… Blue and yellow, goldenrods and asters — classic colors of an Illinois autumn. Asters are easy to grow, if you plant them in full sun, in soil that is well-drained but not too rich, and you don't overdo water or fertilizer. But which asters? … the ones an ecologist would choose for a prairie restoration, but those likely to do best in a garden. And they were not necessarily the species and cultivars most often recommended …
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… , tulips, allium and specialty bulbs in fall and enjoy vivid color after the long winter. Here is how to plant spring-blooming bulbs: 1. Choose the site Pick a sunny, well-drained area. If soil is … grape hyacinths, ornamental onions, or winter aconites. 8. Create impact Bulbs look best planted in sweeping drifts rather than small clumps. … grape hyacinths, ornamental onions, or winter aconites. 8. Create impact Bulbs look best planted in sweeping drifts rather than small clumps. …
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… Spice_holidaycards My 2-year-old son is a little too young to carve or paint his own pumpkin this year, so creating a “pump-cano” was … for him. This is an entertaining and simple activity for children of all ages and a great way to extend Halloween celebrations during the first week of November with leftover …
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… books,” explained Leora Siegel, library director. “If visitors or members would like to pay tribute to someone special or mark a special occasion, they can dedicate a book in the library in the … then fill out a book dedication form, including copy for the bookplate. After the bookplate is printed and mounted, you’ll be notified that it has taken its place on the library shelves. …
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… enthusiasts, we often focus on how plants are affected by their environments. Their growth is affected by weather, water, nutrients, etc. But the plant-environment relationship is a … their environments, changing the very ground beneath them in ways that are beneficial to other plants, to animals, and to ecosystem functioning. Unfortunately, we can also experience negative …
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… Why not try growing some plants indoors? Better still, why not experiment with your plants to understand them better? In this activity, you will confuse a bean sprout and train it to grow in any direction you want. Sound like fun? You will need: a gallon-size zip-top bag paper … trap the seed and ruin the activity.) As soon as your plant has grown a root and a stem that is 1-2 inches long, turn the bag one quarter turn and put it back. You may have to wait a week – …
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… and poet Beth Feldman Brandt, who collaborated on the boxes, are traveling from Philadelphia to give a free talk October 6 at the Chicago Botanic Garden. An exhibition featuring the boxes and other material related to Bartram runs through January 12, 2020, at the Lenhardt Library. Bartram’s Garden, once visited by notables such as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, is now a 45-acre National Historic Landmark in Philadelphia. “It’s an amazing place,” said Owen. …
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… Just below the summit, we scrambled past enormous boulders to an unhappy sight—a small group of beautiful aspens in big trouble. As curator of woody plants at the Chicago Botanic Garden, I'm interested in what's happening to quaking aspen ( Populus tremuloides ) because the trees have become increasingly threatened by geologic disturbance and climate change. The Garden is part of a research group that's working to collect root pieces and other genetic material from …
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… in our Semitropical Greenhouse. Spike brought the nation’s—and even the world’s—attention to the Garden, as we waited for our first-ever flowering titan to open up in all its stinky and … become a household name! Many of you were devoted watchers of the streaming live cam on our website and on YouTube, and many wrote to say that you saw me every morning checking on him, … about these plants through frequent visits and reading the information on the website. Best of all was the opportunity to monitor growth through the live cam: we viewed Spike from time …
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… If you are longing for spring blooms as much as we are, you might like to try forcing branches to bloom indoors. Spring-flowering trees and shrubs form their flower buds in late summer or fall … indoors in water it may take one to four weeks for the blossoms to open, although two weeks is typical. The closer to their natural bloom time you cut the branches, the sooner they will …
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