… Monitor houseplants for insect problems that often occur when plants become stressed due to insufficient light, overheated rooms, or improper watering and fertilizing techniques. New … Isolate these plants before adding them to your collection. Pests to look out for include the following: Spider mites — Look for webbing in leaf axils, stippled foliage and weak, off-color leaves. Mites are often difficult to see …
Type: Plant Info
… Jessica Wong oversees the Plant Documentation Department—encompassing plant records, GIS mapping, and labeling—at the Chicago Botanic Garden. The overarching goal of the department is to enhance the connection between people and plants. Jessica and her staff are responsible for … always enjoyed nature, Jessica’s passion for plants really blossomed after a semester abroad in Australia and a life-changing field botany course in college. She earned a Bachelor of Science …
Type: Staff bio
… Green Mist amsonia is a cultivar selection of the native Arkansas amsonia noted for its deep green foliage. Its blue flowers, threadlike … of the genus Amsonia are commonly known as bluestars for the abundant small blue flowers borne in clusters at the stem tips in late spring or early summer. The foliage ranges from threadlike to willow-like and looks attractive throughout the growing season with the bonus of good to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Empress Wu' is notable for its immense size; it has been called the largest hosta in the world. It can grow to a height of 4 feet with a spread of 6 feet. Its green leaves can be two feet in diameter. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Join Nancy Clifton to learn a few ideas for making your own seed balls. Seed balls are small, seed-infused clay … used on bare soil and open areas to start plants. Originally used by guerrilla gardeners in urban vacant lots to grow plants in desolate open city areas, the concept can be used for anyone interested in gardening and experimenting with seeds. Clay …
Type: Item Detail
… Today’s enthusiasm for using herbs to treat ailments, whether Echinacea (purple coneflower) as an immune-system stimulant or Hypericum (St. Johnswort) as an antidepressant, is not new. Native Americans of the Great Plains held Echinacea in high regard and prescribed it for snakebites, stings, toothaches, and the mumps. Ancient …
Type: Plant Info
… Look for the hook! Photo ©R. Jenny, via the Swiss Orchid Foundataion An extremely rare orchid, its name is Latin for “bearing a hook,” referring to the spur found on all six plants in this Himalayan genus. Explorers brought this orchid to England, where it was named by John …
Type: Plant Info
… Often referred to as 'mock orange', the fragrance of the flowers in late winter is exceptional. Pure white flowers produced in large clusters near the tips of the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… There is much cheer to be found in the dainty flutterings of a cyclamen. Such springlike blossoms uncurling during the unlikely … own gardens a few months hence. When cyclamen was named by the Greeks, they called on the word for circular, kyklos , referring to the shape of the tuber. Victorians believed the cyclamen …
Type: Plant Info
… Switch grass was an important part of the tall grass prairie providing an important food source and winter shelter for a range of … small mammals and birds, even bison. Cloud Nine switch grass is an tall upright grass up to seven feet in height and about two to three feet in width. Spring foliage is a bluish-green which turns …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
