… the Language of Flowers Leora Siegel is the Senior Director of the Lenhardt Library, one of the treasures of the Chicago Botanic Garden. Its 150,000-volume collection encompasses …
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… hot peppers, it will scare the pants off your taste buds. Also known as Bhut Jolokia , it’s one of the hottest peppers in the world. Although the ripe peppers are red, not white, the word “ …
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… is frowned on. But things are changing. To see what's happening in today's gardens, one has only to visit the Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden at the Chicago Botanic Garden, …
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… surfaces: pathways, picnic areas, playgrounds, parking, etc. Water the right way For at least one month after planting a tree, water at least 2 inches per week (as long as the water drains …
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… during the winter. Sow seeds of annual herbs, such as basil, cilantro, dill, and parsley. One seed packet goes a long way—sow only a few seeds at a time indoors and save the rest for …
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… at 6:45 a.m. If you don’t live near a trail entrance, you can always haul your bike to one by bus or car. This summer, I’ve been looking out for native plants like wildflowers blooming …
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… if those needs cannot be met, they will have to leave and find another place to live. The more one species dominates (kale, or in many local forests, buckthorn) the fewer species can live … of a party that ends at 8:30, just as everyone was arriving. While it may be true that one person at the party really likes kale, it’s hardly fair for the preferences of that person … all of the kale on the tables and not allowing for other foods to be served just for that one person. Even more frustrating, the person that likes kale has plenty of other dietary …
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… I scratch my head and wipe the sweat from my brow. One of my summer interns found a little plant, under a bunch of big plants, and we thought for a … been searching through our identification guidebooks for what seems like forever. “Is it this one?” we ask each other, pointing to pictures in the book where the leaves kinda sorta look like our little plant. Finally, we flip through the book one last time, and it seems to open all on its own to the right place. It’s called water …
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… Fragrance is one of the benefits of a garden that is often overlooked. Lots of thought is given to plants’ … reach their peak throughout the season. Finally, I believe every garden should have a least one rose; and that it should be fragrant. Rosa ‘Mister Lincoln’, with deep velvety red petals … Lonicera flava honeysuckle is a fragrant and hardy variety. Photo via southeasternflora.com. Tuberose, Polianthes tuberosa , is a nonhardy (for us) bulb from northern Mexico with an …
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… To make a prairie Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, one clover, and a bee. And revery. The revery alone will do, If bees are few. Long before urban … and bur oak savanna were developed with prairie soil "rescued" from development projects. One of O’Shaughnessy’s favorite times in the prairie is the early spring. “That’s when plants are …
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