… SALUD™ Embers Sneezeweed SALUD™ sneezeweed is a collection of vibrant yellows, reds and oranges that bloom late summer and into fall. SALUD™ Embers sneezeweed has a bright red ring of petals with yellow tips and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This perennial grows to a height of 4 feet with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has pink and lavender blooms that attract butterflies from May through August. It belongs in a border and is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This beautiful shrub grows up to 8 feet high with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. From May through October it produces fragrant pink and white blooms that attract birds and butterflies. It is a specimen in a hedge. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… <p>The species of this clump-forming evergreen perennial is native to Africa and needs bright, indirect indoor light and dry moisture conditions to reach a height of about 3 feet. In the spring it produces …
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 … realms as distinct as the Caatinga, a desert region, the vast savannas of the Cerrado, and another major area of tropical forest, the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil. A tropical … no place else in the world exists on the very outskirts of the megacities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Brazil, ranked third in the world for most bird species, has more than 1,800 …
Type: Event for Calendar
… in the axils of the stiff, rough branches. These Asian shrubs are very adaptable to poor soils and varying moisture, but the flower buds may be tender on older cultivars. Pruning is best done immediately after flowering, giving new growth time to form flower buds. Never shear … The leaves are quite different from the common border forsythias, up to 4” long, more narrow and finely toothed. The bell-shaped flowers grow in clusters of one to three in the leaf axils. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: This colorful duck is usually seen in small flocks on the lakes. It uses its wide, serrated bill to sift food out … a northern shoveler. This dabbling duck visits the lakes at the Garden in March, April, and early May, feeding and resting before flying farther north to breed. Shovelers can also be seen in late summer and …
Type: Birding
… spreading multi-stemmed shrub grows 10 to 15 feet tall with a spread equal to its height. It is lovely for the home landscape border. The outstanding feature of common smokebush is its late-summer "smokiness." In early summer, the five-petaled yellow flowers, 1/8 inch in diameter, are rather inconspicuous. Peak show is later in summer when the long hairs on the flower stalks change color to a smoky pink or …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ‘Techny’ is a compact, dwarf cultivar that matures to a 10-15’ tall pyramid. Its rich dark green foliage … does not yellow in winter. It prefers moist, well-drained loams in full sun to part shade. It is not fussy about soil pH but is intolerant of dry conditions. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: This is an uncommon warbler that is occasionally spotted in winter. …
Type: Birding
