… This low-growing evergreen shrub needs full sun and moderate moisture conditions to reach a maximum height of 2 feet. It is a effective ground cover. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 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, … 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 … Ospreys are fish-eating raptors that migrate south, and winter from the southern United States to South America. They are often seen during their migrations, yet few remain in Illinois to …
Type: Blog
… 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 … fleshy stems with established roots. You can start asparagus by seed, but that will add a year to the establishment of the bed. Plant the crowns in trenches that are at least 10 inches wide …
Type: Plant Info
… The spreading cotoneaster is named for its habit. The overall appearance of the plant is rounded with arching branches. Spreading cotoneaster can make a fine-textured formal hedge and takes well to clipping. Its rosy-pink flowers, produced in late May, are often hidden by the leaves. Red … late summer and persist into late fall. Fall color can be a good red. This species is native to China. Members of the genus Cotoneaster are characterized by a stiff, dense branching …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Elisa Tersigni began studying carillon seven years ago, when a friend introduced her to the instrument. She became a Carillonneur member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America in 2020 and is currently studying with Eddy Mariën at the Royal Carillon School in Mechelen, Belgium. She has … in Belgium, Canada, Japan, the UK, and the US. When she’s not playing carillon, Elisa is a researcher of rare books and currently holds a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of …
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… By midsummer, this tidy perennial bears a cloud of white to light blue flowers that float above shiny, mint-scented leaves. A great front-of-the-border plant, calamint is deer resistant and drought tolerant. “It blooms for an incredibly long time and is a favorite of many pollinators. No garden should be without it,” said Jill Selinger, manager …
Type: Plant Info
… in France in 1929. The white fir withstands city conditions better than any other fir and is more resistant to heat and drought. It is one of the best firs for the Midwest. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… bronze in the spring and are composed of 5 leaflets. Beautiful, vivid, red-flowered panicles 3 to 6 inches long bloom in May. The brown seeds that mature in October look like the eye of a buck. Its fall color is another attractive feature of red buckeye. This tree is also known as A. pavia 'Koehnei'. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… name from the bulbils produced freely near the bracts at the base of the flowers. This species is stemless, the leaves forming a dense rosette from which the flowering spikes emerge in mid-winter (mid-summer in its native Madagascar). The brilliant red flowers are attractive to the Madagascarian equivalent of hummingbirds. The origin of the Aloe genus name is unclear, with Greek and Hebrew allal (bitter) and Arabic alloch (bitter) all contenders. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Blue Dragon spruce is an upright pyramidal conifer. It is initially slow-growing, but once established, it grows vigorously reaching 65 feet tall by 25 … they age. Grow in moist soil in full sun either as a specimen plant or group several together to create a screen or hedge. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
