… (American sycamore, eastern sycamore, buttonwood or buttonball tree) is generally regarded to be the most massive tree indigenous to eastern North America. It is a deciduous, usually … in April. Male flowers are yellowish and female flowers are reddish. Female flowers give way to fuzzy, long-stalked, spherical fruiting balls (to 1 3/8 inch diameter) that ripen to brown …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Peking cotoneaster is a rounded shrub that grows up to 10 feet high and wide. Its foliage is a dull green. In May and June it produces white flowers with a pink tinge that attract butterflies. These give way to black fruits in the fall and winter that appeal to birds. Fall foliage is red-orange. This …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… We humans have used technology to become masters of communication. But we are far from the only species with an impressive array … complex mechanisms for both receiving and sending UV light, and they use these amazing gifts in a variety of clever ways. One well-known phenomenon is the relationship between butterflies …
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… Just like magic, a ghost orchid ( Dendrophylax lindenii) appears overhead in a Florida swamp. Its pale roots extend like gloved fingers across the bark of a pond apple tree ( Annona glabra) , while its graceful flower reflects onto the … closer look. Habitat is shrinking for this reclusive orchid, and he is using a unique approach to better understand the species’ uncommon lifestyle. During March 2016 fieldwork in the Florida …
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… Wintergreen Korean boxwood is more tolerant of sunlight and alkaline soils than the common bxwood. In the spring, very small yellow flowers appear. They can go unnoticed, but they are very fragrant. Because of their shallow root systems, they do best with a thin (1- to 2-inch) layer of mulch. This cultivar is one of the most cold hardy. It also retains its dark …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Island in peak daffodil bloom. Antique Lace daffodil ( Narcissus 'Antique Lace') lights up the garden in spring. Long-lasting. Sturdy. Cold-tolerant. Fragrant. Sun-loving. … outliving the person who planted them. In fact, there's only one real drawback to daffodils—you may not have planted enough of them last fall. You can remedy that with two … find them? Our GardenGuide app (it's free) guides you to them, and it could prove to be your best memory tool. All you need is an Android or iOS smartphone and a little background about how …
Type: Plant Info
… Although I’m a scientist by trade, I’ve also joined the ranks of home/craft beer makers, and have done a fair bit of brewing myself. Despite seemingly endless beer varieties, beer making boils down to just a few basic ingredients. So what’s really happening during the major steps in the brewing process? And what do all those colorful beer-making terms mean? Malted …
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… curled. Timing & Life Cycle Aphids are a common garden pest and can appear at any time during the growing season. They reproduce many times a year, and populations can easily get very large. Most do not fly, but some have small transparent wings. Damage Heavy infestations … black fungus. However, a large amount of sooty mold will interfere with a plant’s ability to photosynthesize and exchange oxygen. Treatment & Solutions Since most aphids are soft-bodied …
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… The white fir is a western North American native with flat, up-curved silver-blue needles that can grow to 75 feet with a 25-foot spread. It should be allowed to grow in an open, full-sun location so … murky gray-blue. White firs are more tolerant of heat and drought than most firs, and are the best species to grow in the Chicago area. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… plants are covered with pumpkin-orange, decorative-class chrysanthemum flowers starting in August and extending well into September, or perhaps later. This cultivar tolerates cool to cold fall temperatures better than most mums. Flowers attract late-season pollinators. Best grown in full sun, moderately fertile, well-drained soils. 2020 – Ball Horticultural …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
