… A long stamen protrudes from the long lilac upper lobe. The lower lobe is deep purple with a white spot in the throat. The attractive foliage is arrow-shaped and coarsely toothed; as …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… a compact growth habit, and its hairy, silver stems produce velvety, purple flower spikes with light lavender flowers. At the Chicago Botanic Garden, we find this plant very useful …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… to the popular 'May Night', the spikes of this cultivar are taller and more of deep purple with red-black bracts. It is named after a city in Germany and is also sold as the cultivar …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… sun. Best grown in a soil based potting mix. Water regularly during the growing season, with significantly reduced watering from fall to late winter. Do not pour water on the center of …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… of planting. In the St. Louis area, the bog garden should be sited in a protected location with a winter mulch. If a bog garden is not available, then growing plants in containers may be …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… foliage, sending up 20" upright spikes of lush, purple flowers from late June through August, with the main floral show occuring in July. Stachys have been evaluated by our plant evaluation …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… County, NY, USA , CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons What is soil? Great garden soil teems with life, and the creatures that live there are responsible for breaking down … plant roots, minerals, water, air—that needs constant refueling. Healthy soil is loaded with nutrients. Three key nutrients come from air and water: carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Three … organic matter, added regularly to the soil surface, eventually create the springy, teeming-with-life conditions of healthy soil. A garden tip: Build soil from the top down. Rather than …
Type: Plant Info
… hours at the garden pool gazing at his reflection. Echo, a mountain nymph, fell madly in love with him, but her love was not returned by the vain Narcissus . Echo wasted away from loneliness … system. But don’t worry—no need to memorize the divisions to be successful and creative with daffodil displays in your own garden! Most are hardy to the Chicago area and require very … split, or almost flat against the petals. Plants may be small (miniature) at 5 inches tall with tiny 1/2-inch-long flowers or they may reach 18 inches tall or more with stout 4-inch-wide …
Type: Plant Info
… that women wore in their hats. Since then, the great egret, standing more than 3 feet tall with a nearly 5-foot wing span, has become the symbol for the National Audubon Society, founded … a place farther north to raise their young in nests in trees and shrubs called colonies, often with other large waders including the great blue heron. During breeding season, a patch of skin on the bird’s face turns green, contrasting with the bright yellow bill. Males perform fancy courtship displays, opening up and fluffing …
Type: Birding
… Prairie and elsewhere. In their greenish winter plumage, this small, common finch can be found with flocks of siskins and redpolls in birches and alder or at bird feeders. On any day of the … to attract a mate. If a female likes what she sees, she'll join the male in the air and fly with him in wide circles as he sings. The female weaves a tight nest of down and other plant … a true acrobat when it comes to feeding. Watch as it flies to a thistle, clings to the stalks with its agile feet, and carefully extracts the seeds. In winter, American goldfinches hang from …
Type: Birding
