… The Felderbach European beech is an extremely dwarf form with a columnar habit. Foliage is dark … of the species. The genus Fagus includes 10-13 species of the beech tree, which are native to temperate regions of Asia, Europe and North America. Only Fagus grandifolia , the American … Fagus sylvatica or the European beech, accounts for the vast majority of cultivars used in landscaping. The Chicago Botanic Garden's collections contain three species but more than two …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Rotundifolia European beech is so named after its small rounded leaves, which are dark green … of the species. The genus Fagus includes 10-13 species of the beech tree, which are native to temperate regions of Asia, Europe and North America. Only Fagus grandifolia , the American … Fagus sylvatica or the European beech, accounts for the vast majority of cultivars used in landscaping. The Chicago Botanic Garden's collections contain three species but more than two …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Tortuoso Purpurea European beech takes its name from its unusual twisted, spreading habit and … of the species. The genus Fagus includes 10-13 species of the beech tree, which are native to temperate regions of Asia, Europe and North America. Only Fagus grandifolia , the American … Fagus sylvatica or the European beech, accounts for the vast majority of cultivars used in landscaping. The Chicago Botanic Garden's collections contain three species but more than two …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Downy-leaved arrowwood viburnum is a species native to Canada and the eastern U.S. found primarily in the woodland understory. It has a compact habit with branching finer than most other …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… It's Crabapple Blossom Time! Great Basin. Where to begin? A beautiful spring walk designed to capture the crabapples, and other magical vistas and views, begins at the overlook, next to the English … of complementary flowering perennials, bulbs, ornamental grasses, and ground covers, laid out in a tapestry of color and texture with the intention of blooming in sequence with the crabapples …
Type: Walks
… A wild rose native to the mountains of central and southern Europe, redleaf rose sports attractive waxy purple … a unique combination of purple, gray, and green. The pink flowers have five petals, appear in May and June, and are followed in the fall by orange-red hips that last into winter. It is a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Narcissus ‘Sweet Harmony’ is in Division 2. It blooms in mid spring with 4¼ inch flowers. The petals are greenish yellow and … by deer or rabbits. The name Narcissus comes from the Greek word for narcotic and is tied to the myth of a young man known as Narcissus who fell in love with his own reflection. When he …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Queen of Diamonds Culver's Root is a form of a native American perennial that grows in forests, meadows, and prairies throughout the Midwest. It is currently undergoing evaluation at the Chicago botanic Garden for suitability in local gardens. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This member of the Actaea or bugbane family is particularly prized for it remarkably dark purple, almost black foliage. In late summer, bugbanes develop tall flower spires with heavily scented flowers that are repellent (or a bane) to bugs. In fact, in earlier times, they were used to repel bed bugs. 'Hillside Black Beauty' is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ‘Advent’ is an upright, many-branched shrub, 9’-10’ tall that grows in sun to partial shade and is noted for its early blooms, starting in February, as soon as … petals with red tips emerging from a maroon-red calyx. When temperatures drop below freezing, the petals will curl up and then open again when warmer temperatures return. Large rounded leaves …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
