… frost.<p> <p>Bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds love <em>Weigela</em>, and so do gardeners. For a plant that gives you so much to look at, they're very easy to care for. No particular disease or pest problems. No special soil requirements.No deadheading. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… summer. <p>Bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds love <em>Weigela</em>, and so do gardeners. For a plant that gives you so much to look at, they're very easy to care for. No particular disease or pest problems. No special soil requirements.No deadheading. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… <p>Korean cultivar is similar to 'Red Pygmy' but with narrower, straplike lobes. The young leaves are light red, becoming dark red for the summer and holding their color well.</p> …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This vining succulent to 4' at maturity produces pendulant dark purple grayish green flowers that complement the dark … purple black leaves. Plant in full sun, dry soils and provide a companion plant or structure for this species to clamber over. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… It’s that frightfully fun season again at the Chicago Botanic Garden, and so we encourage you to set the tone with plants we’re certain would be found in the home of any respectable witch or goblin, and are easy to care for, too! Snap! Watch a Venus flytrap snag its next meal. Our top choices are the spider plant ( …
Type: Blog
… Q. How do I select a good carving pumpkin for my family? A. There are four species of Curcurbita that are considered pumpkins; however, the … Curcurbita pepo varieties are the ones used primarily for jack-o’-lanterns. Consider going to the pumpkin patch early. A well-chosen pumpkin will last at least until Halloween and, if you … best ones. If you are choosing a pumpkin directly from the field in which it was grown, try to go before the first frost; frosted pumpkins may develop a frost ring around the top of the …
Type: Plant Info
… shaped flower with pink markings that resemble the face of a monkey. The requirement for consistently moist, cool, humid, well drained growing conditions makes it, unfortunately, a … and contrasting colors and in a variety of shapes and sizes. Although some orchids are native to temperate zones, most orchids tend to prefer a semitropical or tropical environment (USDA Zones 9-11) and have epiphytic …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Meet at McDonald Woods Shelter 12:45 p.m. Option to meet in the ticket kiosk area in front of the Visitor Center to walk together to McDonald Woods for the 1 p.m. guided tour. Enjoy spring’s beauty in McDonald Woods—from delicate wildflowers …
Type: Event for Calendar
… Meet at McDonald Woods Shelter 12:45 p.m. Option to meet in the ticket kiosk area in front of the Visitor Center to walk together to McDonald Woods for the 1 p.m. guided tour. Enjoy spring’s beauty in McDonald Woods—from delicate wildflowers …
Type: Event for Calendar
… Nick Dorian is an urban ecologist and conservation biologist who aims to understand how animals and plants make a living in the context of rapid Anthropogenic change. … and economically important insect pollinators—because they are common, tractable systems for asking population-level questions, are one of the few taxa that shows promise for conservation in highly urbanized areas, and provide benefits to people through pollination. As a mentor, Nick aims to help students pursue their own interests …
Type: Staff bio
