… well-being than those who don’t. In our increasingly digital lives, a wildlife sighting is a reminder that we all share the same fragile planet, that we all are interconnected. You know when there’s a hawk sighting at the Garden, for instance—everyone outside is looking up; everyone inside is rushing to the windows. The Garden’s 385 acres are just one part of a great urban green space …
Type: Blog
… Thinking Outside the Pot While the wind is howling and the temperatures plunge, I like to repot my succulents and other houseplants—a fun … resurgence of interest in growing houseplants, especially as cuttings, rooted in water. (This is so 1970’s, but what’s old is new again.) A local garden center, this winter, is selling small rooted cuttings of pothos ( …
Type: Plant Info
… has a bill specialized for extracting seed from spruce cones. Their appearance at the Garden is associated with variations in spruce cone abundance. Look for them around the conifers. …
Type: Birding
… fall. Use precaution: Handle with care and protect from deer applies to all Eremurus . This is a prized florist flower. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… and moderate moisture conditions. In April it produces insignificant greenish white blooms. It is best as a ground cover. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… It has white blooms that attract butterflies in March and April. It belongs in a border and is also attractive to birds. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… It has yellow blooms in July and August that attract butterflies. It belongs in a border and is also attractive to birds. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… full sun and moderate moisture conditions. It has yellow and green flowers in May and June. It is best used as a shade tree. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… shrub needs full sun and moderate moisture conditions to reach a maximum height of 1 foot. It is a specimen in a hedge or a ground cover and resistant to deer. Non-blooming, its fruit …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… and summer it produces lavender and purple blooms that attract birds and butterflies. It is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
