… Rhododendron 'Rosy Lights' was developed in Minnesota to provide reliably hardy azaleas that can tolerate the often less-than-ideal soils found in the … flowers in late spring are followed by intense orange and red fall color. Part of the key to success in the Midwest is the deciduous growth habit, allowing the plant to survive very low temperatures with little or …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… edge of shaded areas in moisture retentive soils. The flowering stems can be reduced in length to modify the height to fit the landscape design. An elegant alternative to maiden hair ferns that is much easier to maintain in the landscape. …
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… Thunbergia grandiflora , commonly known as the blue trumpet vine, is native to northern India. Like other climbing vines, it needs space to attain mature size and habit. Hard pruning to control the size significantly reduces flower …
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… This is the true, ancient pearl onion, but is seldom grown today. Its German name is perlzwiebel. This bulb is composed of many bulblets of varying sizes and compares in size with …
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… This cultivar is a medium sized deciduous tree that can reach a height and width of 50 feet. It is extremely hardy and tolerant of a wide range of soil and moisture conditions. It is also tolerant of street pollution. It has pointed, lobed leaves which are a "typical" maple …
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… Meet the bees of the McCormick Place Rooftop Farm …and try their honey! Check out our video to learn more about the honey harvesting process. Iris Michael (second from left), Fred Daniels … studies have shown that eating local honey might help alleviate allergy symptoms—and honey is known to have medicinal benefits ranging from reducing inflammation to antimicrobial … has a long and fascinating history . Iris is learning her beekeeping skills from Fred Daniels, site coordinator at Windy City Harvest’s Rodeo Farm, who has been beekeeping since 2012. Rodeo …
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… founders of the Royal Horticultural Society in the eighteenth century. Forsythias are medium to large shrubs that produce four-petaled clusters of bell-shaped flowers in the axils of the stiff, rough branches. These Asian shrubs are very adaptable to poor soils and varying moisture, but the flower buds may be tender on older cultivars. Pruning is best done immediately after flowering, giving new growth time to form flower buds. Never shear …
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… White Flounces magnolia is a double flowering form selected in 1991 as a seedling at the Arnold Arboretum in … Magnolia are known for the stunning beauty of their usually large flowers, which emerge prior to the foliage in spring, and are often fragrant. While shades of pink are the most common bloom … fruiting body of small follicles forming a cone-like shape. The species range from small trees to very large trees and shrubs. Magnolias are an ancient genus that appeared before bees; early …
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… ( Tabernaemontana divaricata 'Flore Pleno'), a member of the Apocynaceae (dogbane) family, is a showy tropical shrub with extremely fragrant, nocturnal, double-white 1.5-inch flowers with … 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, giving the shrub an attractive horizontal aspect. The …
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… The Edith Cavell cultivar of the common lilac was introduced in France in 1916 and is still a popular choice in the trade for its double white fragrant blooms. Like other lilacs, … tubular in form and are borne in large panicles. While the common name of the plant has come to define a shade of pale purple, some species and hybrids have pink or white blossoms. Lilacs begin to set buds for the following year shortly after they finish blooming; if pruning is desired, it …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
