… This cultivar produces outstanding white flowers from early summer to early fall, sometimes to frost. The mildly fragrant flowers are a magnet for butterflies. Deadheading will lengthen … time. It grows to a maximum height of six feet with full sun and moist, well-drained soil and is especially good in a border or as a cutting flower. Archived Copy: This content was captured …
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… This maple is native to China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia and far eastern Russia. It can grow to a height of 40 feet with a similar spread. Leaves can have 5-7 triangular lobes. They emerge …
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… Native to the eastern United States and northern Mexico, the clump-forming ornamental grass, northern … flowers in late summer and early fall. It reaches a maximum height of 5 feet under full sun to partial shade with medium to wet moisture conditions. The plant is ideal as a specimen, a ground cover, or in a border. Archived Copy: This content was captured …
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… Blue-green evergreen foliage is the featured attraction of this hardy pyramidally shaped shrub to 12' in height and 8' width. Plant in full sun and water to get established and thereafter only during extended dry spells. Tolerant of a wide range of …
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… slightly ruffled. At maturity, 'Cherry Cheesecake' stands 5 feet tall and blooms from mid July to fall. It is attractive to bees and hummingbirds while resistant to deer. Archived Copy: This content was captured before …
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… native hydrangea prefers part shade but will tolerate full sun if kept constantly moist. It is tall (5 feet with a similar spread) and bears large white flower heads in mid to late summer. Since it blooms on new wood, it may be pruned close to the ground in late winter to revitalize the plant. Archived Copy: This content was captured …
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… pink flowers in flat clusters cover the foliage in June in the Chicago area followed by yellow to orange fall color in October. A very hardy cultivar that is popular in Finland. Plant in full sun to partial shade in moisture retentive well drained soils and prune after flowering to maintain …
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… Aloi & Jenny Kendler—Chicago, IL Medium: Gravel and soil mound with plant species native to Bell Bowl Prairie, cedar fence, recycled polyester “silk” flags with silk-screened pigment, … installation inspired by the well-known Renaissance Unicorn Tapestries—encourages us to rethread our connections with nature. More than just memorializing, it urges us to engage in ecological preservation—from “freeing” grasslands in our own yards to restoring …
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… Urban Agriculture Toolkit Tools for Urban Agriculture Programs Designed to support public gardens and other organizations interested in initiating, expanding, or … current urban agriculture programs, this Toolkit uses Windy City Harvest as a case example to illustrate key concepts in urban agriculture program development and operation. The toolkit … readers will find example lesson plans, standard operating procedures, program outlines, farm site layouts, funding resources, and other reference materials. These tools can be flexibly used …
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… Native to Japan, Chaenomeles japonica ‘Maulei' is an oval or rounded shrub producing orange or salmon-colored flowers in late winter and early spring. The flowers give way to yellow and red fruit that attract birds. It reaches a maximum height of 3 feet under full sun …
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