… This cultivar of Potentilla fruticosa is a shrub, upright in habit with silvery gray leaves and creamy white flowers, 1½ inches in size. It grows to a height of 4 feet and 3 feet width. Its small size makes it adaptable for a mixed border or hedge. The silvery gray leaf color is adaptable with pink flowers and dark green hostas. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
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Type: Event for Calendar
… Narcissus ‘White Lion’ is in Division 4. It blooms in mid to late spring with 3½ inch double flowers. The petals are creamy white, very broad and arranged in 2 whorls. The corona is light yellow with …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Narcissus ‘Madison’ is in Division 4. It blooms in mid to late spring with double flowers that have a roundish look. The petals are white and very broad and arranged in several whorls. The corona segments are …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: Look for this brown thrush species on migration in wooded areas of the Garden. …
Type: Birding
… Description: Look for this brown thrush species on migration in wooded areas of the Garden. …
Type: Birding
… Description: Look for this common migrant warbler it in any wooded habitat at the Garden. …
Type: Birding
… Native to the United States, Hydrangea arborescens is an upright, deciduous shrub that prefers moist, well-drained soils in part shade. WHITE DOME® is a vigorous cultivar growing 3–5 feet tall with strong stems and large dark green leaves. It is named for its dome-shaped inflorescences of white flowers displaying symmetrical, rounded heads …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Dwarf irises abound in the Chicago Botanic Garden in the early days of spring, and none are as spectacular as the 'Katharine Hodgkin' iris. The ethereal powder blue of this 4- to 8-inch-tall hybrid of Iris winogradowii and Iris histrioides is beautifully etched with darker …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Q: How often should I fertilize the roots of my trees and shrubs? A: As a general rule, it is not necessary to use synthetic fertilizers for trees and shrubs unless the plants exhibit a nutrient deficiency. Good soil nutrition and a …
Type: Plant Info
