… Description: Look for this brown thrush species on migration in wooded areas of the Garden. …
Type: Birding
… Description: Look for this common migrant warbler it in any wooded habitat at the Garden. …
Type: Birding
… rainforests of eastern Brazil where they grow on the forest floor. The Burle Marx earth star is named for the renowned Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx who championed the use of … a central rosette, and each dark brown frond has silvery white bands. When seen from above this plant could almost be a sea creature. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… SCENT AND SENSIBILITY™ Pink is a dwarf lilac cultivar with a low spreading habit featuring abundant pink flowers and … 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 Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated.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
… Description: Look for this uncommon winter migrant flying over from late fall through early spring, or less frequently perched in the top of a tree in the Dixon Prairie. …
Type: Birding
… Pineapple Sangria Brazilian button flower ( Centratherum intermedium 'Pineapple Sangria'). This mounded, nonhardy perennial is from Brazil. Named for foliage that smells like pineapple, it repels deer, but the flowers attract butterflies and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… SUGAR BUZZ™ Grape Gumball Beebalm Grape Gumball beebalm is developed from a native beebalm and grows to about 2 feet tall and 2 feet wide. As befits its … flowers in mid-summer. It was developed to be a more low-growing and neater clumping beebalm for smaller scale gardens. Beebalm grows in sunny or partially shady areas. If you gently rub … periods, and avoid crowding and overhead watering to minimize powdery mildew. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… world celebrated soil: the United Nations proclaimed it the International Year of Soils. Soil is perhaps the least understood—and therefore least considered—part of gardening. And yet soil is, next to water, the most precious resource that a gardener has. In this edition of Smart Gardener, we'll talk about soil in general. To begin, here's a helpful … is soil? Great garden soil teems with life, and the creatures that live there are responsible for breaking down leaves/compost/mulch into the nutrients that your plants need. Some creatures …
Type: Plant Info
… Q. My boxwood shrubs turn a dull bronze color in the winter. Are there any varieties that stay green all winter? A. Many varieties of boxwood … of color change in some species will vary between winters. Some boxwoods that are prized for retaining their green color throughout most winters are 'Wintergreen', 'Green Velvet', 'Green Mountain', and 'Glencoe'. For more in-depth information, please refer to Plant Evaluation Notes Issue 6, 1994, Boxwoods for …
Type: Plant Info
… such as chrysanthemums, asters and tall sedums. Pinch once a week until the middle of July. This promotes stocky growth. Continue to direct the growth of perennial vines on their supports. … roses should be encouraged to develop lateral, flower-bearing canes. Continue to check peonies for botrytis blight or other foliar fungal problems. Peonies that suffered from botrytis or bud … Let spring bulb foliage yellow and wither before removing it. The leaves manufacture food that is stored in the bulb for next year’s growth. Even braiding the foliage of daffodils can reduce …
Type: Plant Info
