… Garden of Smith College The Brenton Arboretum The Dawes Arboretum The Dow Gardens The Gardens on Spring Creek The Holden Arboretum The Morton Arboretum The Polly Hill Arboretum Toledo … Garden of Smith College The Brenton Arboretum The Dawes Arboretum The Dow Gardens The Gardens on Spring Creek The Holden Arboretum The Morton Arboretum The Polly Hill Arboretum Toledo …
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… in an outdoor container. With proper care and placement, your container should live outside for several years. Learn how to apply standard design practices to create a perfect miniature garden. Please also register for the Gardening in Miniature Demonstration if you are attending this workshop. Register for this class and Gardening in Miniature Demonstration and save ten percent. Please call …
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… Lorilin Meyer is the Assistant Horticulturist for the Model Railroad Garden: Landmarks of America, the Lagoon Garden, and Spider Island, where … and red dogwoods surrounding Spider Island, Lorilin considers it a joy and privilege to care for so many beautiful plants every day, especially at such a renowned public institution. … Seasonal in the Krasberg Rose and Heritage Gardens. She also volunteered in the Rose Garden for six years before that. She is a Master Gardener and a licensed social worker. …
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… Look for early spring-blooming bulbs (sometimes beneath the snow or ground cover). If necessary, … with a 5-10-5 granular fertilizer now and again in fall. Mark the spots with small stakes for locating next fall. Gently press back any perennials that heaved out of the ground over the … leaves. Cut back to the ground all perennials and ornamental grasses that were left standing for winter interest. Prune back to 12 inches stems of autumn-flowering clematis vines. …
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… Tall boneset ( Eupatorium altissimum ) offers large drifts of milky-white flowers for about six weeks beginning in late summer. Found growing throughout much of Illinois, tall … tall boneset is easy to grow in full sun and dry soil. Tall boneset would be suitable for planting in native garden, at the back of a mixed bed, or as a groundcover for exposed sites. …
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… reaches about 5 to 7 feet in height and about 3 feet in width making it an excellent plant for the back of a border. It attracts butterflies and pollinators in the summer and the seed heads provide food for birds in the winter months if not cut back in the fall. It can cope with clay and wet soils and is not generally attractive to deer making it a resilient performer for native and informal gardens. …
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… followed by yellow fruit in the fall that persist into the winter. This cultivar is noted for good disease resistance by the University of Illinois Extension. Crabapples are small flowering trees that provide a showy display in the spring landscape for 1 to2 weeks. In addition to the eye-catching buds and flowers, their foliage, habit, and fruit make them attractive plants almost year round. They are actively hybridized for flower color, leaf color, fruit size/color, shape and, most importantly, disease resistance. …
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… flowers. The foliage emerges maroon and matures to dark green. This cultivar is noted for abundant blooms and excellent disease resistance; it is planted extensively at the Chicago … Crabapples are small flowering trees that provide a showy display in the spring landscape for one to two weeks. In addition to the eye-catching buds and flowers, their foliage, habit, and fruit make them attractive plants almost year-round. They are actively hybridized for flower color, leaf color, fruit size/color, shape, and—most importantly—disease resistance. …
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… double pale pink flowers. The fruit is dark green and large (greater than 1 inch in diameter) for crabapples. In the fall the foliage turns shades of orange and red. Crabapples are small flowering trees that provide a showy display in the spring landscape for 1 to 2 weeks. In addition to the eye-catching buds and flowers, their foliage, habit, and fruit make them attractive plants almost year round. They are actively hybridized for flower color, leaf color, fruit size/color, shape and, most importantly, disease resistance. …
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… Malus sargentii is notable for its low, spreading habit. Reddish-pink buds open to white flowers and are followed by small … Crabapples are small flowering trees that provide a showy display in the spring landscape for one to two weeks. In addition to the eye-catching buds and flowers, their foliage, habit, and fruit make them attractive plants almost year-round. They are actively hybridized for flower color, leaf color, fruit size/color, shape and, most importantly, disease resistance. …
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