… COMMENDATION™ elm is a fast-growing, tough, robust tree with large leaves. This tree is a Chicagoland Grows® selection. Chicagoland Grows® is a plant introduction … was developed at the Morton Arboretum as a hybrid of ACCOLADE™ elm, which is known for its resistance to Dutch elm disease. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The orange jessamine or mock orange is native to China, India, Southeast Asia, and Australia, where it is cultivated for its fragrant flowers that open prior to rain as a response to a drop in air pressure. In hot … in Chicago and must be overwintered in a well-lit area in a suitable container. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Artocarpus altilis is the breadfruit tree and the one you see here is a hybrid with its wild ancestor, Altilis … around the world by European explorers (including Captain Bligh of "Mutiny on the Bounty"). This hybrid is not as widely grown as a food crop as Artocarpus altilis since its fruit is smaller, but in Micronesia the tree is valued for its wood, latex-like sap, and the medicinal qualities of its leaves as well as the fruit. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Dark green leaves tinged purple create a dramatic setting for the violet and lavender pea- shaped flowers on this fast-growing nonhardy vine. As the flowers are pollinated, dark violet pods are added to the … large containers. Pollinators love the flowers. It's not fussy about soils; reduced fertilizer is recommended to promote flowering. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… across the landscape. Even when winter strikes, grasses offer their subtle charms. We are glad for their creamy tones and their graceful forms as they catch puffs of snow at random angles and rustle in the winter wind. Little bluestem ( Schizachyrium scoparium ) is a four-season wonder. A true native of the tallgrass prairie, this rugged, warm-season grass grows throughout the eastern and central states, in prairie …
Type: Plant Info
… of the European beech have been developed, many of which are eye-catching show stoppers for their shape (weeping, columnar or rounded) or foliage color (green, variegated, purple or gold); they are often featured as specimen trees where space permits. The smooth gray bark is an attractive feature of the species. The genus Fagus includes 10-13 species of the beech … of a wide range of soils, the genus prefers consistent and moderate moisture. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… spikes of bright reddish tubular flowers (and flower stalks) appear apparently overnight on this distant hyacinth relative from South Africa. Sunbirds - the equivalent of American hummingbirds - find the flowers irresistible. This is a plant that requires a distinct dormancy in order for the bulbs to prosper and flower. After flowering and as the leaves begin to yellow, withhold …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: In early spring and late fall, look for this bird of the high tundra as it scurries along the paths in the Dixon Prairie or flies over in small flocks. …
Type: Birding
… ‘Goldfinch’ is tree peony producing a mass of golden petals surrounding a center of deep red flares golden stamens. Tree peonies often need to settle in for one to two years before producing blooms and, once established, will grow to mature size in … on tree peonies appear one to two weeks before those on herbaceous peonies. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Excellens is a relatively rare cultivar of Manchurian lilac, which produces white blossoms. It was … Members of the genus Syringa , commonly known as lilacs, are shrubs or small trees prized for their showy and fragrant blooms in late spring. The individual flowers are tubular in form … collection contains over 50 varieties of lilac and more than 800 plants. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
