… Kick up your heels with SALSArobics ® . Get fit moving through the Garden, learning footwork to traditional Latin … body, including both walking and dancing. This class is designed for all fitness levels, with your instructor expertly adjusting to different endurance abilities. Wear comfortable …
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… is yellow, heavy, and very hard. A low-branching species, yellowwood grows 30 to 50 feet tall with an equivalent spread and a rounded crown. Use it as a shade tree or specimen plant. The … chartreuse leaves distinguish this tree in the spring and summer, when they contrast nicely with darker greens in the garden. In the fall, the foliage turns yellow, gold, and orange, making …
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… Einstein is famous for his brilliance, this plant salutes his prolific and unruly white hair with prolific fragrant white flowers spikes that appear at the height of summer and which attract … The flower spikes reach up to 12 inches long and are the striking feature of the plant, along with its lustrous green leaves, and compact form. The shrub grows to 3-4 feet high and wide …
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… the opposite, toothed leaves along slender twigs and clusters of tubular yellow flowers with long stamens and pistils protruding from the flowers. The fruit is a dry capsule with long filaments. Diervilla sessilifolia , native to the Southeast, named for the very short …
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… and its name is derived from the coppery color of the new fronds which deepen to a dark green with age. It is a medium-sized fern, growing to about 2 feet tall and a foot wide. While it … withstand morning or afternoon sun if the soil moisture is maintained. Conversely it can cope with drier conditions if light shade is maintained. The Japanese wood fern is a lovely addition …
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… Sea holly ( Eryngium 'Big Blue') dazzles the eye with iridescent blue flowers with blue stems and leaves in an inflorescence resembling a candelabra. Flowers continue to be …
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… tilt to one side. Too much fertilizer encourages the plant to become even more top heavy. As with its relative the poinsettia, the flowers are actually modified leaves; the "real" flowers … golden structures in the middle of the white bracts. Flowering spurge performs best in soils with low fertility in full sun. A whole host of native insects in the wasp, bee, and fly families …
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… Crown-of-thorns ( Euphorbia milii 'Ruby Red') is a slow-growing plant with a rambling growth habit. Individual plants can grow to 3 feet by 3 feet on this Madagascar … native that may be extinct in the wild. Its 5- to 6-sided fleshy, thorny stems are adorned with short, oblong leaves. The flowers—yellow cyathia enclosed by red bracts—require full sun, …
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… Crown-of-thorns is a slow-growing tropical shrub with a rambling growth habit and sharply thorny stems. Plants can grow to 3 feet by 3 feet on … by colorful bracts. 'Supergrandiflora' is a mix of variously-colored plants bred in Thailand, with larger flowers than the species and large leaves. At the Chicago Botanic Garden, …
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… Mini crown-of-thorns ( Euphorbia milii var. splendens ) is a slow-growing tropical shrub with a rambling growth habit. Plants can grow to 1 foot by 2 feet on this Madagascar native that may be extinct in the wild. Its 5- to 6-sided fleshy, thorny stems are adorned with short, oblong leaves. The inconspicuous flowers, called “cyathia” are surrounded by colorful …
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