with dense foliage and uniform habit. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Jubilee Nootka cypress, native to the Pacific Northwest, is a distinctive narrow conifer that is extremely fast growing. Older plants develop a spire-like main trunk with gracefully draping branches covered in lacy bright green foliage. Use this evergreen as a specimen plant in the border or grouped in foundation plantings. It will reach 10 to 25 feet high and 3 to 8 …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Maryl spoon mum ( Chrysanthemum 'Maryl') features pink tubes ending in red spoons surrounding a golden yellow disc. It is a strong upright grower and is best grown as a spray (none of the lateral buds are removed). Plant this mum in full sun and provide staking as needed or pinch back the growing tips in June and early July …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Native to the Appalachian Mountains, ‘Wate’s Golden’ is an irregular, slow- to medium-growing Virginia pine that is best known for its outstanding golden foliage in winter. It grows 15-30 feet tall in an open pyramidal habit. The branches are spreading, while the top forms a flat-topped crown. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The dark-green foliage is palmately divided. Lemon-yellow flowers that look like buttercups are usually single but sometimes come in pairs; they bloom in late spring or early summer. The cool radiance of this showy, moisture-loving plant makes it a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Alumroot has gold-green leaves with contrasting dark red veins. This electric combination is reflected in its cultivar name. It is a Heuchera villosa hybrid from Terra Nova Nurseries in Oregon, and is heat and humidity tolerant. The pale colored leaves make it a target for leaf …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… For many of us, part of the joy of spring is heading out to the forest preserves and seeing the wildflowers in bloom. But for Susanne Masi, a plant conservationist at the Chicago Botanic Garden, the … the past year. This information will help to maintain their numbers and ensure their survival in the wild. She is assisted by more than 100 volunteers in a monitoring program called Plants of …
Type: Plant Info
… Seeing autumn squill in bloom in early September is always a surprise, because all of its cousins bloom in the spring. Numerous … densely cover spikes to 10 inches in height. The leaves are narrow and strap-like. Although it is native to North Africa, these bulbs have proven quite hardy in the Chicago area. We have …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: If this state-endangered owl is seen at the Garden, it is either flying over, or roosting on the ground, in the Dixon Prairie. …
Type: Birding
… Often referred to as 'mock orange', the fragrance of the flowers in late winter is exceptional. Pure white flowers produced in large clusters near the tips of the branches fade to yellow as they age. A natural mounded …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
