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  • … This is a vigorous late vine producing small open, bell-shaped, single yellow flowers with red anthers …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … <p> Deciduous Magnolia native to Missouri. 'Miss Honeybee' is used in hybridizing. One of the parents of Magnolia 'Gold Star' and M . 'Goldfinch'. Blooms at …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … moisture conditions. It has white blooms in March and April and belongs in a border. It is also resistant to deer. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … full sun and moderate moisture conditions. From June to July it produces showy rose blooms. It is successful in a border. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions to reach a height of about 3 feet. It is a specimen for the urban street. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … From midwinter to early spring it produces inconspicuous green and red blooms. This vine is a specimen. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … presentation from  Doug Stotz , senior conservation ecologist at The Field Museum.  Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world. Its area is larger than the lower 48 states of the United States combined. It is one of the most biologically diverse countries in the world, home to most of the Amazon …
    Type: Event for Calendar
  • … partnership with the Friends of the Chicago River and the Forest Preserves of Cook County. It is viewable from the North Branch Trail near Dundee Road. Now, as the earth awakens from winter, … Peter Nagle, managing ecologist, lakes and shorelines. “Some data suggests that once a pole is occupied it tends to have a nest the following year.”   The osprey is at risk of disappearing as a breeding species. Ospreys are fish-eating raptors that migrate …
    Type: Blog
  • … I care for my Christmas cactus when it stops blooming? A. Christmas cactus ( Schlumbergera ) is one of the plants most often associated with the holidays because it usually blooms between … red, and purple and are usually sold in full bud with at least a few blooms. After the plant is finished blooming, it needs a resting period for about two months at which time very little, … remain outdoors until nighttime temperatures reach 40 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit. When the plant is brought inside, keep it in a cool room that remains dark after sunset to continue bud …
    Type: Plant Info
  • … Q. I would like to grow asparagus. How do I get started? A. Asparagus is a perennial vegetable crop that can be planted as soon as the ground is workable in the spring. Before planting, amend the soil with plenty of compost and apply a … for the first couple of years. Plan to harvest in year three when the diameter of the stems is larger than a pencil. Please contact Plant Information Service at (847) 835-8362 or …
    Type: Plant Info