… Its common names are the Ohio Buckeye, American Buckeye or fetid buckeye. In spring, it blooms with panicles of creamy yellow flowers. The foliage emerges with coppery highlights before maturing to green. In the fall, the leaves turn a bright red. The …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… flowers appear on an unbranched spike in winter in Chicago. Their coloration contrasts nicely with the grey-green leaves with spikes along their edges that recurve back toward the base of the plant so that, when not in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Mountain aloe is one of the single trunked species with gray green leaves featuring darker spines along the edges and the upper and lower leaf … on each of the candelabra like flowering stalks that gently curve as they age. Full sun with plenty to room to grow as it reaches mature size. Outdoors it is hardy to about 20 degree F …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… gigas ) produces immense deep-plum-colored, 8-inch blooms above bold, textured foliage with purple stems that top out at 6 feet. It prefers moist, shady, or partially shaded locations. … The sap is known to cause allergic dermatitis, and an extract of the roots contains chemicals with coumadin-like (blood thinning) effects that can be fatal. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… is a delicate, small, hardy perennial in the carrot family that produces thin stalks topped with half-domes of bright pink flowers that are less than one inch across. It grows 18 to 20 … and prefers moist soil and full sun to partial shade. Each flower consists of tiny florets with a row of ray-shaped sepals beneath. Even when not in bloom it has attractive divided foliage. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… of our native hornbeam tree was developed in south-eastern Wisconsin for superior fall color with the tree turning almost completely orange or red. It grows to about 25 feet tall and wide with a gently rounded form and is tolerant of a wide range of light conditions from full sun to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… is uncertain, not being referenced in any current botanical literature. It may be synonymous with or a variety of Clusia rosea , a native of Florida and tropical America. It has found its way into the trade, however, useful as a nice background shrub or hedge plant, with a nice upright habit. The glossy leaves are obovate --broad at the tip and tapering down to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: This heron can be seen wading in water, spearing fish with its long beak, or flying over with neck and legs tucked. One of the most peaceful summer scenes at the Garden is observing a … The heron stares intently at the water waiting for the perfect time to strike a fish or frog with its long, daggerlike bill. Suddenly, the heron takes off, revealing its 6-foot wingspan and …
Type: Birding
… In the long, glowy days of summer, love is everywhere at the Chicago Botanic Garden —walkers with friends, just-engaged couples , hummingbirds that can’t keep away from our nectar-rich honeysuckle. With open, fluttering hearts, we’re paying homage to connections of all kinds at a celebration … . Lean into love on a nature-inspired Love Seat. Catch a romantic evening jazz concert, along with the heady scent of summer blooms. Learn a thing or two about plant relationships at our …
Type: Blog
… periods in late fall or early winter. Continue to cut branches for forcing indoors. Branches with interesting foliage as well as flowering branches can be forced. Prune carefully, using … full of fat flower buds, and cut on a day above freezing. Lay the branches in a bathtub filled with room-temperature water. Make crosscuts in stem ends or smash woody ends with a hammer to allow quick uptake of water. Keep branches in a cool room out of direct sunlight …
Type: Plant Info
