… <p>Korean cultivar is similar to 'Red Pygmy' but with narrower, straplike lobes. The young leaves are light red, becoming dark red for the summer and holding their color well.</p> Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Mapleleaf viburnum is suitable for naturalizing in somewhat shady areas; it tends to colonize from suckers. The leaves resemble a maple leaf and turn a variety of shades in the fall. This viburnum produces small black fruit in September that may persist into winter if not eaten …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… says Tom Tiddens, supervisor of the Garden’s Plant Health Care department. “Companion planting is an interesting technique and organic growers swear by it, but you need to have all-around good horticultural practices, like scouting for pests.” Japanese beetles Aphids Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA , CC BY 2.0 , via … It’s the attractive nature of companion plants that saves the day, and the reason for this is increased biological diversity.” —Eric Grissell, Insects and Gardens: In Pursuit of a …
Type: Plant Info
… The fastigiate English oak is a columnar form of the species. This cultivar and related hybrid columnar forms are proving more useful in the U.S. than the species itself. These cultivars should be sited in full sun to reduce the potential for mildew in our humid summers. The genus Quercus includes more than 600 species of the oak …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: This swallow is most often seen flying over the lakes looking for insects, especially closer to bridges where they build cup-shaped mud nests. …
Type: Birding
… Q. Can you help me identify the very large moth that appears just for a day or two on the side of my house at this time of year? And is it harmful? A. It is probably a Cecropia moth seeking a mate. These moths are a quite …
Type: Plant Info
… The HERITAGE® oak is a relatively recently introduced cross between the English oak and the bur oak notable for its pyramidal habit and yellow fall foliage. The genus Quercus includes more than 600 species … shade trees at maturity and provide habitat and food for a variety of wildlife. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Walters Siberian crabapple open to flowers with a pink blush that fade to white. The fruit of this vase-shaped cultivar is gold. Walters Siberian crabapple is reported by the University of Illinois Extension to have … Crabapples are small flowering trees that provide a showy display in the spring landscape for 1 to 2 weeks. In addition to the eye-catching buds and flowers, their foliage, habit, and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… <p>This native of tropical rain forests in Central and South America is noted for its large, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This cultivated selection of Douglas-fir is a slow-growing miniature globe of short blue-green needles, suitable for a rock garden or border. It becomes more irregular and open with age, but grows to a maximum …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
