… Description: Look for this bird of the shrub prairie in the Dixon Prairie when it is passing through. …
Type: Birding
… conifer needs full sun and moderate moisture conditions to reach a height of 5 feet. It is a specimen. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This round tree needs full sun and moderate soil conditions to reach a height of 4 feet. It is a specimen. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This cultivar is a shorter flowering sport of Allium 'Summer Beauty' with lavender flowers at 12 inches in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'White Beauty' is a vigorous plant with rust-red basal ring in each white flower. Leaves have wavy margins. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… smooth, hefty versions were bred and popularized. Parsnips from the past 'Hollow Crown' is a venerable variety, known before 1825, that's still available today. (Heirloom seed companies … England in 1859, meeting with wild popularity. If the loose, loamy soil that parsnips prefer is exceptionally deep, this parsnip can reach 36 inches in length! Notably sweet—some say the sweetest of all—'The Student' is also said to be redolent of lavender. British seed company Thompson & Morgan is one source for …
Type: Plant Info
… need a windbreak, but a row of evergreens, like arborvitaes, can provide privacy and a nesting site for songbirds. A blanket of snow on their boughs adds winter enchantment in our garden. Eastern arborvitae or northern white cedar, ( Thuja occidentalis ), is a native tree east of the Mississippi. Western arborvitae, ( Thuja plicata ) is found in western North America. Both are sold in Illinois and there are many cultivars. Most …
Type: Plant Info
… Description: This small- to medium-sized shorebird is seen most often on shorelines or mudflats around the Dixon Prairie. …
Type: Birding
… Description: This rare visitor to the lakes is a dark bird. Its pink bill has a white area at the base. …
Type: Birding
… Description: This large black-and-white diving duck is often seen on the lakes in winter and early spring. …
Type: Birding
