… Glowing spikes of bright reddish tubular flowers (and flower stalks) appear apparently overnight on this distant hyacinth relative from South … 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 water. Bulbs can be left …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… frost, producing five-petaled flowers of coral pink with a yellow center. The new foliage is burgundy and ages to a deep green. Hips (rose fruit) are produced in fall and carry over into winter. This rose is among the most resistant to diseases of any rose …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Silver Carpet' is a fast-growing spreading perennial with furry silvery gray leaves that grows 12 inches tall. … gardener. Plant them in full sun in most, well-drained soil. It makes a perfect edging, and visitors will be tempted to reach down to pet the soft woolly leaves. Plants look the best in the spring and early summer, but start to decline in heat and humidity. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Take a fall-color tree walk from the Visitor Center to the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center While it is true that prime fall color occurs at the Garden during the first two weeks of October, it is … light on fire, or the moment the filigreed sumacs will be a perfect blend of orange, green, and red. Nature guards those secrets. We leaf-peepers can only watch in wonder. The Perfect …
Type: Walks
… 1. Turnips, carrots, and a prescription for a healthier life with VeggieRx If you had asked Jeffrey Williams three … grew on me,” he said. Williams participates in VeggieRx, a program that offers free vegetables and nutrition training to help patients with diet-related diseases who are also food insecure. VeggieRx is a partnership among the Chicago Botanic Garden, Lawndale Christian Health Center, and the …
Type: Blog
… been very disappointed with my vine crops this year. My zucchini plants produced no fruit, and the flowers on my pumpkin plants dropped off. Any suggestions for next year? A. If weather is unusually rainy or cold or bee activity is limited due to improper timing of insecticides, pollination will not occur. Additionally, …
Type: Plant Info
… of green leaves. The flowers are orange with faint purple streaks. The straight species is native to high mountain ranges from Turkey to northwest India, where it is subject to drought most of the year, but subject moist soil in late winter to early spring … Plant this cultivar in full sun, in very well-drained soil. This is a great selection if deer and rabbits are a problem because the bulbs produce a skunk-like odor that repels them. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Growing only 2 to 3 feet tall, Hypericum kalmianum has a nice mounded habit and attractive bluish-green leaves. It's a fine-textured plant for the shrub border or for use in … the plant in July; the center of each flower has golden-yellow stamens. In winter, interest is provided by the picturesque gnarled branches, which are covered with colorful reddish peeling bark. This shrub's native habitat is from the Lake Michigan dunes to the prairies, making it a hardy plant tolerant of many …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Paeonia suffruticosa, ‘Yae-Zakura’ is covered in double soft pink flowers up to 9” across. This cultivar can eventually reach 7’ x 7’ in size but is slow to establish. Young plants should be planted 4” – 6” deeper than they were previously … onto the root systems of herbaceous peonies to increase the speed of propagation. Full sun and a rich soil that never dries out are keys to success. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… CUYAHOGA™ gray dogwood is one of the Counties of Ohio series of cultivars. It is often seen as a tree form of this otherwise multi-stemmed shrub. Its foliage is larger and glossier than the species. Small white flowers in late spring are followed by whitish blue … welcome in the home garden for their multi-season interest -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
