… Description: Look for these rare visitors in the Dixon Prairie. Although identical in appearance to the eastern …
Type: Birding
… Description: Look for this bird of early spring and late fall singly or in small groups in the McDonald Woods or …
Type: Birding
… Deep burnt orange buds open to light lemon colored flowers on this smaller height aloe suitable for containers in cold climates. Winter flowering in the Northern Hemisphere. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… shade and moderate moisture conditions to reach a height of about 3 feet. It is a specimen for the urban street. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Place the stems in water immediately. Entire stems can also be totally submerged in water for several hours to replace moisture lost during winter. During the forcing period, place the … the flowering time, keep them cool and avoid direct sunlight. Some common flowering branches for forcing include forsythia (Forsythia), crabapple (Malus), magnolia (Magnolia), and redbud … Please contact Plant Information Service at (847) 835-8362 or plantinfo@chicabotanic.org for more detailed information. …
Type: Plant Info
… plants are still developing their root system in the third year, spears should not be removed for more than one month during the first season, so as not to weaken the plants. During subsequent seasons, spears may be harvested from their first emergence in the spring for as long as eight to ten weeks. Harvest spears that are 5 to 8 inches long by cutting or … Please contact Plant Information Service at (847) 835-8362 or plantinfo@chicabotanic.org for more detailed information. …
Type: Plant Info
… Q. What can I do now to care for my established roses? A. There are several things you can do in April to prepare your roses for a new growing season. Soil and mulch that were used for winter protection should be removed in April. Carefully remove the soil covering the base of …
Type: Plant Info
… is more uniform in size and habit than the straight species. The genus Alchemilla is known for having a number of species that are apomictic and polyploid. Apomixis is a condition in plants when viable seeds are produced without the need for pollination; gardeners who don’t want these plants reseeding are well advised to deadhead … widely in favorable environments. The name Alchemilla is derived from the Arabic alkemelych for this genus. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… be pruned to a tree form. It is fast growing and suckers profusely, making it an ideal plant for controlling soil erosion along the banks of streams. It will colonize so it can be used as a hedge. The fruit ripens from August to October and provides food for at least 40 species of birds. Members of the genus Cornus , commonly known as dogwoods, are welcome in the home garden for their multi-season interest -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… believed that the leaves wrapped around the stem indicated that this plant was good for healing broken bones; assigning medicinal properties based upon the physical characteristics of plants is referred to as the Doctrine of Signatures, and was the basis for many medicinal treatments. The genus Eupatorium is named after King Eupator of Pontus, who used one of the species in this genus as an antidote for poison. Historically, the Pontic kingdom occupied the northern coast of Turkey on the Black …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
