… are just a few of the Garden’s trees cloaked with leaves that glow from pale yellow and gold to breathtaking brilliant red, purple, orange, and russet. Ornamental peppers, asters, … topped with delicate, feathery seedheads, offer autumnal eye candy as they signal a farewell to the growing season. Although annuals and perennials often steal the show in October, many … through fall. Phil Douglas, curator of woody plants, shares six of his favorite shrubs for fall color. Fothergilla xintermedia 'Mount Airy’ In early spring, this shrub produces a …
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… spooking its audience with the possibility of a fungal pandemic of human zombies. We’re here for the show, but how plausible is a fungus-induced human zombie apocalypse, really? Greg … fungi than The Rest of Us. So in our panic after watching the show, we thought we’d tap him for his thoughts on the dangers of zombie-making fungi: Chicago Botanic Garden | Greg Mueller from Chicago Botanic Garden on Vimeo . Thanks for playing along, Greg, and congratulations on your retirement this summer! …
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… Digital workflow begins before we create an image and ends when we develop that image for output. Learn camera preparation, importing and managing images, editing, and preparing images for output. Prerequisite: Beginning Digital Photography. FPC requirement Paul Lucas, nature …
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… lakes of the Chicago Botanic Garden, as well as the Skokie River, attract migratory waterfowl to feed and rest before they continue their journey. Mallards are plentiful, but careful … the smallest diving duck in North America. You can identify the male fairly easily—look for a small black-and-white duck. The body is mostly white, the back is black, and the head looks half white and half black. Sometimes there is a greenish sheen to his head. The female is more difficult to identify. She has a mostly grayish body, dark head …
Type: Birding
… composer, concert artist, conductor, and pedagogue. As founding Artistic Director and composer for Healing Bells, she works with international journalists and filmmakers to tell underreported stories of social injustices and agency via music and film. In witnessing … books, Bach and the Art of Improvisation (2 vols). She applies her improvisation expertise to global styles, most recently with Global Rings and Global Rings Improv , two pedagogical, …
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… white and pink on its heart-shaped green leaves. Two things set it apart. It's reliably hardy to -30. And its berries are about twice the size of those on other Kolomikta kiwi vines. The … support. Left unchecked, these woody twining vines can reach 20 feet, making them great for covering arbors or shading a patio. If you're growing them for the fruit, you'll need a male … shade, but you'll get a better crop and more colorful foliage in full sun. A note of warning to cat owners: kiwi vine smells like catnip to cats, and they may harm foliage or dig at the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… “allock” and the Hebrew “ahalim.” The specific epithet sabaea comes from the Roman name for Arabia Felix , the area now known as Yemen. The Yemen tree aloe is a small tree aloe with a … appear on tall upright inflorescences in open conical racemes on a plant that can reach 8 to 12 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide. This plant was described and named by German botanist and ethnologist Georg …
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… and in quantity as a crop, they can also be grown in the home garden. Special attention to pollination, disease/pest vigilance, and pruning may be required for the trees to thrive and fruit in the home environment. Although apple fruit trees produce attractive …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… and in quantity as a crop, they can also be grown in the home garden. Special attention to pollination, disease/pest vigilance, and pruning may be required for the trees to thrive and fruit in the home environment. Although apple fruit trees produce attractive …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… and in quantity as a crop, they can also be grown in the home garden. Special attention to pollination, disease/pest vigilance, and pruning may be required for the trees to thrive and fruit in the home environment. Although apple fruit trees produce attractive …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
