… erect perennial, sometimes grown as a biennial, with pinnate greyish green leaves. It blooms from early summer to early autumn. It has long, thin, daisy-like flowers, and prominent, unusual, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… in full sun, average soils, and supplemental watering during droughts. They also benefit from wide spacing in airy locations to prevent the spread of diseases. A number of different taxa …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… DOUBLE ZAHARA™ Cherry Zinnia Bright cherry red double flowers are produced continuously from mid-summer to the first hard frosts of all on this warm weather loving annual. Plant in full …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Health Care Supervisor Tom Tiddens shares how to net and protect your small high-value trees from cicadas. Get more information about periodical cicadas here. When should we expect to see … cicadas”) are a different species and will still show up this year, during their usual period from July to September. What’s the difference between periodical cicadas and annual cicadas? … cicadas (nymphs) develop underground throughout their 13- or 17-year cycle, feeding on fluids from plant roots. A few weeks before emerging, they construct a ½ inch-diameter exit tunnel; …
Type: Blog
… a life-changing field botany course in college. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Puget Sound and a Master of Arts in Museum Studies from Johns Hopkins University. Her career in public gardens began through internships at Longwood …
Type: Staff bio
… of holiday lights are also helpful in keeping branches together and preventing snow or ice from bending the branches downward. These wrappings should be removed in early spring. Homeowners … even during cold weather. Great care should be taken when removing large amounts of snow from branches so as not to break limbs, especially terminal growth on trees or shrubs which can …
Type: Plant Info
… Pullman Room, Regenstein Building Curator of bonsai, Arthur Joura, from the North Carolina Arboretum will be giving a free presentation at the Chicago Botanic … a one-hour illustrated lecture, bonsai curator Arthur Joura will show images of many specimens from the NC Arboretum collection, as well as views of the beautiful bonsai garden that showcases …
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… as well as such concerns as damage to sewer lines, roads, and bridges. Ask questions, hear from experts, and brainstorm with your neighbors at this workshop that is open to ravine … now for Revitalizing Our Ravines , a community workshop at the Garden on Wednesday, June 1, from 12:30 to 7:30 p.m. Experts will speak about how you can help protect and restore ravines. …
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… interest -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, varies among the species. … disagree. The Chicago Botanic Garden's collection includes almost 100 varieties of dogwood from 20 species (7 of which are native) and over 2,400 plants. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… habit of separating into thin sheets; Native Americans used this property to harvest the bark from fallen paperbark birch trees to make canoes, bowls and shelter -- practical as well as … genus Betula includes an indeterminate number of species of the birch tree; estimates range from 30-60. They are native to the cooler, temperate and sub-polar regions of Asia, Europe and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
