… blue-flowered height component to containers and in the landscape. This is also a great annual for attracting pollinators like bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds to the garden from summer …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… be grown as a ground cover in full sun to partial shade in well-drained soil and is perfect for a rock garden or a dry slope. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… it will take on a more umbrella shape. The 6” needles grow in bunches of two and may persist for three to four years. This tree is adaptable to different soil conditions, but does require …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… in 10 years. It is extremely cold-hardy to minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit, and is appropriate for USDA zone 2. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Several species in the Rose family have similar flowers, but the leaves are pretty distinctive for each. Leaves near the base of the plant are largest, about 1 inch long and wide, on stems to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… is provided. It prefers full sun and partial shade. Contact with its needles may cause a rash for those with sensitive skin. During the winter, the foliage will darken to a purplish-brown. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… but does not tolerate constantly wet conditions. Dutch elm disease is usually not a problem for this tree. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… they have limited usage. If you can’t resist using containers with no drainage, see these for instructions on drilling bottom holes. If a container is used that has large drainage holes, … will fail to bloom and may grow taller than normal and spindly because they are stretching for more light. Shade plants grown in too much sun may scorch and fail to thrive, which can lead … Please contact Plant Information Service at (847) 835-0972 or plantinfo@chicagobotanic.org for additional information. …
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… to fit different watering needs. Hand-held devices or watering cans are the easiest to use for containers or specimen plants that may require higher amounts of irrigation. Screw nozzles … beneath where they lie, as well as several inches on both sides of the lines, and are good for perennials, small shrubs, vegetable beds and even certain containers. Drip irrigation … also eliminates applying water to plants that gardeners do not want watered and can be zoned for specific areas. Lawns, trees, and large shrubs are best irrigated with rotary, …
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… they're large, moveable, colonize naturally, and, as long as they're not waterlogged, last for decades—possibly outliving the person who planted them. In fact, there's only one real … 2: Snap pix at the Garden Second, head up to the Chicago Botanic Garden in April—high season for daffodils. We have 538,651 planted here (give or take a few) and 231 varieties for you to see in situ before you order for fall. How to find them? Our GardenGuide app (it's …
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