… to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has insignificant greenish-yellow blooms from March through June followed by edible black fruit. It belongs in a hedge or a border and is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… shrub grows up to 7 feet high with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. From May through October it produces fragrant pink and orange blooms that attract butterflies and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Picea pungens 'Glauca,', a pyramidal tree with needles ranging in color from green to asilvery blue, is often used as a specimen tree. Commonly called "Blue Spruce", it …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This cultivar is dense and compact, growing to 3- 4’ height and spread. Its name is derived from the plant's winter buds, which have an attractive, white, waxy coating all winter. It …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… other eastern white pines it prefers slightly acidic well drained soils and dislikes run off from deicing road salts. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… to insect pollinators and hummingbirds and can be found in natural areas and gardens from the upper Midwest to southern Canada. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… their late summer serenade. You also may be finding them on the ground. After they emerge from underground burrows, they molt and enter their adult stage. Then they mate, lay eggs, and … If you find a cicada on a tree or the ground, see if you can count: 1 mouth part to drink sap from trees 2 antennae that grow under the eyes and look like whiskers 3 body parts: head, thorax, … 6 legs This cicada’s three simple eyes show up as three spots reflecting the flash from the camera. The Latin name for this cicada is Tibicen canicularis. “Canus” is the Latin word …
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… and will not survive Chicago winters. In order to keep them year after year, remove them from your pond or aquatic container before the first frost in the fall. Place the potted plants … remains consistently around 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Tropical waterlilies must be removed from the pond four to five weeks before the Chicago area’s average frost date of October 15. Cut … as the water doesn’t freeze. A good pump or water heater can help keep the pond and plants from freezing. …
Type: Plant Info
… Garden Conservancy members and students, please call (847) 835-6801 to register Register Now From the moment a spade broke ground for the new presidential mansion, the 18 acres that surround … trace the story of how the White House grounds were conceived and how they have changed from administration to administration. From George Washington’s obsession with collecting trees to Michelle Obama’s kitchen garden, find …
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… (USDA Zones 9-11) and have epiphytic roots -- meaning they derive moisture and nutrients from the air and support from another plant; few orchids grow in soil. Orchids usually prefer a diurnal temperature … the plant through dry periods. Other varieties are monopodial, meaning upward growth is from a single growing point. There is an exception to almost every general statement one can make …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
