… or Lenten roses are prized for their flowers which appear in late winter or early spring and are often the first flowers to appear in the Chicago garden. Golden Lotus hellebore grows into a low mound about fifteen inches tall and 2 feet wide. The foliage is leathery and dark green with serrated leaflets that are evergreen throughout the winter except in …
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… or Lenten roses are prized for their flowers which appear in late winter or early spring and are often the first flowers to appear in the Chicago garden. Yellow Lady hellebore grows into a low mound about fifteen inches tall and wide. The foliage is leathery and darkgreen with finger-like clusters of serrated leaflets that are evergreen throughout the …
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… or Lenten roses are prized for their flowers which appear in late winter or early spring and are often the first flowers to appear in the Chicago garden. Painted Doubles hellebore grows into a low mound about fifteen inches tall and two feet wide. The foliage is leathery and dark green with serrated leaflets that are evergreen throughout the winter except in …
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… (Ranunculaceae), Eranthis hyemalis is one of the earliest spring-flowering bulbs to bloom—and also among the smallest. Because these bulbs grow closer to the soil's surface, it takes only a few sunny days or thawing rains to warm the soil and signal to dormant bulbs that it's time to start growing. Cold winters typical of the plant's native European woodland origin, and cooler, humus-rich soil often bring the best show of flowers for the aconite. There is, …
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… 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 … enough. Vermont Sun is a cultivar of the Manchurian forsythia with flower buds hardy to 25 and possibly 30 below zero Fahrenheit. It grows upright into a large shrub up to 8’ tall and 6’ wide. It has larger, broader leaves than the typical forsythia and blooms earlier. Fall …
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… Peonies are popular garden plants, known for their stunning flowers, their cold hardiness and the huge variety of their colors, forms and habits. They are divided into two main groups: herbaceous, which die to the ground in the fall, and tree peonies, deciduous plants with woody stems which they retain throughout the winter. A …
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… people. When young, the shingle oak has a pyramidal shape. As it matures, its crown opens and lower branches droop. The acorns mature biennially. The glossy, dark-green leaves are unusual for an oak -- oblong and unlobed. The genus Quercus includes more than 600 species of the oak tree, of which 90 are … to North America; the Chicago Botanic Garden's collection contains more than 60 varieties and over 1,000 individual trees. Twenty oak species are native to Illinois. Oaks are slow …
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… arrows. It is not the showiest member of the genus Viburnum , but it may be the most useful and durable; the arrowwood viburnum and its many cultivars are widely used for hedges and screening or at the back of borders. This viburnum will grow to a height of 6' to 8'. It …
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… shelter of the trees' shade in McDonald Woods at the Garden. Have a seat on one of the benches and listen for the pewee, a bird much more easily heard than seen. Even on a warm summer day, the … then sally out to snatch an insect full of protein. The pewee sports gray-olive upper parts and pale gray underparts, with two whitish wing bars. Males and females look alike; young of the year have buffy wing bars. If you get a really close look, …
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… do the parts of a plant help it get the things it needs to grow? Transplant a flowering plant and get ready to take care of it at home. (30 – 40 minutes) IELDS: Science Learning Standards 12.A and 12.B NGSS: K-LS1-1, K-ESS3-1 Grades K – 1: Sneaky Plants How and why do plants change the spaces they live in? We will show you places in the Garden where …
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