… full sun and moderate moisture conditions to eventually reach a height of about 30 feet. It is a specimen. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Native to the Caucasus Mountains, Paeonia daurica is a robust early-flowering Caucasian peony with huge foliage and whitish-yellow flowers. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This tree grows to a height of 45 feet with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. It is primarily a shade tree. …
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: A common bird throughout the Garden, this year-round resident is most often seen in wooded areas and at bird feeders. …
Type: Birding
… Description: This is a small, hunched-up heron, visible on logs in the water, stalking prey along the shore, or …
Type: Birding
… Description: This fairly common, small shorebird is often seen in spring on exposed mudflat areas, especially south of the Dixon Prairie. …
Type: Birding
… Description: This is one of the most common, year-round birds at the Garden, and can be seen in all settings. …
Type: Birding
… Description: This fairly common, small shorebird is often seen in spring on exposed mudflat areas, especially south of the Dixon Prairie. …
Type: Birding
