… the Midwest, red trillium—also called bloody butcher—is a woodland plant that is easy to grow in rich, well-drained soil in part to full shade. A spring bloomer, it produces leaves, petals, and sepals, all in groups of three, which emerge from underground rhizomes on stems 15 inches tall. The leaves …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… height or allowed to spread its weeping branches. It prefers cool, moist, well-drained soils in full sun or partial shade and will even tolerate full shade. Plant in a site protected from the wind. It can be pruned heavily in the spring for hedging. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The leaves of DANADA CHARM™ elm emerge glossy red then turn dark green in summer and yellow in fall. This tree is a Chicagoland Grows® selection. Chicagoland Grows® is a plant introduction … Growers Association of Northern Illinois formed to promote plant cultivars that perform well in northern Illinois. This variety was developed at the Morton Arboretum for its resistance to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Fine textured medium green leaves are resistant to pests and diseases. Plant this salvia in full sun and in the warmest microclimate in the garden, and once established, water only enough to pull the plant through periodic …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Blueberry Beret meadow sage bears bluish-violet flower spikes in late spring and again in late summer if spent flowers and seed heads are removed. It grows to about eighteen inches … and prefers full sun and well-drained soils. blueberry beret is a useful plant for borders and in planters as the flowers provide a shot of intense color and a vertical element. Deer and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ‘Zephirine Drouhin’ is a Bourbon rose originating in 1868. It can be grown either as a climber and top out at 12 feet or be pruned to form a … semi-glossy leaves. Although tolerant of shade, best flowering and mildew-resistance occurs in full sun. Prune while dormant in late winter to early spring. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… July to September on silver stems above gray-green foliage on this rugged perennial. Plant in full sun in average soils and water only enough to establish the root system. Pollinators love the … while deer avoid the fragrant foliage. A tough plant for hot, dry locations that get very cold in the winter—after all, its parents hail from the cold, dry steppes of Central Asia. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Any sunlight that passes through windowpanes now is less intense and of shorter duration than in summer. But that’s no problem for several indoor plants that can spotlight a drab corner with … grown, but that are currently trendsetting once again. These include cast-iron plant, mother-in-law’s-tongue, and radiator plant. Some of these beauties originated in tropical understories where little light reaches the ground. Although far removed from their …
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… Manager, Windy City Harvest For Ketaurah James, her job is more than just a job: She grew up in North Lawndale, where Windy City Harvest’s Farm on Ogden is located, and she has seen … is for city people, too. Years working for Windy City Harvest: 5 years, and she participated in Youth Farm as a high school student Grew up in: North Lawndale, Chicago Favorite Farm on Ogden produce: Strawberries for fruit, onions for …
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… ( Sinningia ). Description & Symptoms Weevils are beetlelike insects that feed on plant roots in their larval stage and plant leaves in their adult stage. Adult weevils are rarely seen because they feed at night and hide during the day in dense foliage, plant litter, or mulch. The black vine weevil makes a characteristic C-shaped …
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