… The native Shumard oak is a member of the red oak group and produces acorns biennially. Like others in the red oak … have sharp, pointy contours. The Shumard oak has a pyramidal habit when young but matures to a more rounded shape. Fall color is a spectacular scarlet red. The genus Quercus includes more than 600 species of the oak tree, of which 90 are native to North America; the Chicago Botanic Garden's collection contains more than 60 varieties and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Tulipa kaufmanniana 'Early Harvest' is one of the earliest tulips to flower in the Chicago region. Unlike other cultivars of kaufmanniana , this selection has rounded tips to the petals instead of pointed ones. A mix of orange and yellow shades, the flowers are held on …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Americans for their use in making arrows as the branches are very straight. This arrowwood is called PAPOOSE™ arrowwood because it is a much smaller version of a larger arrowwood shrub. PAPOOSE™ grows to only about four feet tall and wide and has a rounded form, making it a truly compact and … flowers in June. These are followed by bunches of dark blue berries that are irresistible to birds. Viburnums are a versatile genus of multi-stemmed shrubs that are well suited to the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… of my earliest memories are of my grandmother setting big pots of collard greens on the stove to stew—and then taking in their earthy, vinegary, peppery fragrance. A nutritional powerhouse, … of the Heirloom Collard Project , a community of seed savers, farmers, and academics dedicated to preserving heirloom collard greens. Through the collective, I realized that there are tons of … this variety for more than a hundred years and that his mother used it to make a dish that is similar to sauerkraut. Ellen Felton Dark As a Chicagoan, I have always appreciated that …
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… This is a vigorous late vine producing small, open, bell-shaped, single yellow flowers with red anthers from mid-summer to late autumn, followed by fluffy seed heads. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This is a vigorous late vine producing small open, bell-shaped, single yellow flowers with red anthers from mid-summer to late autumn followed by fluffy seed heads. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… <p> Deciduous Magnolia native to Missouri. 'Miss Honeybee' is used in hybridizing. One of the parents of Magnolia 'Gold Star' and M . 'Goldfinch'. Blooms at …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This shrub grows about 3 feet high with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. From June to July it produces showy rose blooms. It is successful in a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… moisture conditions. It has white blooms in March and April and belongs in a border. It is also resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Q. Quite a few trees on my property are chlorotic. Is there a particular fertilizer I can use to eliminate this problem? A. Chlorosis, the yellowing … soils, pollution and other environmental causes. The plants in our area most susceptible to iron deficiency are the white and pin oaks, hollies, certain azaleas and rhododendrons, black …
Type: Plant Info
