… This mat-forming perennial grows to a height of 4 inches with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has pink blooms in May and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This non-flowering evergreen tree grows to a height of 30 feet with full sun to partial shade and moist soil conditions. It is a specimen in a hedge and is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This tree grows to a height of 20 feet with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. It has white blooms in July and August. It is an …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Pinkish purple chalices are flamed in green and highlighted with yellow on this exotically colored tulip. Sturdy stems are ideal for cutting and provide …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Aunt Dee Wisteria, a vine, grows to a height of 30 inches with full sun to partial shade and moist soil conditions. It has lavender blooms that attract …
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… Liliaceae family. Gasteraloe 'Green Gold' is a hybrid between Gasteria and Aloe. Porous soil with adequate drainage. Protect from frost. Provide filtered light; hardy to 32F …
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… Breadfruit If you visit almost any island in the Caribbean, you will likely come across a tree with big, glossy dark-green dissected leaves and large, greenish-yellow fruit the size of a … later, arrived in the Caribbean on another British ship, the HMS Providence. Bligh was charged with finishing the mission that the Bounty had started. But some important details of the … of Bligh’s arrival in Saint Vincent, in the journal Current Biology . I worked on this project with my advisor, Nyree Zerega, Ph.D, and other collaborators to trace the history of Caribbean …
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… snow. But instead of fretting, think about how wonderful your garden will be early next year with the addition of spring bulbs that provide clumps of delicate flowers—and not just in May, … most welcome sight. And if you plant snowdrops, which often bloom in January, and follow them with a parade of daffodils and other bulbs, the winter may not seem that long. Here are a few … (named hybrids) divided among the thirteen divisions. Crocus These sweet, short plants with flowers in shades of buttery yellow, purple, and white, often poke their heads above a …
Type: Plant Info
… resists disease, and attracts many pollinators. Cultivars include Asclepias ‘Hello Yellow’ (with primrose yellow flowers), ‘Western Gold Mix’ (featuring golden orange flowers), and ‘Gay Butterflies’ (with orange, red, and yellow flowers). Like common milkweed, the flowers on butterfly weed are … sunny border. Plants form stout, bushy clumps, unlike common milkweed, which can form colonies with underground roots. Dense clusters of flowers—which appear from early June through late …
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… by human activities like landscaping. In urban environments like the Chicago area, landscaping with invasive plants has contributed to natural areas becoming fragmented and disconnected, … to a new location, either intentionally or accidentally can spread prolifically, competing with native species for resources and eventually dominating the landscape. Some invasive species … restoration work in our area focuses on getting rid of these invaders so that we are not left with a monoculture. Much of our research in the Garden and in our Midwest region is studying how …
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