… At 3 feet or so, NOBLE ANTONY™ brings the beauty and fragrance of old-fashioned English roses to smaller gardens. The rich magenta flowers have … outer petals almost stuffed with 80 or so smaller ones, offering up their old world scent. And it's such a strong repeater one grower described it as "always in bloom." Rose breeder David Austin is famous for bringing together the shapes and scents of old-fashioned roses with the repeat bloom, hardiness, and disease resistance of …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Victor Lemoine. Undemanding as to culture, it is successful when planted in a sunny position and is virtually immune to insect and disease problems in the Chicago area. The leaves turn yellow in fall but the fruit capsules are small and not ornamental. When not in bloom, the shrub can look rather unkempt. The genus name is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… SUNDROP™ spirea is noted for its diminutive size and golden foliage that holds its color through the growing season and turns red in the fall. Sprays of pink flowers grace this small shrub in summer. It is … with a fine-textured twiggy mounding habit. The small simple leaves are generally lance-shaped and held close to the branch. Spring to early summer abundant blooms tend to be in white or pink …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Tara Prairie Dropseed is a clumping warm season grass with bright green leaves and delicate flower panicles that appear in late summer and early fall. The clump can grow to about 3 feet high and 3 feet wide. The fragrant flowers are a pinkish brown which mature to a golden brown in late …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… native to the eastern parts of the US where it grows in locations that are consistently moist and bright. It bears bright purple 3/4 inch flowers in late summer to mid-fall providing an unusual pop of tall color in the late season. Prairie ironweed grows to a height and width of about six feet in sunny conditions, and slightly less in shadier spots. It can become weedy, so care should be taken in siting it …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Pretty as those pink flowers are in spring, the foliage is the main attraction with 'Sunset.', and it puts on an ever-changing show. In spring, the chartreuse leaves have a broad, irregular cream border. Then, depending on age and weather, that border will turn gold, and by fall it's washed with red-orange. At just 18 inches tall, 'Sunset' is an ideal candidate …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Chicago Botanic Garden is helping increase the supply of native seed at the local, regional, and national levels—supporting healthy landscapes where pollinators, wildlife, and people thrive. Inside their small packages, native seeds hold the power to restore our … infrastructure. To increase native seed availability, the Garden and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are bringing together governments, nonprofits, and the nursery industry to build the …
Type: Research
… Q. I received a cyclamen as a gift, and I’m not sure how to take care of it. A. Cyclamen are popular gift plants because of their colorful blooms, decorative foliage, and compact habit. They are readily available in a variety of colors including pink, red, and white. Given the right location and care, they can be kept blooming for several months and …
Type: Plant Info
… Susceptible Plants Many trees and shrubs, especially honeylocust ( Gleditsia ), maple ( Acer ), oak ( Quercus ), crabapple ( Malus) , burning bush ( Euonymus ), potentilla and rose ( Rosa ); many perennials and annuals. Description & Symptoms Mites are tiny, wingless, almost microscopic pests that suck …
Type: Plant Info
… The polar vortex and a very wet, cold spring delivered a knockout punch to some plants this year. (You may recall … for two consecutive days in late January due to extreme weather conditions.) Japanese maples and boxwood were hard hit across northeastern Illinois. Two sycamore trees in the Sensory Garden … In the Crescent Garden, the boxwoods that gave shape to the curving beds all died this winter and were replaced with more annuals. “Certain varieties of boxwood were just killed,” said Tom …
Type: Plant Info
