… Spring is the time to start seeds—especially for the veggies and herbs that thrive in summer's heat. … Basil. Parsley. They're some of the most popular plants to grow in Chicago area gardens, and they're the main ingredients for the tomato sauces that you'll can and freeze this year for …
Type: Plant Info
… Description: This state-endangered species is rarely seen at the Garden. It is distinct in its adult plumage, but difficult to identify as a juvenile. Look for it flying …
Type: Birding
… in the axils of the stiff, rough branches. These Asian shrubs are very adaptable to poor soils and varying moisture, but the flower buds may be tender on older cultivars. Pruning is best done immediately after flowering, giving new growth time to form flower buds. Never shear … enough. Sunrise forsythia is bud hardy to -20 degrees F. Growing to a nice round 5’ in height and width, it was developed at Iowa State University. Flowers are a deep golden yellow. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Ikebana is one of the traditional arts of Japan, and has been practiced for more than six hundred years. …
Type: Event for Calendar
… This clump-forming perennial grows to a height of 2 feet with partial shade to full shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has yellow blooms with white to pink inner sepals from May to June. It is a ground cover or an understory. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Yellow Trout Lily is a bulbous perennial that spreads by stolons. The horizontal leaves have deep green markings. The solitary flowers are yellow with reddish-yellow or purple outside and brown, yellow, or purple anthers in spring. They are shy to flower. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This is a native shrub that thrives in moist soils along ponds and riverbanks that can also transition …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Yellow Surprise Lily has pastel yellow flowers that fade to near white. This is a sterile triploid and probably originated as a natural hybrid in China. The foliage emerges in early spring, but …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… evergreen, mat-forming perennial grows to a height of 6 inches with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has showy white to pale pink blooms that attract butterflies from May through August. It is a ground cover. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Shredded umbrella plant is an upright perennial with deeply incised umbrella shaped leaves that grows to a maximum height of 18 inches. It thrives in partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. From late June to September it produces white powderpuff …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
