… vegetable plants this month. They’ve been coddled in a warm greenhouse up until now. If you buy warm-season crops (like tomatoes, peppers, beans and squash) wait to plant them until after … grocery store. When they’ve finished blooming indoors, plant them outside and let the leaves die back naturally. You’ll enjoy them again next spring. Nina Koziol is a garden writer and …
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Delicate white flowers are embraced by pink calyces on wiry stems that dance in the breezes above the large silver leaves accentuated with charcoal veins and stems. Grows best in semi-shaded areas with consistent soil …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
On snow sifted over the December landscape, you see a square of four tiny paw prints, then a stroke, then another square, then another stroke—the mark made by the flopping tail of a scampering deer mouse. "It leaves a hyphen," said Jim Steffen, former senior ecologist at the Garden. Deer mouse by Bev Wigney . Deer mice, or white-footed mice, are among the animals you are most likely to see at the …
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… after a single season spent with sunflower shells on the soil around it. Better idea is to buy sunflower seeds that have the hulls removed. It’s a bit more expensive, but you won’t have to …
Type: Blog
Get growing all year round! This is a technical training course intended for aspiring growers interested in learning best-practice season-extension techniques to grow year around. Windy City Harvest coordinator Farm on Ogden, 3555 W. Ogden Avenue, …
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This slow growing spruce can reach a height of 80’. Native to , it will grow into a broadly conical shape. Its horizontal branches will become somewhat pendulous with age. It will do best in a sunny location with well-drained …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
Bright red, 3.5-inch, formal, decorative-shaped blooms appear on a smallish plant (2.5 feet in height) from midsummer up to the first hard frost. This nonhardy bulb flowers best in moderately moist, fertile, well-drained soils in full …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
Deep dark single red blooms appear atop stout stems approximately 6 weeks after watering the dormant bulb. For best results, grow the bulb in the brightest location in the home and stake, if needed, to keep the flowering stalk …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
This tall (70’) tree is found only in central and west China. Its needles are blue-green. Due to its rarity, it is seldom seen in private gardens. It will do best in a sunny location with well-drained soil. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
Twist of Lime Alumroot is a bright chartreuse yellow Heuchera hybrid with a twist. It has bright green yellow leaves with wavy textured edges. The ruffled edges diminish as the leaves mature, but new leaves continue to add interest and texture. It performs best when planted in semi-shade to prevent scorching and retain the best bright color in the foliage. Pale green flower scapes appear in early …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
