… conditions. From March to June it has chartreuse blooms. It is one of the primary sources for vanilla flavoring. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… white, what makes this plant so ornamental is the clear bright red of the bracts, which last for weeks and even months after the bloom itself is finished. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This tall (145’) tree is native to . It has no tolerance for shade, salt exposure, or air pollution, but it can tolerate strong winds. It can tolerate a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… What if you could trade your commute by car—the honking drivers, traffic jams, and roadblocks—for a bike ride, where you keep an eye out for hawks, old oaks, and wild bergamot? That’s what I’ve been doing in my 11-mile cycling commute … 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 under the oaks and hickories, and the flashes of blue …
Type: Blog
… from the ones in which they evolved. Prairie plants behave differently in our gardens for a number of reasons, according to the Garden's prairie and river ecologist. Soils and many … fire-resistant oaks. Since then, numerous wetlands have been drained and filled. Oaks were cut for lumber or to make way for roads. Prairie was peeled away and the soil plowed. Then, many of those farms were paved and …
Type: Plant Info
… College student Jessica Tillery came to the Chicago Botanic Garden for the summer to work in a plant science lab, hoping to jump start her career in habitat … the Plant Science Center labs. Tillery was an intern in the Garden’s 2022 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program in Plant Conservation. With funding from the National Science … Science Center, focusing on demographics that have been historically excluded in science. For ten weeks, undergrads conduct hands-on research alongside the Garden’s conservation …
Type: Blog
… they will most often be seen in the tip of an oak tree in the Dixon Prairie while looking for meadow voles in the snow. …
Type: Birding
… Plant in full sun and allow to establish before starting to harvest the Kelly green leaves for seasoning. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… yellow flowers. This is a clumping variety of aloe that does not get very tall and is ideal for use in containers in cold climate zones. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… orchid native to lowland forests from Borneo up to Assam. The thickened leaves store water for use during the seasonal dry periods. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
