… The world could use a little more beauty right now. Why not help create some in nature? Try your … anything you find outside, such as sticks, bark, leaves, flowers, sand, shells, etc. How to First, collect flowers, leaves, grasses, and sticks. Or gather pebbles, stones, and shells. … bet there’s a collection of sea glass or shells under somebody’s bed. Here are a few ideas to get you started Create patterns of color and texture with leaves Weave sticks and dried grasses …
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… Apapanthus produce strong stems in summer to support the masses of brilliant blue flowers in rounded masses. Dark green …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Title IX In accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, the Chicago Botanic Garden … its programs or activities, including in employment or admissions. Please call (847) 835-8264 to contact our Title IX coordinator should you have questions or concerns. … In accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, the Chicago Botanic Garden does not discriminate on the … its programs or activities, including in employment or admissions. Please call (847) 835-8264 to contact our Title IX coordinator should you have questions or concerns. …
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… double late tulip (Tulipa 'Akebono') features creamy yellow flowers with a pale green flame on the exterior petals and a red picotee (edge to the flower petals). This cultivar is a sport (genetic mutation) of Tulipa 'Jewell of Spring', which was discovered in Japan. Tulips are not reliably perennial in the Chicago area for most gardeners but make a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… is a separate dogwood species from Cornelian cherry dogwood ( Cornus mas ), but shares many of the same characteristics -- abundant yellow flowers in late winter/early spring, red fruit and exfoliating bark. The Kintoki cultivar is somewhat … -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, varies among the species. Dogwoods are native …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… is a separate dogwood species from Cornelian cherry dogwood ( Cornus mas ), but shares many of the same characteristics -- abundant yellow flowers in late winter/early spring, red fruit and exfoliating bark. The Spring Queen cultivar was … -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, varies among the species. Dogwoods are native …
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… Description: This tiny migrant is most often seen in wooded areas in very early in spring and late in fall. One day in early spring, two dainty … birds, just 4 inches long, wearing golden crowns on their heads, flitted below eye level among the still-bare branches at the Helen and Richard Thomas English Walled Garden. Using their thin, … kinglets seemed fairly tame as they searched for food, giving the observer a chance to see their bright golden heads, and even the red color atop the male's head he flares when …
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… Small white flowers delicately veined in green appear on short wiry stems just above the translucent 'windows' found at the tips of the … making for an exquisite mat. Grow in full sun in well drained soils and avoid excessive water to prevent rotting of the stems and foliage. …
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… Lone Piñon is a New Mexican string band, or orquesta típica, whose music celebrates the integrity and diversity of their region's cultural roots. With fiddles, upright bass, … and bilingual vocals, they play a wide spectrum of the traditional music that is at home in New Mexico. The musicians of Lone Piñon learned from elder musicians who instilled in them a … and cross-cultural solidarity that has always been necessary for musical traditions to adapt and thrive in each generation. In 2014, Lone Piñon was founded as a platform for …
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… Stake tall perennials before they reach 6 inches. Begin to regularly pinch back fall-blooming perennials 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 … 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 the food …
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