… Carnival Rose Granita Alumroot matures to a neat 12 inch by 14 inch mound shape, has silvery gray green foliage with a rose pink glaze, … contrasting scarlet red. The leaf margins are more rounded that most. Although primarily grown for its decorative foliage, a spike of delicate pinkish to creamy white flowers appears in early to mid summer, increasing the height to 18 inches and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… and she's still regarded as one of the best hybrid rugosas available. Her magenta buds open to ruffled, almost frilly pink roses that are so fragrant you can smell them a yard away. And she … 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 … 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 …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… more useful in the U.S. than the species itself. These cultivars should be sited in full sun to reduce the potential for mildew in our humid summers. The genus Quercus includes more than 600 species of the oak tree, of which 90 are native to North America; the Chicago Botanic Garden's collection contains more than 60 varieties and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Deam arrowwood viburnum is notable for its densely branched habit and very lustrous foliage that can handle hot, dry weather with … of other arrowwood viburnums, the buds are raspberry red and do resemble raspberries prior to opening. Its blue-black fruit in fall is held above the foliage, which turns a combination of red, purple and orange. This variety is native from southern Ohio to Missouri but is relatively rare in the trade. Viburnums are a versatile genus of multi-stemmed …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… increasingly aggressive in defending their nests, even against people. It is not unusual for them to attack people who get too close to a nest site. …
Type: Birding
… Dwarf Conifer Garden. Evergreens are cherished in midwestern gardens, parks, and streetscapes for the steady color they bring even to the gray and brown winter. Yet as much as we love to drape them with holiday lights, they often get less respect and care than color-shifting roses …
Type: Plant Info
… temperature. They then apply one of those methods and use real temperature and tree-ring data to understand how tree growth is affected by both temperature and precipitation, and draw conclusions about what that means for the impact of changing climate on forests. They then expand the climate model beyond temperature to look at changes in precipitation and cloud cover in the United States. The unit continues by …
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… Q. I would like to bring some of my patio plants indoors for the winter. Is it necessary to change the soil or repot them first? A. Most plants do not appreciate being repotted in early …
Type: Plant Info
… Wylie Crawford was the first city carillonneur for the Millennium Carillon in Naperville, Illinois, and is currently the senior university … in physics and master’s degree in teaching from the University of Chicago, Crawford is pleased to have initiated the first regular carillon instruction programs at four Chicago-area carillons. Crawford fulfilled the requirements of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America to become a certified carillonneur in 1977. He has given guest recitals in Belgium, Canada, …
Type: Event for Calendar
… perennial, the cottonball clusters of spring bloom are just a bonus. It's grown primarily for the clusters of pea-size white berries that ripen in mid-summer on bright red stems, and its … of tightly packed flowers, often followed by conspicuous berries. NOTE: Berries are poisonous to people and rabbits; harmless to birds and butterflies. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
