… Sweet black-eyed Susan ( Rudbeckia subtomentosa 'Henry Eilers') is one of five species of black-eyed Susan native to Illinois, all of which have yellow flowers with brown centers. Sweet black-eyed Susan has three-lobed leaves and reaches a height of 4 feet. 'Henry Eilers' is a real novelty, with sunshine-yellow petals … tracks in southern Illinois. This black-eyed Susan cultivar blooms from July to September and is attractive to butterflies. Sweet black-eyed Susan ( Rudbeckia subtomentosa 'Henry …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: This migrant species is very common throughout the Garden, but is often seen with yellow-rumps in open areas. …
Type: Birding
… Fragrant Blue features blue-green foliage of thick substance forming a mound 9 inches tall and 12 inches wide. It blooms from June to July with fragrant blooms that start blue and open to white. The flowers are good for cut flower arrangements. This medium hosta holds its blue color longer than most and is somewhat slug resistant. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long lived. Although …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… number of genera, each with its own unique characteristics. A common characteristic, however, is the basic form of the flower, which consists of three petals surrounded by three sepals—often in dramatic and contrasting colors and in a variety of shapes and sizes. Although some orchids are native to temperate zones, most …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Cape jasmine ( Tabernaemontana divaricata ), a member of the Apocynaceae (dogbane) family, is a showy tropical shrub with extremely fragrant, nocturnal, double-white 1.5-inch flowers with crimped or wavy corollas. Its glossy 6- by 2-inch leaves are elliptic and wavy margined, colored mid- to dark green above and pale green beneath. Its many-branched foliage tends to grow almost parallel to the ground, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Q. Is it possible to grow dwarf citrus trees indoors in the winter without a greenhouse? I have a … trees make excellent outdoor warm-weather container plants. Most are hardy to 30 degrees and do quite well when provided with warmth, humidity and full sun. To successfully overwinter these plants indoors, take the following precautions: In …
Type: Plant Info
… Mount Airy Fothergilla is a small shrub 3-5' height and width, which produces fragrant white flowers in late April and May. The flowers look like tiny bottlebrushes. The fall foliage can take on various hues: …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Dark pinkish green leaves on a sprawling plant provide color and contrast in the garden during the summer and the tuber can be dug and eaten at season's end (it is a sweet potato). Plant in full sun in well drained soils and protect from deer (they love the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Lone Piñon is a New Mexican string band, or orquesta típica, whose music celebrates the integrity and diversity of their region's cultural roots. With fiddles, upright bass, guitars, accordions, vihuela, and bilingual vocals, they play a wide spectrum of the traditional music that is at home in New …
Type: Event for Calendar
… Cicadas have been out and singing for a while now. If you live around trees, you may be enjoying their late summer … also may be finding them on the ground. After they emerge from underground burrows, they molt and enter their adult stage. Then they mate, lay eggs, and die. When you find one, you can … use toy bug eye viewers to get a sense of what dragonflies and bees see. But the real picture is a little more complicated. In addition to the pair of compound eyes, many insects, including …
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