… home landscape due to their range of sizes and cultural adaptability. Some viburnums are noted for their fragrant flowers; most bear small fruit that may add visual interest. Many viburnums …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 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 … antics of the siskins and their more common counterpart, the American goldfinch, as they vie for favorite perches on feeders and trees. Pine siskins start courting and choosing mates as …
Type: Birding
… moisture, and genetic makeup of each plant, are the way deciduous plants prepare themselves for winter. Leaf Pigments Several types of pigments are always present in plant leaves. The … grass, flame grass, and Dallas Blues switch grass, to name just a few. Come on over and see for yourself! …
Type: Plant Info
… from Brassovola , Cattleya , Laelia , and Sophronitis . These varieties seem well suited for home culture, due to hybridization and their small size. It can easily be imagined that a … by genus and is consistent with their natural habitat. While requiring adequate sunlight for a stunning bloom display, most orchids will not tolerate sustained direct sun. Many varieties …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… to Panama, where the subspecies rosea is found. The flower spikes can produce flowers for up to three months, and each of the flowers smells like chocolate. This species requires very … by genus and is consistent with their natural habitat. While requiring adequate sunlight for a stunning bloom display, most orchids will not tolerate sustained direct sun. Many varieties …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… with highly fragrant white or pink flowers. Its suckering habit makes it a good candidate for naturalistic sites. Heptacodium miconioides (seven-son-flower) The tallest of the group, it … hydrangea) The largest-leaved of the many hardy midwestern hydrangeas, and is a good choice for massing in naturalistic gardens. A 5- to 6-foot spreading shrub, it features large, oaklike … and exfoliating rusty bark. Hypericum kalmianum (Kalm St. Johnswort) A very hardy native shrub for many uses. It remains small at 2 to 3 feet, and can give the appearance of a mounding ground …
Type: Plant Info
… 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 … trees, telephone poles, or even buildings in more rural areas. Urushiol, the resin responsible for producing allergic reactions in people, is present in every part of the plant. Rashes can … care must be taken not to spread the resin on clothing, tools, gloves, or garbage bags. For information about identification and removal of poison ivy, as well as current herbicide …
Type: Plant Info
… But to Jim Steffen , senior ecologist at the Garden, the oak woodland is a bustling center for natural processes and species, and may hold answers to unsolved scientific questions. Purple … him today. After taking a course in his community, he was federally licensed to band birds for research, a pursuit he followed for another 40 years. As he searched for hawks, owls, and … Less carbon being released from the soil, improved water retention and nutrient cycling, and a place to bolster native species of plants and animals. Jim Steffen begins to remove an ash tree …
Type: Blog
… imagines what he might write if his occupation was to perform a composition every evening for the rest of his community upon their return from work. Every piece would need to immediately …
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… Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA), is a judge and was chair of the Exam Committee for many years, sat on the Board from 1996-99 and 2017-2020, was head of the Nominations …
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