… constantly moist. It is tall (5 feet with a similar spread) and bears large white flower heads in mid to late summer. Since it blooms on new wood, it may be pruned close to the ground in late winter to revitalize the plant. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… sky-blue flowers and their silver-blotched green leaves. Bethlehem sage is a good ground cover in shady positions. Grow it in shady places under a shrub border. After the first leaves die down, clip them and new, fresh, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… flowers appear from spring into early summer on this hardy perennial adapted to moist soils in full sun to lightly shaded locations. This genus contains chemicals in the leaves that deter rabbits and deer. Foliage can be cut back after flowering to encourage a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Large pincushions of lavender to purplish blue flowers on tall wand-like stems bounce about in summer breezes when plants are grown in full sun and moderately well drained soils. This short lived perennial can become a permanent …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… perennial that grows to a maximum height of approximately 6 inches under full sun. It thrives in dry to medium soils. In late spring and early summer it produces pink and white blooms that are attractive to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This non-hardy sage produces dark blue flowers on black stems in contrast to the deep green leaves throughout the summer with a riotous season's flourish just before the first hard frosts of fall. It thrives in sunny locations with well drained soils of average fertility. Butterflies, moths, and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Explore the Krasberg Rose Garden Learn More One of the great joys in June is the opportunity to stroll leisurely through the Rose Garden, and bear witness to more … has always been a singular destination for out-of-town visitors, for local residents who drop in daily to see what new bud has bloomed overnight, and for gardeners looking for ideas and inspiration for growing the best roses in the Midwest. A Landscaped Stroll Garden This beautiful garden is so much more than a …
Type: Walks
… set by trained staff during favorable weather conditions—are conducted each spring and fall in the Dixon Prairie , McDonald Woods , and other natural areas. Garden ecologists and Stewardship and Ecology of Natural Areas (SENA) program interns conduct a prescribed burn in Dixon Prairie. Fire burns through dead leaves and stems, opening space for native plants to … the charred plant material and increased sunlight. The cleared, black ground warms up earlier in spring, which gives established native plants a head start and makes it easier to spot and …
Type: Blog
… Tom knows how to deal with roses at every stage of their lives: young and old, tended and in need of pruning, healthy and not. For this month's Smart Gardener , we asked him to address a common issue that every gardener eventually faces—tending to overgrown roses. Dedicated in 1985, the Krasberg Rose Garden's 5,000 roses have filled in the beds, trellises, and arbor nicely over the years. Some of the original selections are …
Type: Plant Info
… anything else? Gardening can be approached with a similar mindset, by growing vegetables in neat, rectangular plots and flowers in their own beds. This approach implies flowers are to look at and vegetables are to eat. And fraternization is frowned on. But things are changing. To see what's happening in today's gardens, one has only to visit the Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden at the Chicago …
Type: Plant Info
