… This evergreen shrub can grow to a height of about 3 feet with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. From late spring to early fall it produces orange flowers that attract birds and butterflies. It is a specimen. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This evergreen ornamental grass rarely flowers, and when it does, the flowers are insignificant. It needs partial shade to full shade and moderate moisture conditions to reach a height of about 18 inches. It is good as a ground cover. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This perennial grows to a height of 6 inches with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has showy yellow blooms from May through August. It belongs in a border or a ground cover and is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This shrub grows to a height of 4 feet with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has showy reddish-green blooms in May and June followed by edible pink fruit. It is also attractive to birds. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This clump-forming perennial grows to a height of 30 inches with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. From May through October it has showy white blooms that attract butterflies. It belongs in a border and is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Q. What is the difference between June-bearing and ever-bearing strawberries? A. Types of strawberries … named according to their harvest time. June-bearing strawberries are the most familiar type and produce the largest fruits as well as large yields. Ever-bearing plants produce two smaller …
Type: Plant Info
… Description: The eastern towhee is a bird of shrubby habitats, but is not often spotted at the Garden. …
Type: Birding
… The yellow pitcher plant is a carnivorous plant native to North America. The "pitcher" is actually a modified leaf. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Cardinal flower ( Lobelia cardinalis ) is a native perennial considered one of Illinois' Best Plants. Growing 2 to 3 feet tall, cardinal flower is blooming at the water's edge of Spider Island, where it can grow in full sun because the soil is constantly moist. Hummingbirds searching for nectar are especially fond of the cardinal …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… are many cultigens of top onion, which are thought to be hybrids of Allium cepa , bulb onion, and Allium fistulosum , bunching onion, or their wild ancestors, A. vavilovii and altaicum . According to Dr. Peter Hanelt, editor of Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops , it is unlikely to have occurred in nature, because the ranges of the parents do not overlap. The …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
