… of its mature foliage, while younger foliage offers a dramatic combination of light green with maroon. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… down. And when it's not in bloom, you have the quieter pleasure of its variegated folliage with each leaf edged in gold. </p> <p>Bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds love …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… outsize impact. New foliage is a bright golden color. The late spring bloom is pink, flushed with purple. And even at maturity in mid-summer, the foliage remains a fresh, eye-catching lime …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… display of 2- to 3-inch pure white flowers surrounded by a petaloid calyx. Glossy leaves with prominent drip tips are all indicative of its origins in tropical rainforests. In …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… the species no longer existed here. That all changed in May when Grant Fessler, a botanist with the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Plants of Concern rare plant monitoring program, led a team to … It is a story worth hearing. Fueled by curiosity and a hunger for discovery, Fessler partnered with Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) staff for a targeted trek to where the … quite small, so the team expected to conduct a thorough search in a day. After a couple hours with no sighting, they concluded that the species was indeed extinct in Illinois. “Once we …
Type: Blog
… lettuce, spinach, beets, brussels sprouts, or cabbage, you can protect them from freezing with a cover. Use frost cloth (available at some big box stores, garden centers, and online), … into the soil. They are typically made of wood, cement blocks, or hay bales, and covered with a lid—a sheet of clear glass, plastic film, or similar material. Cold frames are useful for … of a thin layer of bark. During the day, the sun warms the bark, which then rapidly cools with cloud cover or nightfall. Wrapping the trunk with tree wrap (burlap or paper tape) during …
Type: Plant Info
… the boxwoods that gave shape to the curving beds all died this winter and were replaced with more annuals. “Certain varieties of boxwood were just killed,” said Tom Tiddens, supervisor … killed to the 1-foot line. That’s how deep the snow was.” In spite of the terrible winter, with temperatures on some days that were more than 50 degrees Fahrenheit below freezing, the … stressed out, the budget goes to defense.” That cumulative stress goes back several years with a drought in 2012, flooding in 2013, a polar vortex in 2014, several wet springs followed by …
Type: Plant Info
… During long stretches of hot days with no rain, it’s tricky to figure out how and what to water. Our experts have some watering … eye on the tuna can in their midst: when it's full, you've watered enough for an average week with no rainfall! Rain Barrels Rock Rainwater is a precious resource that should be recycled into … the inevitable dry days to come. The rain barrel in our Fruit & Vegetable Garden is equipped with both a spigot for easy watering-can fill-ups and a hose attachment to spread the water …
Type: Plant Info
… been working on this past year. Over the last few years, our horticulturists have been working with Cognitive Gardens, Inc., to install a state-of-the-art “smart garden” network. Cognitive … explains, “Now we know where to concentrate our efforts. We can be more efficient with time and money and take the Garden to the next level.” A surprising outcome of this new … is located in an office at the south end of the Garden. Each morning, the supervisors check in with Hal-lie and get a download of messages from the plants in their gardens and a list of …
Type: Blog
… September 25, 2022 Regenstein Center, Greenhouse Galleries Open during Garden hours , included with general admission This is a story about people with big dreams. It’s a story about imagination and growing new things. It’s a story about the …
Type: Event for Ongoing
