… SUGAR BUZZ® Blue Moon Beebalm Blue Moon beebalm is developed from a native beebalm and grows to about 2 feet tall and 2-3 feet wide. As befits … name, it bears fragrant 2-2.5 inch bright purple-blue flowers in mid-summer. It was developed to be a more low-growing and neater clumping beebalm for smaller scale gardens. Beebalm grows in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… SUGAR BUZZ™ Bubblegum Blast Beebalm Bubblegum Blast beebalm is developed from a native beebalm and grows to about 2 feet tall and 2-3 feet wide. As befits its name, it bears fragrant 2-2.5 inch bright pink flowers in mid-summer. It was developed to be a more low-growing and neater clumping beebalm for smaller scale gardens. Beebalm grows in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… SUGAR BUZZ™ Cherry Pops Beebalm Cherry Pops beebalm is developed from a native beebalm and grows to about 20 inches tall and 2 feet wide. As befits its name, it bears fragrant 2-2.5inch cherry red flowers in mid-summer. It was developed to be a more low-growing and neater clumping beebalm for smaller scale gardens. Beebalm grows in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… SUGAR BUZZ™ Lilac Lollipop Beebalm Lilac Lollipop beebalm is developed from a native beebalm and grows to about 20 inches feet and 2 feet wide. As befits its name, it bears fragrant 2-2.5inch lilac flowers in mid-summer. It was developed to be a more low-growing and neater clumping beebalm for smaller scale gardens. Beebalm grows in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… moisture. It has lavender blooms that attract butterflies from July through October. It is a specimen in a border and is attractive to birds. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Gasteraloe 'Green Gold' is in the 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 …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Many gardeners consider hostas quite similar to daylilies — absolutely fail-safe plants. Stick them in the ground, give them a little water, … multiply so freely that, in a few years, you'll be splitting them apart and giving them away to friends. Hostas have become so ubiquitous in shaded suburban gardens that one species, Hosta lancifolia , is actually known as "the Winnetka weed." But because they are so easy to grow and so adaptable …
Type: Plant Info
… Aloe 'Blue elf' is hardy dwarf succulent in zones 9-11, in the Chicago area it would need to be taken inside during the winter. It is drought tolerant and happy in full sun. This cultivar is noted for its attractive linear gray …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Turkish filbert is a pyramidal shaped tree that grows 40 to 50 feet in height. It is a good shade tree for the city as well as for suburban gardens. Flowers in March are subtly …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… remnant of the oak woodlands once common in northeastern Illinois, Mary Mix McDonald Woods is, in conservation terms, a restoration — an example of an ecosystem that is being brought back to healthy former conditions. Because of the constant efforts of scientists and volunteers to … Glen — a landscape of water-loving plants that absorbs rainwater runoff in this often-wet site. Because the plants filter pollutants naturally, the water that eventually reaches the lake …
Type: Walks
