… It definitely has an unusual black frosty look and the foliage coloration develops best in part shade. Huechera Velvet Night will mature to 7 inches tall, 17 inches wide and the lacey white flower panicles in the late spring will increase the height to 26 inches. It will attract birds and bees, and is resistant to deer. The foliage will remain attractive all winter in milder climates. It is suitable for containers, mixed perennial borders and planted in partial …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Spanish bluebells, bulbs native to the Iberian Peninsula, come in a variety of colors. White City is snowy white, with fewer flowers per stalk than most pink or blue varieties. Flower spikes measuring 12 inches tall are covered in dainty, bell-shaped flowers in April. They are good for mass planting and reliably hardy in the Chicago area. In its native …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… If you are here in the summer or fall what color are the flowers of this plant? The flowers change color depending on the season: In early summer they are white, by mid-summer they begin to turn pink, and by fall they will have … of eastern north America. This plant has a dwarf form only reaching about four to five feet in width. It prefers rich, consistently moist soils, but can manage as an understory planting …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… stately plants, hybrids of our native rose mallows, are prized for their use as structure in a perennial border. Everything about them is large, from their rich green, three-lobed lobed … are maple-shaped and dark red-black, making this plant attractive all season long. Introduced in 2015 by Walter’s Gardens, Zeeland, MI, it is a cross between Hibiscus ‘Crown Jewels’ x ‘Midnight Marvel’. The blossoms have conspicuous columnar reproductive structures in the middle, making them appear quite tropical. They prefers moist, and even wet, soils but can …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Kohleria are herbacious perennial plants in the gesneriad family native to tropical America. Kohleria ‘Ingrid’ has large flowers with … red on the outside and pale yellow on the inside. The lobes pale yellow, heavily spotted in red set in an intricate pattern as if designed by an artist. The leaves are solid green. Kohlerias are …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Zebra grass is one of the last cultivars of Miscanthus sinensis to bloom in this area, waiting until October to send up 8-foot tall pinkish-red flower spikes that … this ornamental grass is easy to recognize, with its large clumps of bold foliage banded in yellow and green. The foliage reaches 5 feet tall and wide, but the clumps will continue to spread by rhizomes. It grows best in sun or partial shade, and because of its size, it needs to be at the back of the flower …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Garden about using light as a garden element. Why light a garden? Light creates a feeling in space, according to Ms. Moyer, as well as serving as a directional tool. It provides visual transportation in a garden from one area to another. Lighting can say "welcome" if the front entrance is lit or … isolation of winter's long hours of darkness. It can guide us toward what is most interesting in a landscape. Careful lighting of a garden creates a nighttime space that adds a new dimension …
Type: Plant Info
… mainstays at all of our Windy City Harvest locations. Hoophouse A hoophouse, either in-ground or attached to a raised bed, is a manageable way to try it. Along the way, you might … Fruit & Vegetable Garden are equipped with practical brackets/pipe segments for hoops to fit in. Think of a hoophouse as a lightweight mini-greenhouse without the glass. A sheet of heavier plastic, draped over wire or plastic pipe arches creates the following benefits: holds in heat; keeps the soil warmer for longer; limits weather damage; helps hold in moisture; and is …
Type: Plant Info
… Description: A common warbler most often seen in shrubby areas in summer, especially those associated with the Dixon Prairie. …
Type: Birding
… intricately veined throat of this Dendrobium grex. Foliage matures at 8 inches in height with the flower stalks just above the topmost leaves. The parents of this grex originated in New Guinea. Andree Millar can repeat bloom up to three times per year—a rarity in Orchidaceae. Grow this Dendrobium in full sun and in well-drained bark chips or volcanic …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
