… is a prominent fruiting body of small follicles forming a cone-like shape. The species range from small trees to very large trees and shrubs. Magnolias are an ancient genus that appeared … region. Buds and blooms of the magnolias that do thrive here are often subject to damage from cold spring nights. The genus includes over 300 species and numerous hybrids and cultivars. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… is a prominent fruiting body of small follicles forming a cone-like shape. The species range from small trees to very large trees and shrubs. Magnolias are an ancient genus that appeared … region. Buds and blooms of the magnolias that do thrive here are often subject to damage from cold spring nights. The genus includes 300 species and numerous hybrids and cultivars. The …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… is a prominent fruiting body of small follicles forming a cone-like shape. The species range from small trees to very large trees and shrubs. Magnolias are an ancient genus that appeared … region. Buds and blooms of the magnolias that do thrive here are often subject to damage from cold spring nights. The genus includes of 300 species and numerous hybrids and cultivars. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… is a prominent fruiting body of small follicles forming a cone-like shape. The species range from small trees to very large trees and shrubs. Magnolias are an ancient genus that appeared … region. Buds and blooms of the magnolias that do thrive here are often subject to damage from cold spring nights. The genus includes over 300 species and numerous hybrids and cultivars. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… is a prominent fruiting body of small follicles forming a cone-like shape. The species range from small trees to very large trees and shrubs. Magnolias are an ancient genus that appeared … region. Buds and blooms of the magnolias that do thrive here are often subject to damage from cold spring nights. The genus includes over 300 species and numerous hybrids and cultivars. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… to the creation of antibiotics during World War II. It was used in a range of folk remedies, from treating snakebite and epilepsy to regulating mentrual cycles, from easing fever and sore throats to inducing vomiting. Nineteenth-century medical practitioners …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… of water or some sugar soon discover the hairs lining the inside of the hood prevent them from escaping the trap. The nitrogen and other nutrients released by the enzymes are absorbed … fly trap (also a carnivorous plant) determined that Spam or other forms of meat spirited away from the dinner table provide a diet that is too rich; resulting in plant death. All Sarracenias …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… CHICAGO LUSTRE® arrowwood viburnum gets its name from the bright, shiny green mature foliage. It can grow to a mature size of 12' x 10’, blooms in … to promote plant cultivars that perform well in northern Illinois. This variety was derived from a seedling found at the Morton Arboretum and was introduced by Synnestvedt Nursery. It is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Lenhardt Library is a true treat. The Lenhardt Library acquired its Rare Book Collection from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 2002. These approximately 2,500 volumes represent … we asked Leora Siegel, Lenhardt Library’s senior director, to choose five of her top books from the Rare Book Collection—no easy feat. Below are her picks, in no particular order; each … The Illustrated Language of Flowers by Anna Christian Burke, 1858 Image of a bouquet from The Illustrated Language of Flowers In Victorian England, floriography—the language of …
Type: Blog
… plants, rare plants, edible plants, utilitarian plants, seasonal plants, and houseplants from around the world. All Life Depends on Plants These three glass houses provide yet another … Fahrenheit during the day, and the humidity is close to 30 percent, visitors will find plants from all over the globe, many of which gardeners will recognize as familiar midwestern … the air is now at 90 percent—a perfect combination for these water- and warmth-loving plants from Asia, Australia, and the Caribbean. The shapes and sizes of the plants’ leaves are …
Type: Walks
