… Tufted buttercup is a mounded native wildflower with small basal leaves and yellow flowering stalks that grows 6 … or sandy soil, making it perfect addition to the rock garden. Attractive to butterflies, it is the earliest buttercup to bloom, beginning in March and continuing through June. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Album White Catawba Rhododendron is considered an ironclad vigorous grower with medium-sized leaves. In late season, pale lilac … 2½ inches high with green clashes in the throat. This rhododendron tolerates sun and wind, and is beautiful in a border or as a specimen near the house. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… What is it about red? The red leaves of Full Moon maple (Acer Japonicum) herald the changing of … flower in a sea of goldenrod. And when the woods take on a golden glow, the flame of red is what makes an autumn spectacular. Trees and shrubs whose leaves turn red are the secret divas … But as nights turn cool, they drop the bashful act and step to center stage. —Fall color is not something trees put on, says Andrew Bell, curator of woody plants. It's something they …
Type: Plant Info
… and mussels. In appearance, they can look like a cross between a crane and rail. Their plumage is brown with white streaks and speckles. Limpkins have specialized bills that allow them to cut … fill the air. Limpkins are not year-round residents here at the Chicago Botanic Garden and it is very rare to see one in Illinois. They are residents of Florida, Georgia, Caribbean and South America. This is the first sighting of the Limpkin at the Chicago Botanic Garden …
Type: Birding
… a small, upright spreading tree with a dense, rounded crown or a large multi-stemmed shrub. It is easy to grow in moist, rich, well- drained soils in full sun to part shade and performs well … specimen tree or shrub; its light green leaves turn yellow and red in the fall. This cultivar is so named for its bright red fruit (samaras) that contrast against its green foliage. It can reach a height of 30 feet with a slightly narrower spread. It is tall enough to be an effective shade tree, but can be trained as a hedge. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… emerge early. The plant grows 10 feet in height with a spread exceeding its height, and it is highly admired for its wonderful horizontal branches. Use the Japanese maple as a specimen … flowers. The samaras, or winged fruits, mature in fall and turn a rich red. This is a cut-leaf or lace leaf variety of Japanese maple. Its foliage emerges deep purple, maturing … native to the Far East, can be grown only in very protected areas if you live in Zone 5. It is an exceptional small ornamental maple. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Desert rose or impala lily, is neither a rose or a lily but a small succulent perennial in the dogbane family found growing … branches growing in an irregular pattern from the thick, trunk-like stem. Once established, it is very drought-tolerant. In its native habitat, it can reach nine feet tall, but in our greenhouses it is three feet tall. A scattering of small, glossy ovate leaves cover the branches, but these are …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Dark star is a cross of four different varieties of elephant ear, selected with the goal of creating a … reach 6 feet high, with leaves up to 5 feet wide. For added drama, the deep purple of the stem is continued in the purple veins of each leaf. While it's not cold hardy in our climate here, it can tolerate temperatures down to about 15 degrees, which is unusual for a plant of tropical origin. Just give it full to part sun, even moisture, and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… a vine running up trees. According to one source it may be the only true climbing aloe and it is the fastest growing. Some stems can reach 30 feet long. The inflorescences are a simple or … branch, the flowers in cylindrical clusters, 20-30, and are red with greenish yellow edges. It is hardy enough to be grown outdoors in California in areas with light frost. Its vine like … habit makes it an interesting option as a groundcover and it can be grown as a vine if it is supported. A fun and different aloe from South Africa. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This plant is commonly called lady's mantle because of the circular, pleated leaves which resemble the … worn by women in olden times. The name of 'Thriller' refers to the height of this plant which is much taller than other commonly found lady's mantle plants. 'Thriller' lady's mantle grows to about 1-2 high and 1-2 feet wide. It prefers consistently moist partly shaded locations. In June it …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
