… Rosea summersweet is derived from a deciduous shrub native to the eastern U. S. Rosea has prolific, fragrant, light … flower spikes up to 8 inches long that protrude from lustrous dark green foliage. Rosea is a medium height shrub growing slowly to about 6 feet high and 5 feet wide and is suitable for … garden conditions including shade, damp soils, and clay, and it flowers on new wood, so prune in late winter. Because it can tolerate shade, it is also useful as an understory planting as …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Ruby Spice summersweet is derived from a deciduous shrub native to the eastern U.S. Ruby Spice has prolific, fragrant, … flower spikes up to 6 inches long that protrude from the dark green foliage. Ruby Spice is a medium height shrub growing slowly to about 6 feet high and 5 feet wide and is suitable for … garden conditions including shade, damp soils, and clay, and it flowers on new wood, so prune in late winter. Because it can tolerate shade, it is also useful as an understory planting as …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… darlings of the woody plant world. Long popular with gardeners, some hydrangeas were sold in the Midwest before the Civil War. Like many plants, they have come in and out of vogue. Today, … Although some cultivars can reach a height and width up to 15 feet, a more typical size is 6 to 8 feet tall and wide. There are many new compact cultivars, such as ‘Little Lime’, ‘Bobo’ … However, breeders have created some newer cultivars that will bloom on old and new growth. Site plants in part shade in soils that are moist, but well-drained. Plants will tolerate full …
Type: Plant Info
… are estimated to emerge around May 15 to 30 and stay active through June—but their emergence is weather-dependent; given the warm winter, we could be looking at emergence on the early side. … exactly when that will happen! When it does, a nice warm day will trigger them to come out. In a given area, most cicadas will emerge over only a two- or three-day period, which is an … between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Where will we see the most cicadas? Cicada levels will be highest in areas adjacent to woodlands and in older neighborhoods; disturbed lands limit their numbers …
Type: Blog
… spaces where people and plants mix comfortably. An integral feature of successful garden rooms is lighting. Garden lighting is both a technical subject, concerned with volts, watts, conduits, … 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 …
Type: Plant Info
… Antonio Musa Brassavola. They have long, thin, tubular leaves that can reach up to a foot in length and sometimes appear unrolled or flattened. The tubular leaves are designed to reduce … humidity and less frequent water than many other epiphytic orchids. Lady-of-the-night orchid is generally found in lowland tropical forests or mangrove swamps, growing on trees or on exposed rocks and cliffs …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… given medium light and temperatures to 60 degrees Fahrenheit at night and daytime temperatures in the mid-70s. A famous native of Japan, Neofinetia falcata was the favorite orchid of the ruling shogun. The orchid is named after Achille Finet (1862-1913), a French botanist who studied the orchids of Japan and China. The type of species was introduced to the West from Japan in 1784 by Carl Peter Thunberg. Known as fuh-ran , or the orchid of the winds, in pre-industrial …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Chicago Botanic Garden’s Pollen Bank is a critical tool for advancing our work to prevent plant extinctions, reintroduce species into … challenges from human-driven habitat loss, invasive species, and climate change. Established in 2023, the Pollen Bank focuses on conserving oaks and orchids of the Great Lakes region and … the world. A half-black bumblebee on a chaste tree (Vitex spp.) with pollen on its face and in the pollen sac on its hind leg. Photo by Nick Dorian. What is pollen, and why store it? Pollen …
Type: Research
… Diervilla are small native American shrubs that are not the same as the weedy honeysuckles in the genus Lonicera , but they are related to weigelas. They can be recognized the opposite, … of tubular yellow flowers with long stamens and pistils protruding from the flowers. The fruit is a dry capsule with long filaments. Plants can spread by suckers and may form colonies. … native to dry woods and clearings, are adaptable to many soils, including clay, and will grow in sun or partial shade. They bloom starting June, and continue sporadically until September. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Coral aloe ( Aloe striata ) is a succulent native to South Africa. Succulents originated in climates where rain is not … shade. As with most aloes, the flowers provide nectar to hummingbirds when grown outdoors in USDA Zones 9a-11. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
