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  • Monk Parakeet
    … This green, medium-sized parrot is native to South America but has a well-established colony in the Chicago area. It features blue feathers with a grayish throat and forehead. …
    Type: Birding
  • Acer stachyophyllum ssp. betulifolium
    … The birch leaf maple can reach a height of 30 feet. It is native to west and central China. It grows best in sandy loam or gritty loam soil. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Athyrium 'Ocean's Fury'
    … This perennial needs partial shade to full shade and moderate to moist soil conditions to reach a height of 35 inches. It is a specimen in a border or an understory. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Elaeocarpus grandiflorus
    … This tree needs full sun and moderate soil conditions to reach a height of about 6 feet. From March to August it produces white blooms. It is a specimen in a border. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Carex normalis
    … This perennial grows to a height of 3 feet with full sun to partial shade to full shade and moderate to moist soil conditions. It is native to the Midwest. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Pachysandra terminalis 'Green Carpet'
    … This plant is part of a genus of four species that are semi-evergreen plants. The cultivar Green Carpet has more compact and finely toothed leaves than the species. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Picea pungens 'Glauca Compacta'
    … This round evergreen conifer needs full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions to reach a maximum height of 12 feet. It is a specimen. The cones attract birds. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Thuja occidentalis 'Tiny Tim'
    … This pyramidal evergreen tree can grow to a height of 60 feet with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It is a specimen in a hedge or a border. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Early Spring Crops
    … As days grow longer in early spring, gardeners get itchy. And for vegetable gardeners, late March is not too soon to get started. But you can't plant just anything Only a few crops, mainly greens and root vegetables, have seeds that will sprout in cool soil — and to a seed, it's the soil …
    Type: Plant Info
  • Nick Dorian, Ph.D.
    … Nick Dorian is an urban ecologist and conservation biologist who aims to understand how animals and plants make a living in the context of rapid Anthropogenic change. Nick’s research has three …
    Type: Staff bio