… Description: If this state-endangered owl is seen at the Garden, it is either flying over, or roosting on the ground, in the Dixon Prairie. …
Type: Birding
… Learn to make chardonnay-poached eggs; fried quail eggs over a salad of endive, crispy lardon, and Roquefort cheese; and deviled eggs topped with fried prosciutto. Each dish is packed with flavor and guaranteed to get you out of your egg slump and into a new era of …
Type: Item Detail
… Leopard’s bane is a perennial which originated in and has been growing in gardens for hundreds of years. ‘Little Leo’ grows 9- to 12-inches tall and produces semi-double yellow daisylike flowers from March through June and 6-to 8-inch long …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Gnome Pink globe amaranth grows to a maximum of 8 inches in height and features pink flowers from late spring until the first frost. A great annual for the front of the border, it is disease- and insect-free; it also tolerates heat, drought, and poor soils. The flowers are beloved by …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Creating and enjoying a bird oasis connects us to nature and helps sustain bird populations. A small Chicago bird garden is showcased to illustrate how to attract more than 100 bird species. Tips include practices, …
Type: Item Detail
… Fall is the best time to prepare for a healthy, lush lawn in the upcoming season. Learn the basics of lawn renovation and how to prepare your lawn for winter. Discuss and observe proper techniques for installing sod, seeding and overseeding, and aerating and …
Type: Item Detail
… This sweetpea is noted for an amazing scent and two-tone pink flowers variously described as "deep pink wings with pale pink nose" or "cerise standards and magenta wings." Regardless, this cool-season annual will climb and clamber up trellises, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Angel White lilac is a cultivar of the common lilac hybridized to be somewhat more tolerant of warmer climates … the genus Syringa , commonly known as lilacs, are shrubs or small trees prized for their showy and fragrant blooms in late spring. The individual flowers are tubular in form and are borne in large panicles. While the common name of the plant has come to define a shade of …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… than the bulb. Leave the neck of the bulb sticking up above the soil level. Once the leaves and flowering stalks start to emerge, move the amaryllis to a bright location, and rotate the pot to discourage the flowering stalk from falling towards the light. Amaryllis (the old genus name that is now used as the common name for this group of plants) is native to tropical America whereas …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… than the bulb. Leave the neck of the bulb sticking up above the soil level. Once the leaves and flowering stalks start to emerge, move the amaryllis to a bright location, and rotate the pot to discourage the flowering stalk from falling toward the light. Amaryllis (the old genus name that is now used as the common name for this group of plants) is native to tropical America. Once the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
