… communities and is posing a threat to the integrity of the community.” An aggressive plant is one that spreads faster than preferred, or into an area of your garden where it is unwanted. A plant may be aggressive in one area of a garden or neighborhood and well behaved in another. …
Type: Plant Info
… This maple is native to Japan and is one of the "snake bark" maples. It can reach a height of 40 feet. It should be sited in full sun …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… dense branches and a formal appearance in the landscape. This is an outstanding shade tree and one that tolerates pollution. Its fragrant yellow flowers open in late June or early July, … of numerous bees collecting pollen. In autumn, the shiny dark-green leaves turn bright yellow. One of the best trees for our cities …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Woman’s Board of the Chicago Horticultural Society As a member of the Chicago Botanic Garden, one experiences the pleasures of the Garden and its activities. The privilege of being a member … Woman’s Board is offered to those who have demonstrated a desire to participate actively in support of the Garden through personal involvement and financial contributions. Woman’s Board … campaigns at their own comfort level. Woman’s Board members are expected to financially support and encouraged to attend events planned by the Woman’s Board and to take an active role …
Type: Page
… Description: Good luck with this one! It's a whiter, frostier version of the Common Redpoll, but even the hard-core birders don't … this species. Hang around with the experts at the Enabling Garden and perhaps they can point one out to you. Look for this tundra-breeder traveling in a flock of common redpolls or …
Type: Birding
… Pampas grass is one of the most beautiful and imposing grasses of the plains of South America. Giant clumps of … has proven to be an aggressive weed, with each clump of grass capable of producing more than one million seeds. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Iris tectorum ‘Alba’ is one of the crested group of irises that produces short spikes of white flowers above fan-like foliage in mid spring. This is one of the few iris species that actually can thrive in slightly shaded conditions. Well drained …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Use royal azalea as a specimen plant or in the shrub border. This is one of the best deciduous azaleas for the Midwest due to its tolerance of higher pH soils. The … rounded deciduous shrub that grows 6' to 8' tall and 6' to 8' in width with upright branches. One of the most beautiful azaleas in spring. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Japanese yews ( Taxus cuspidata ) and English yews ( Taxus baccata ). This particular one is a semi-dwarf, dense, spreading, evergreen shrub that grows to 3-4' tall with a spread of … of soils as long as they are well drained, but is intolerant of temperature extremes. This is one of the few conifers that can tolerate heavy pruning. Please note that all parts of this …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… it's easy to dream big. But the beginning of a new year can be a good time to focus on making one or two small, realistic changes. Small changes, after all, can have a big impact. Here are a … potential to improve the quality of your landscape — and, by extension, your life! Planting one tree in the right place is an easy and affordable way to create beauty and improve the … If it likes where it is growing, soon you will have more to enjoy or share, and you will support the native insects and wildlife that depend on them for habitat and nourishment. Sow a …
Type: Plant Info
