… The common name for Anthurium superbum is Ironclad Birdsnest. "Birdsnest" refers to the shape of the plant and arrangement of its leaves. However, it's the distinctive strength and rigidity of those leaves that earned it the name "Ironclad." It's a native of the tropical …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Kona Coffee dwarf elephant ear has luscious coffee-colored leaves and stems and forms a mound about two feet high and three feet wide. This elephant ear likes moist soils and is very happy near ponds or water features. The dramatic coloring makes it suitable as a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Mojito elephant ears is a leafy tropical plant with large heart-shaped leaves held on fleshy purple stems. The leaves … splashes of black in a random pattern making it a thrilling plant for partly shaded gardens and planters. It grows to about four feet high and four feet wide and is suited to large containers, borders, and understory planting that …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Native to Africa, black-eyed peas are a symbol of good luck and prosperity in the new year. The legumes had particular cultural significance among enslaved … West Africans; to this day, black-eyed pea fritters are a popular street food in Senegal and other West African countries. African Americans, southerners, and others often include a black-eyed pea dish on their New Year’s Day tables. The recipe below is from chef Tsadakeeyah Emmanuel of Majani Catering, a vegetarian cuisine catering company based …
Type: Blog
… the new species Clivia gardenii in honor of the collector when it flowered in 1856. Clivia is a genus in the Amaryllidaceae family from South Africa that produces lustrous, chunky, green, … orange clusters of hanging, tubular flowers have yellowish inner trumpets tipped with green and exerted stamens; the fruit is a bright red, fleshy berry. Major Garden’s clivia can grow 2 feet tall and 20 inches wide and is usually found thriving in deep shade in forested areas, on steeply …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Yoshimo cherry is a small ornamental flowering tree that attains heights of 20' to 30'. Use this tree as a specimen plant. This hybrid blooms in early spring with flowers that vary from pink to white and are quite fragrant. Shiny black fruits appear in late summer. Fall color is usually yellow. An unusual cherry …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Shavalski’s goldenray is a clumping perennial that grows to a maximum height of 6 feet. It requires partial to full … July to August it produces showy yellow flowers that contrast with the deeply lobed foliage and dark stems. The plant is most useful in the back of a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… among the dark green, almost black, linear shaped leaves. This slow to spread groundcover is not winter hardy in most Chicago gardens, unfortunately. Tolerates shade and drought, once established. In tropical gardens it is frequently used as a substitute for lawn grasses. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This Chinese lily is vigorous and easy to grow in neutral soil in partial shade, which accounts for its popularity. … deep-orange flowers, spotted in black with red anthers, about 2 to 3 inches in size. It is a real show-off flower. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Pond cypress is a beautifully conical, upright, deciduous conifer adapted to heavy wet soils and high water tables. Native to more southern regions, it is another example of perfectly hardy trees that only survived the last Ice Age in the Deep …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
