… features gray-green leaves that are slightly warty in texture due to the exerted tubercles on the leaf surface. Slowly spreads to form a tight clump. This species was discovered in 1991 on a vertical cliff face overhanging a recently completed dam on the Kouga River in South Africa. Easily propagated by seeds and division, it is a featured …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Q. I would like to use some of the flowering shrubs on my property and cut branches to force indoors for late-winter color. What is the best way to do this? A. Branches from most flowering trees or … 60-degree room out of direct sunlight and provide fresh water every other day. Good choices for forcing include: apple or crab apple ( Malus ), flowering cherry ( Prunus ), flowering pear ( …
Type: Plant Info
… that some of my evergreens have become discolored. Should I be concerned? A: It is normal for the foliage of some evergreens, such as arborvitae ( Thuja ) and boxwood ( Buxus ), to change … ): Some species may develop a yellow cast in cold weather. Juniper ( Juniperus ): Depending on the species, foliage may develop a bronze, purple, or yellow-brown cast in cold weather. … Please contact Plant Information Service at (847) 835-0972 or plantinfo@chicagobotanic.org for additional information. …
Type: Plant Info
… early May. They are quickly followed by edible berries beloved by birds. This is truly a plant for all seasons, with its beautiful spring flowers, handsome green leaves, striking orange-to-red … attractive foliage color in fall and interesting bark/branch structure in winter. Common names for amelanchier include juneberry and serviceberry and refer to the blueberry-like fruit edible … and Europe. The genus includes about 20 species; hybridization efforts have tended to focus on enhanced fall foliage color. The Chicago Botanic Garden's collection includes more than 30 …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… branches and small, toothed leaves. It grows to only 2 to 4 feet in height and is recommended for use in mass planting, hedges, or shrub borders. This native of Japan blooms in late May or … and white, borne in abundant clusters covering the entire shrub. Slender deutzia is grown for its lovely flower display; it is a graceful late spring-flowering small shrub. The genus … arching habit. The clusters of small flowers that appear in spring or early summer are white on most species, but may be pinkish in a few species and cultivars. Deutzias are best used …
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… beech is also known as the cock's comb beech due to the way its curled leaves are clustered on very short stems at the end of branches. A wide range of cultivars of the European beech have been developed, many of which are eye-catching show stoppers for their shape (weeping, columnar or rounded) or foliage color (green, variegated, purple or … to the U.S. and Illinois. A single species, Fagus sylvatica or the European beech, accounts for the vast majority of cultivars used in landscaping. The Chicago Botanic Garden's collections …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Illinois. A particularly hardy plant, it is more vigorous than the species and thus suitable for the northern Midwest. The plant is a multi-stemmed, low-branching, round to oval, deciduous … to tiny red berries that mature in the summer. The attractive grayish-brown bark exfoliates on mature branches. 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
… The shining or hedge cotoneaster is a northern Asia native notable for its lustrous foliage. It can tolerate a wide range of soils as long as they are well-drained. … foliage turns yellow to red in the fall. Berries ripen to black in the fall as well and remain on the shrub for most of winter. Members of the genus Cotoneaster are characterized by a stiff, dense …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Sun Sprite magnolia features yellow blooms with purple splashes at the base on a slow-growing plant with an almost columnar habit. It blooms in late spring and is rarely vulnerable to frost damage. Its short stature makes it suitable for narrow spaces in small gardens. Members of the genus Magnolia are known for the stunning beauty of their usually large flowers, which emerge prior to the foliage in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… display plant during the winter doldrums. From there, commercial nurserymen began to offer it for sale. The plant was named by a Mexican priest/naturalist, Dr. Pablo de La Llave, in honor of Eugenio Mantana y Roldan Otumbensi who fought bravely in a battle on the plains of Apam near Mexico City. Like other members of the aster family, the advent of DNA … this plant has been in three different genera as well as two species. The most current name for this plant is Roldana oaxacana . …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
