… PEARLS™ slender deutzia ( Deutzia gracilis 'Duncan') in May. The season of interest is extended by the lemon-lime-colored leaves that retain their color throughout the growing season. While it has no fall color to speak of, this 3-foot-tall cultivar is a good choice for a compact selection of Deutzia . The genus Deutzia consists of medium sized flowering shrubs native to Asia, generally with slender stems and a fine-textured arching habit. The clusters of small …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Spring is here and with it come wildflowers—trillium, mayapples, and spring beauties. Take a stroll or … parts that makes a garden a garden.” — Elements of Design by Joe Eck By May, it’s tempting to visit the local garden center and go gaga over all things in bloom. We load up the shopping cart with plants, perhaps without giving much thought to what will go where in the garden. It’s easy to get swept away. Flowers, with all their …
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… The Prairie State is…not so much! Illinois is known as “the prairie state,” but this moniker no longer truly … than one-tenth of one percent of prairieland. Years ago, the prairie stretched from horizon to horizon. Today, it can be found only in small patches. Since several species of plants and … so will they. Chicago Botanic Garden scientists studying reproductive biology are working hard to understand how populations can be reestablished. Scientists have taken two different …
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… fall container gardening. This month, we met up with Jess Goehler, curator, Plant Collections, to create a wickedly beautiful piece of goth plant art. We hope her creation inspires you to add a goth gardening container of your own this Halloween. Goth gardening (drawn from Victorian or Gothic gardening) is having more than a moment; it’s been all the rage for years. In 2024, it was dubbed one of …
Type: Blog
… Ayurveda is the popular health and healing system associated with yoga. If you’ve benefitted from your yoga practice and would like to learn more ways to build a healthy lifestyle, join us for this fun and informative class. Please bring pen and …
Type: Item Detail
… Geum 'Fuzzy Navel’ stands 32 inches high and blooms from mid May to early July with 1” yellow flowers that face outward. The flowers are held on thin wiry stems above a clump of green basal leaves. Plant it in full sun to partial shade. It is hardy in zones 4- 8. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This beautiful climbing rose grows up to 8 feet high with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. From mid-June through mid-October … light pink semi-double blooms that attract butterflies and hummingbirds. The light fragrance is reminiscent of tea rose and honey. It's resistant to black spot disease. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This bulb is similar to the nodding star-of-Bethlehem ( Ornithogalum nutans ) except that if sited where it … white flowers grow in umbels, radiating from a central point on the flower stem. It may reseed to the point of being invasive. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… American red elderberry is an deciduous shrub that grows to a maximum height of 25 feet. It requires full sun or partial … shade and moist water conditions. In early summer it produces yellow blooms that give way to red fruit that attracts birds. The plant can be used in a hedge or a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Many gardeners take the director's approach to selecting perennials. They conduct tryouts each season, hoping to discover one or more budding new stars. Over time, the true classics will endure, but the process of looking for a beautiful new plant is something gardeners anticipate at the start of each new growing season. Below, the Chicago …
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