… Q: How do I water my orchid? A. In order to determine how often you need to water your orchid, it is important to know what type of medium it is planted in. If it is potted in moss, the pot will need to be watered less often since moss retains moisture—perhaps every two …
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… Q. What variety of lavender is the best for planting in our area? I'm especially interested in an intensely fragrant variety. A. Although there are over 28 species of lavender grown today, most are not reliably hardy in the Chicago area due to our cold winters and heavy, wet winter soil. The English lavender, …
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… Tuesday, November 3, 2015 1 – 2:30 p.m. Alsdorf Auditorium Register Now Special Engagement! In partnership with the Garden Conservancy Luciano Giubbilei, garden designer $37 nonmember; … lecture. He was deeply influenced by the black-and-white photographs of Villa Gamberaia taken in 1966 by Balthazar Korab. In those images–in their composition, deep shadows, views of the villa, misty air, and …
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… A fully budded azalea plant is a promise of six to eight weeks of continuous flowering in the middle of winter! Azaleas are popular holiday plants for this very reason; they provide … danger of frost has passed, an azalea plant can be taken out to the garden or patio and kept in a shaded spot for the summer months. Bring the plant back indoors before autumn frost and place in a very bright but cool location. Temperature —Azaleas prefer cool indoor temperatures, …
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… and along the leaf margin and are stippled with creamy white dots. The flowers, which bloom in fall and winter, are reddish-pink, though their color is often described as orange. This Kelly … Carol aloe has all the beauty of 'Doran Black', with the addition of vibrant red colors in the leaves. It is successful when used as small-scale ground cover in rock gardens or containers. It thrives in full sun, where its color will be brighter, but it …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… a variable example of Aloe zebrine . Wide spread across much of southern Africa, it is found in dry grasslands, along rivers and can tolerate some cold temperatures. It usually found a as a solitary rosette or in small groups in the wild. It forms a sturdy short stemmed rosette and a branched inflorescence of lax dull …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… season from May through August. It is a staple of the sunny perennial garden, usually planted in beds and borders where its cheerful color lights up the area. Its leaves are finely divided … veronicas and coreopsis, and its rough-textured flowers contrast with smooth platycodon in late summer. Let it spread to fill in the border, and divide it in early spring, or better yet, in the fall. Other cultivars from …
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… Dahlia 'Ginger Willo', a cute pompon variety released in 1988, has globe-shaped short-petaled flowers 2 inches across in a tasty blend of orange and red. It grows to 4 feet tall with long stems and upright growth. Dahlias are not hardy in the Chicago area, and the tubers must be dug, cleaned, and stored over winter. Plant this …
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… then change to pale lilac with a distinctive white cup. Introduced to science by M. Leichtlin in 1890. It is close in appearance to Colchicum speciosum but differs in the flowers being broadly funnel-shaped, not bell shaped. Plant in full sun and moist but well …
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… The native gray dogwood can be found in the wild in most counties in Illinois. It is a large multi-stemmed shrub with a tendency to spread and colonize. The bark …
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