… Green Fix on a Winter Day View Greenhouse Hours Where do gardeners go to satisfy their plant cravings … environment, filled with specialty plants that flourish in these three different climes. For more than 40 years, the Greenhouses have displayed beautiful and fragrant flowering plants, … utilitarian plants, seasonal plants, and houseplants from around the world. All Life Depends on Plants These three glass houses provide yet another opportunity to witness the irreplaceable …
Type: Walks
… setting? Would you like to know more about structuring a youth development program centered on sustainable agriculture and food systems during the summer or school year? Please join the Windy City Harvest Youth Farm staff for a day of focused learning. We will discuss incorporating standards for social and emotional learning, giving feedback to students, and common challenges faced in …
Type: Item Detail
… Because of the way its slender, flexible stems tend to lean on whatever plants are around, Southern blue monkshood could easily be mistaken for a vine. In fact, it will often weave its way through bushes, so one of your spring blooming … medieval monks. It attracts a variety of butterflies and moths, and is the primary food source for Old World bees. Another common name, wolfbane, refers to the poison made from this plant's …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Newry's Blue was bred around 1900 in Ireland, and it's a favorite among gardeners to this day for its remarkably deep blue flowers and dense spires. At 4 to 5 feet tall, it's a regal presence … refers to the poison made from this plant's roots, which was used to tip hunting arrows. On a more positive note, Aconitums attract a variety of butterflies and moths, and are the primary food source for Old World bumblebees. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… of rich violet. The impressive number of flowers a single plant produces. And the way it keeps on blooming for two months or so. In addition those 4-foot tall stalks don't usually need staking. Aconitums … monks. They attract a variety of butterflies and moths, and are the primary food source for Old World bees. Another common name, wolfbane, refers to the poison made from this plant's …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… the silver cover, as the season progresses. In mid to late summer, white flowers emerge on dark purple stems increasing the plant height to 18 inches. Suitable for full sun or part shade, in can be used massed in groups as a groundcover, added to containers for color contrast and used in mixed borders. It will attract bees, birds and is resistant to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Dwarf pomegranates produce masses of bright orange flowers on a glossy leaved deciduous shrub that rarely gets over 2.5' in height. Best grown in full sun … from the eastern Mediterranean to the Himalayan Mountains. Many cultivars have been selected for their fruit characteristics and these are reproduced through vegetative propagation because … in regions featuring long hot, dry summers. The area around Kandahar, Afghanistan is famous for their groves of Pomegranates. One of the plants mentioned in the Bible. Pomegranate רִמּוֹן …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ‘Yu Ban Bai’ produces 6.5-inch, snow white, upward-facing, moderately fragrant flowers on a medium-sized woody shrub. Tree peonies prefer to be grown in full sun to partial shade in … back as early as the seventh century. Chinese emperors prized plants of this species as much for their red roots as for their elegant flowers. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… again and again. And when the flowering season is done, she has big, colorful rose hips for winter color. Like all rugosas, she's very hardy (zone 3), and that wrinkled foliage that's typical of rugosas makes her disease resistant. In fact, she doesn't like chemicals on her foliage and will drop leaves if you spray her. She's also very thorny, which helps to keep deer away but can be painful for the gardener who doesn't use rose gauntlets. Pruning is pretty much up to you. Cut her back …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… bush sage featuring dark purple calyces (bracts that surround the flower) and purple flowers on a plant that can reach up to 5 feet in height and width. This cultivar is drought tolerant … butterflies and hummingbirds. Mexican bush sage has been used in our autumn landscapes for several years. Although it is a shrubby perennial of coniferous forests in Mexico, the … in spikes that are 6 to 10 inches long. Cuttings can be taken and the plants are rooted again for the following year's display. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
