… Aloe dawei grows to 4 feet in height, and in winter produces massive flowering displays from January through February. There appear to be two color forms in cultivation, orange-red and yellow. Both colors successfully attract hummingbirds in the American Southwest. Aloe dawei is adapted to arid environments with low fertility. Once established, plants can survive up to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Mounds of almost entire silver-to-white, heavily felted leaves are the main attraction when a spot of contrast is needed to play off other flower and leaf colors. This plant needs full sun, well-drained soils, and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… New! Spend some time in the Garden’s Krasberg Rose Garden and explore ways to saturate the color to add interest and drama to your images. Learn how to control light and exposure to enhance the … will be presented. Students should have a working knowledge of camera controls. Class is limited to DSLR or mirrorless cameras. No phone cameras, please. The School’s CEUs=3 hours FPC …
Type: Item Detail
… Petite Wonder beebalm grows to about a foot tall and 1.5 feet wide and bears fragrant rose pink flowers in the summer months from July to August. If you gently rub your finger across the leaf, you'll be pleasantly surprised by its … of flowers bloom in midsummer, and removing faded flowers will extend flowering. Beebalm is great for attracting bees, butterflies and hummingbirds to your garden. It's easy to grow and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… A. Build your own cornucopia with our Cornucopia 101 by Nancy Clifton ! This is a great time of year to collect interesting plant materials from your own backyard to make interesting centerpieces. Here are some plants to look for: Osage orange ( Maclura …
Type: Plant Info
… ‘Golden Vanities’ is tree peony with single blossoms of light yellow with pink shading and purple flares. Tree peonies often need to settle in for one to two years before producing blooms and, once established, will grow to mature size in five to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Marshalls Delight is a long-blooming beebalm that grows 2' to 3' tall and about 1' to 2' wide. As part of an evaluation of beebalms held at the Chicago Botanic Garden, Marshalls …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: The Garden's largest member of the swallow family is the purple martin. Look for them flying around or perched on the large, aluminum birdhouses on … locations around the Garden. Anyone walking the Garden perimeter in spring and summer is sure to notice the mini apartment complexes filled with purple birds flying in and out of their homes and calling “pew-pew.” These purple martins, fascinating to watch, would not be here if it weren’t for the man-made apartments carefully tended by Garden …
Type: Birding
… Also known as snakeroot, comb flower, hedgehog, and to the native Potawatomi as ashosikwimia'kuk, which means "smells like muskrat scent," Echinacea is a quintessential midwestern native that dots prairies from Illinois to Virginia, and Louisiana to Georgia. This late-summer bloom is not only a popular choice of …
Type: Plant Info
… This perennial grows to a height of less than 6 inches with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has pink blooms from March through October. It belongs in a border or a ground cover and is also attractive to birds. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
