… This is a low-growing variant of the species that can reach a height of 8’ and up to twice as wide. It …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This evergreen grows to a height of 15 feet with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. Its green foliage becomes bronze-green in the winter. It is good in a hedge. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This perennial grows to a height of 1 foot with full sun to partial shade and moist soil conditions. Its yellow blooms from March through June attract butterflies. It is also attractive to birds. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This beautiful shrub grows up to 5 feet high with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. From May through October it produces fragrant pink blooms that attract butterflies. It is a specimen in a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This beautiful shrub grows up to 54 inches high with full sun and moist soil conditions. From May through October it produces fragrant pink blooms. It is a specimen in a hedge or a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… within the Chicago Botanic Garden, an unsettling hush blankets the surroundings. The air is crisp, and the vibrant colors of the foliage at first creates a tranquil atmosphere. But as you wander … However the wind carries with it a freezing cold gust that cuts through your clothes, and you can't help but turn your head, half-expecting to see someone standing there. Yet, the …
Type: Blog
… A. There are several possible reasons why your lilac fails to bloom. The most common cause is lack of adequate sunlight. Lilacs (Syringa) need to be planted in a location that receives at … it is being pruned at the wrong time of the year. Lilacs bloom on the previous season’s growth and develop next year’s buds shortly after blooming in the spring. Pruning needs to be done at … blooming varieties can be damaged by a late freeze. As lilacs mature, they can grow leggy and overgrown, with little foliage toward the bottom of the shrub. When this happens it may be …
Type: Plant Info
… Why Care about Fungi? The Chicago area is host to more than a thousand species of mushrooms and mushroom like fungi—beneficial, … the forest. If you do collect in the wild, be aware of and follow rules for collecting at that site, e.g., collecting fungi is not allowed on any forest preserve property in the greater …
Type: Plant Info
… Purple Sensation Persian onion ( Allium aflatunense 'Purple Sensation') is one of the earliest of the large-flowered, hardy onions that produce hundreds of violet-purple … spike can reach 30 inches in height. Cut flowers usually last three weeks or more in the vase, and the dried flowers retain their color well. Honeybees love the nectar produced by the flowers, and the strong onion smell of the crushed stems and leaves discourages deer and rabbits. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Colocasia esculenta ‘Black Magic’ is grown for its intensely dark colored large elephant ears. The flowers, produced in winter, are the typical aroid shape and are frequented by several species of tropical bees and flies drawn to the citrusy fragrance. This plant can take very wet soils and has become a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
