… This aster blooms in late summer-early fall with masses of fine-petaled lavender-pink flowers. It can reach a height of 1 foot with a 2 foot spread, but should be clipped back by a fourth in early summer. This creates a denser, more compact plant with more flowers. It should be planted in full sun and well-drained soil. Once established, it is both heat and drought tolerant. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Scilla sardensis is a clump-forming bulb producing showy blue flowers with little to any white in the center of the flower. It flowers in late winter and early spring. It grows to a maximum height of 6 feet under full sun to partial … shade with moderate moisture conditions. The plant is used as a ground cover or as a specimen in a border. It is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Chinese Sedum is a mat-forming 3-inch succulent which turns a showy bronze and burgundy color in fall. Its trailing stems support round leaves that form rosettes at the tips. Star-shaped … to pale pink flowers appear from July through September. It can 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
… Description: Look in areas of scattered trees for this distinctively colored bird of open savanna habitats. They are often seen in the Dixon Prairie. …
Type: Birding
… This vine blooms in early spring to late fall. With a bloom color of red or orange, it does best when grown in full sun. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This is rare species found only in . It can reach a height of 75’. It will do best in a sunny location with well-drained soil. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… across. Native to east Africa and Madagascar, the genus is a highly sought-after ornamental in USDA Zones 9 and warmer. The genus name celebrates the French physician, botanist, and … Joseph Dombey. Under the auspices of the French crown, he undertook plant explorations in South America in the eighteenth century. The British seized Dombey's first shipment of specimens, including …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Trees or shrubs can be artfully pruned into fanciful figures or geometric shapes. Most gardens in the Midwest favor the geometric look in training plants. Consider the number of precisely pruned yew and boxwood shrubs — in globes, flat rectangles, cones, or pyramids. Sunny gardens might feature walls of sheared …
Type: Plant Info
… Foliage In any garden, foliage color is an important element. Flowers come and go, but leaves stay the season. Foliage is especially important in shady gardens, where flowers are usually more subtle and less showy. In many cases, leaves, with their texture, shape, size and color, contribute more to a shade …
Type: Plant Info
… Description: A loud and large flycatcher, this bird is most likely to be seen nesting in the McDonald Woods or in the Barbara Brown Nature Reserve. …
Type: Birding
