… One of the earliest of the hybrid lady slipper orchids, the white flag and petals veined in green with a green cup was quite the rage in 1900. It's ability to tolerate household conditions has increased popularity to the point it is described as the easiest of lady slipper orchids for beginners to grow in the twenty-first …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Q. Is there anything that I can do to prepare my trees and shrubs for winter? A. The best thing that … approximately one inch of water per week. If Mother Nature does not provide this amount in a week, it will be necessary to supplement. This will need to be done as long as the plants … throughout the winter months. Be especially diligent with woody plants that are located in a sheltered area and may not receive adequate amounts of snow or rain. During periods of …
Type: Plant Info
… Creamy white flowers are speckled with dark purple spots with variations in amount of spotting from one plant to the next. The parents for this selection are all native to lowland tropical jungles in and around New Guinea. Very high humidity is required with moderate to strong sunlight and well drained soil media. The orchid family …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: The junco is a very common migrant and winter resident. It can be found in most habitats at the Garden. Those of us who live in northerly climes refer to our family and friends who head south for the winter as snowbirds. A …
Type: Birding
… Beautiful five-to-nine-lobed leaves emerge early. The plant grows 15 to 20 feet in height with a similar spread. Use the Japanese maple as a specimen plant. May and June bring small reddish-purple flowers. The samaras, or winged fruits, mature in fall and turn a rich red. Foliage is reddish purple and in the fall turns a crimson red. This lovely small tree, native to the Far …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This cultivar is noted for it's beautiful reddish maroon new growth. Mike Yanny, propagator for Johnson Nursery in Wisconsin named the cultivar in honor of the source of the seedlings: Jewel Nursery in Lake City, Minnesota. The bush …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Tsukomo false cypress is a miniature, globular evergreen shrub with light green needles of a very fine texture, growing in fronds. It prefers full sun and well-drained soil. Plants grow only 1 inch a year, rarely … not prune unless necessary. These plants are good for rock gardens and miniature landscapes. In its native habitat in Japan, Sawara false cypress is a large evergreen tree, growing to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Elegant Explosion' daylily explodes with a dynamite sparkling orange-gold color beginning in midsummer. It may re-bloom later in the season. The 4 inch, dramatically re-curved blossoms have heavily ruffled petals. 'Elegant Explosion' is nocturnal, opening in late afternoon and closing the next morning. Although each flower lasts …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… was named after Father Hugo (Hugh Scanlan), who sent seeds of this species back to Kew Gardens in 1899 from China. Lemon-yellow flowers in late spring and early summer are followed by intense red fall foliage. This species earned an … the Royal Horticultural Society in 1914 and an Award of Garden Merit in 1925. Rosa hugonis is a tough, reliably hardy and extremely thorny shrub rose to 6' in the Chicago region, and is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Monlo' goes by the common name of Diablo® eastern ninebark. it has attractive characteristics in all four seasons. Burgundy foliage in spring and summer is the perfect backdrop for the blush-white flowers that turn into red berries in late summer and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
