… From May to June it produces greenish-white blooms. Its dense habit makes it a good candidate for a hedge. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… In the summer and early fall, it produces deep blue and purple flowers blooms. It is fit for a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… red blooms appear atop stout stems approximately 6 weeks after watering the dormant bulb. For best results, grow the bulb in the brightest location in the home and stake, if needed, to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… A great container plant for interior or exterior use that needs little care. Long placed in the Agavaceae, the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Chayote squash are native to southern Mexico and cultivated across much of the Tropics for the edible fruit and young stems. Under ideal conditions (high humidity, well drained …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 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 … said, “made her experience.” 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
… lay their eggs in other species' nests. They can be found everywhere at the Garden looking for nests in which to lay their eggs. One female can lay 70 eggs in one season. …
Type: Birding
… Description: This medium-sized, fish-eating bird is often seen perched while searching for small fish, or heard giving a rattling call as it flies from on perch to another. It nests in …
Type: Birding
… Ikebana is one of the traditional arts of Japan, and has been practiced for more than six hundred years. Don't miss this exhibition presented the Sogetsu School of …
Type: Event for Calendar
