… 'Fire Island' is a smaller (15 inches tall, 30 inches wide) hosta. The foliage emerges bright yellow on red petioles and darken to chartreuse as blooms in mid-summer with lavender flowers. This hosta prefers full shade. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy-to-grow, and long-lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Fried Bananas' is a large (20 inches tall, 40 inches wide) hosta with oval to heart-shaped chartreuse leaves. … light. It blooms with fragrant, white flowers in late summer. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy-to-grow, and long-lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… leaves with a somewhat upright habit. It blooms with white flowers in mid summer. It is a sport of Hosta sieboldiana 'Elegans.' Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks … also common, and new introductions abound. Hosta cultivars range in size from several inches to several feet; it may take 3 to 8 years for hostas to reach their full size. They all prefer …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The blackjack oak is native to the south-central and southeastern U.S. It has a scrubby and irregular habit and is more likely to be found in the wild in poor sandy soil than in nursery stock. Acorns mature biennially. The …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… produces abundant, long-lasting white flowers and no fruit. This large shrub will grow to a height of 12’ with a similar spread. The flowers fade to a pink color that gives this shrub its cultivar name. It will grow in full sun to partial shade and is not fussy about soil types or conditions. This is one of the oldest garden viburnum cultivars, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This weeping evergreen tree needs full sun and moist soil conditions to reach a maximum height of 6 feet. It is a specimen ground cover. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This pyramidal evergreen shrub grows to a height of 30 inches with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. It is a specimen in a hedge. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This evergreen shrub needs full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It is good as a ground cover or in a hedge. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This pyramidal evergreen tree needs full sun and moist soil conditions to reach a height of 45 feet. It is a specimen in a hedge. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… partnership with the Friends of the Chicago River and the Forest Preserves of Cook County. It is viewable from the North Branch Trail near Dundee Road. Now, as the earth awakens from winter, … ecologist, lakes and shorelines. “Some data suggests that once a pole is occupied it tends to have a nest the following year.” The osprey is at risk of disappearing as a breeding … Ospreys are fish-eating raptors that migrate south, and winter from the southern United States to South America. They are often seen during their migrations, yet few remain in Illinois to …
Type: Blog
