… Description: Most winters, thanks to volunteer Peter Dogiakos, who fills homemade bird feeders with thistle in the Enabling Garden, … little birds, pine siskins give rising, buzzy, “zreeee” calls as they sit in trees or fly to spruce cones and feeders to dine. Pine siskins often hang out with American goldfinches, which … from year to year, and when it's a particularly lean winter, the siskins fly south looking for food. They readily come to feeders filled with thistle seed. Siskins were particularly …
Type: Birding
… How to Identify Poison Ivy Poison ivy takes many forms, so it is particularly important for parents, camp counselors, hikers, gardeners, and anyone who enjoys the outdoors to become familiar with its characteristics in all seasons. It can grow as a sprawling ground …
Type: Plant Info
… New! The morning begins with orientation to this magnificent 1929 manor house and grounds, where students receive suggestions for photo venues and camera settings. Students may then take pictures at locations of their …
Type: Item Detail
… classes at the Garden. Class locations vary between spaces in the Regenstein Center according to the season, weather, and availability. Spaces include two indoor rooms: Burnstein Hall and … Classes held from May through September will take place outdoors whenever possible. Dress for the weather. Classes held from October through April feature indoor classes only. Gordon …
Type: Item Detail
… by billowing masses of silvery, silk-like seeds in late fall. This perennial is excellent for use as an informal vine or trained formally on arbors. It flowers on the current season's … in 1877 and has been safely used as an ornamental until the last decade or so, when it began to appear on lists of plants that can reseed into roadsides and other natural habitats. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… together. Winter Glut bergenia is a hardy flowering groundcover with fleshy leaves that grows to about 12- 18 inches tall and wide. It has dark pink flowers in early spring. Although very … damaged foliage should be cut back in early spring. This plant makes an excellent groundcover for shady areas and can withstand periods of drought, although it prefers consistent soil …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… is an ancient deciduous conifer. The cultivar 'Akebono' is a male (fruitless) clone grown for its narrow upright habit with upswept branches. Evidence has been found which shows this tree … with the dinosaurs. Its unusual fan-shaped leaves adorn this large, lovely tree that grows to 50' or so. The spread can be wider than the height in mature plants. It is one of the most …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… fountain grass is a diminutive form of the very popular Hameln fountain grass. Piglet grows to about 18 inches tall and two feet wide with pinkish-white flowerheads appearing in late summer … may be necessary. As with most ornamental grasses the seed heads are generally maintained for winter interest and are cut back in late winter or early spring. Fountain grass tolerates …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Africa, it thrives in full sun with frequent watering; in intense sunlight its leaves tend to turn red. Ice plant will grow in rather poor soil with good drainage, making it a good choice for planting on slopes or in rock gardens, where it will provide dense coverage and brilliant …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… toxic and will not be eaten by deer or rabbits. The name Narcissus comes from the Greek word for narcotic and is tied to the myth of a young man known as Narcissus who fell in love with his own reflection. When he …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
