… result of open pollination of the cultivar 'Carradonna'. Meadow sages are highly recommended for perennial gardens in northern climates. They are fully hardy and produce bushy little plants … is not liked by deer or rabbits. They need little care once established, but require full sun for the best blooms. The meadow sages were derived mostly from the Eurasian species Salvia …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… by the dark red stems rising from the dark bronze foliage in summer. This astilbe is ideal for moist soils in shaded conditions; water it during droughts. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… to frost. Easy to grow, Cambodian Queen is a proven performer. Pair with Asters and Anemones for a stunning fall show. Mounding habit. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… reach a height of about 4 feet. In July and August it produces pale pink flowers. It is ideal for a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Join Managing Ecologist Heather Decker for an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of McDonald Woods. See the spring woodland wildflowers …
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… I loved sitting around the dining table with my family, cutting out intricate papel picado for the school altar honoring the dead. My dad was so skillful with paper. He was an accountant, … Coco was released. I watched James Bond in Spectre find himself in a procession of Catrinas on a Mexico City street, looking gorgeous in a skeleton suit. I began to see Día de los Muertos … part of life. I found his words deeply heartrending and liberating, but I also understood them on a biological level as a plant recorder at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Humor, too, plays a role …
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… heard, but may be seen, in wet areas of the Dixon Prairie or along restored shorelines. Look for their globular nests in sedges along the Skokie River. …
Type: Birding
… Velvet green tufts of glossy leaves make for an ideal edging plant along shady paths or nestled among stones. Cream colored inflorescences …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… can be used as a pond plant. However, since it's also quite drought tolerant, it's ideal for rain gardens. It's evergreen in most climates. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… For some gardeners, a winter landscape is a blur of neutral colors highlighted with the dark … mugo pine. It's hard to imagine a combination of flowers more pleasing than this. Perched on a small hill with beds divided by grassy paths, the conifer garden is a vivid demonstration of …
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