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  • … This plant is a type of willow tree that has stems that are bright green in the winter time, even when it has lost its leaves. The stems can be used to make baskets too! Green dicks purple osier willow can grow to about sixteen feet tall and about eight feet wide but this tree is usually coppiced (cut back …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … This maple is native to China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia and far eastern Russia. It can grow to a height of 40 feet with a similar spread. Leaves can have 5-7 triangular lobes. They emerge …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … but they are so small or high up that we can’t appreciate their unique beauty until they drift to the ground. Small to midsize ornamental trees, however, offer bold, beautiful color at eye level. They play an important role in small landscapes, especially in urban sites where this is no room for a large tree. The individual flowers may be exceptionally small —like those of the …
    Type: Plant Info
  • … wide variety of daffodils, tulips, alliums, and other specialty bulbs. Members are encouraged to come and shop before the Fall Bulb Sale is open to the public. …
    Type: Event for Calendar
  • … Fall is a great time to start planning next year’s vegetable and herb gardens. Learn about soil … and tests, vegetable garden layouts, heirloom and modern cultivars, and when and how to plant for a continued, flavorful harvest.  Nina Koziol, horticulturist and writer Classroom 6, …
    Type: Item Detail
  • … This beautiful shrub grows up to 3 feet high with full sun to partial shade and moist soil conditions. From May through October it produces fragrant white, salmon and yellow blooms that attract birds. It is a specimen in a hedge or a border as well as a ground cover. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Dense masses of pure white double flowers are produced in early summer and then consistently up to the first hard frost of fall. Green foliage is resistant to powdery mildew, black spot, and rust. Plant in full sun in moderately fertile, well-drained …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Siberian Burnet ‘Pink Elephant’ is an upright perennial that grows to a maximum height of about 5 feet. It requires full sun to partial shade and moist water conditions. In the summer it produces pink flowers. The plant …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … 'Snow Dwarf' Mockorange is an upright dwarf shrub that grows to a maximum height of 3 feet. It requires full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. In May and June it produces showy, fragrant …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Description: This swallow is most often seen flying over the lakes, close to the bridges, looking for insects. Look for …
    Type: Birding