… Everyone can use a little privacy in their garden from time to time. After all, a garden is a place to retreat from the outside world, a place to sit and sip coffee, read a book, do some yoga, bird-watch, or … woody plants that tend to be less than 20 feet tall. They produce multiple branches from the base of the plant. While evergreens like boxwood, yews, and junipers provide a …
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… to be able to grow these lovely small trees; in more exposed USDA Zone 5 sites farther from Lake Michigan, they may not be hardy. The walls of the English Walled Garden are cloaked … which will cloak a house or a fence almost too enthusiastically. It is neither a true ivy, nor from Boston (it's native to China and Japan), but it can call itself anything it wants as long as … Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center, if you venture across the new Trellis Bridge from Evening Island. Winterberry ( Ilex verticillata ) can be found in the Sensory Garden. And if …
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… explains that clivias are slow-growing and difficult to propagate. "If you grow clivias from seed, it takes three to five years for them to bloom for the first time," he says. "The big, … technique used to propagate plants, allows commercial growers to produce hundreds of plants from a single bud or even cell, knowing that each new plant will be an exact duplicate of the … Unfortunately, clivias, like other plants resistant to tissue culture, can be propagated only from seeds or division. IN THE WILD According to Dr. Ault, clivias are native to the subtropical …
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… True dwarf conifers average about one-twentieth the typical size, with most species growing from 1 to 6 inches annually and reaching less than 6 feet after ten years. An intermediate dwarf … characteristics of each, keeping in mind their different foliage and colors, which may differ from the parent or normal species. And don't forget their small size is relative: discover the … (or, as they are sometimes called, “sports”) can also introduce changes in a particular bud from the normal growing parent to a dwarfed habit. Finally, tangled, dense clumps of branchlets …
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… updating your home’s curb appeal, enlarging a patio, or increasing privacy. Take a look from the windows in your living room, dining room, kitchen, and other spaces. After all, gardens are meant to be enjoyed from indoors as well as outside, and throughout all the seasons. Evaluating these views allows … evergreens and plant something more in scale with the house? Take a few photos of your home from the front sidewalk or street to get a clear idea of what others see. Moving About A path …
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… español ↓ Conservation scientist Hector Ortiz Cano grew up in Sonora, Mexico, where he learned from his ancestors’ reverence for the land. Hector inspects Agave at the Chicago Botanic Garden … his profession and purpose began to form in his postgraduate work, studying quelites, a plant from the Amaranthaceae family. Although some amaranths are ancient grains related to quinoa, … for Plant Conservation Science and Action. While Ortiz welcomes his Hispanic heritage from Mexico as part of his life and its influence, he distinguishes it from his Mestizo …
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… The great blue herons you see at the Garden in late spring and early summer likely have flown from a rookery several miles away to find food to bring back to their young. A rookery is a group … place with squawking young hollering for their dinner. When they see their parents return from their food-finding forays, the young get louder until mom or dad lands on the nest and …
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… compact cultivars generally remain under 5 feet, in height as well as width. Plants can vary from attractive mounding forms to more upright shapes. Leaves are small, leathery, and dark … the Chicago Botanic Garden, winterberries are found massed throughout most major garden areas, from the Native Plant Garden to the Japanese Garden. The west courtyard of the Horticulture …
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… orange, or brown bell-like flowers that cover the top half of the tapering spike but bloom from the bottom up. The long-lasting flowers, which should be protected from strong winds, are showiest when planted against dark backgrounds such as evergreens. Plant …
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… Twitty. It’s the memoir of a culinary historian who traces Southern cuisine and food culture from Africa to America. Tim Pollak, the Garden’s outdoor floriculturist recommends The … Good Reads Leora Siegel, senior director, Lenhardt Library, shares her book recommendations from the library’s collection. From the Classics A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants by Christopher Brickell Dirr's Encyclopedia …
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