… white, gray green, and yellowish green on a nonhardy shrub. Small, insignificant white flowers in November perfume the air with the honey-like fragrance of osmanthus. The cultivar name, Goshiki, is a Japanese word referring to the 5 colors of the leaves. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Niagara Falls' is a dense cultivar of the classic weeping eastern white pine. Typically it has long, soft blue-green needles in clumps of five, but with more lateral buds and a slower growth habit. Like other cultivars, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… New! Enjoy the sweet and savory flavors of summer in this stunning dish. Mouthwatering ahi tuna is paired with crunchy macadamia nuts, creamy guacamole, juicy mango salsa, and crispy tortilla …
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… SHAWNEE BRAVE® baldcypress is a deciduous conifer with a narrow pyramidal shape which grows to 50-75' tall and 15-20' wide. It has a narrower shape and denser foliage than species trees. It prefers full sun in moist, acidic, loams, but will tolerate a wide range of soil conditions ranging from average …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… our gardens during the great fall migration. Among these fascinating and colorful creatures is the ruby-throated hummingbird, which travels through the Chicago area in great numbers during September and October. Although there are as many as 25 species of hummingbirds in the United States, the ruby-throated is the only hummingbird regularly found east of the …
Type: Plant Info
… Vanilla, the most widely used flavoring in baking, is the pod fruit of a vine in the orchid family. Learn how to use fresh vanilla beans and vanilla paste as well as how to …
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… Don’t stop canning and preserving just because it is winter. In this cooking class, learn to preserve using dried fruits in a dried fig, apple, and raisin jam—a sweet, bright-tasting spread with a chunky texture …
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… Deep, flaming orange, 4-inch, formal, decorative blooms appear in August and September on this shorter statured (to 3 feet) nonhardy tuberous plant. This is a great addition to the annual flower displays or can be used as a cut flower. Full sun, … their root systems to avoid the plants tipping over from the weight of their blooms later in the season. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Abbey Road greater masterwort ( Astrantia major 'Abbey Road') is a delicate, small, hardy perennial in the carrot family that produces thin stalks topped with half-domes of bright pink flowers that … Each flower consists of tiny florets with a row of ray-shaped sepals beneath. Even when not in bloom it has attractive divided foliage. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Grey-green compact mounds are covered in small, golden yellow flowers from late April into May on this cultivar selected for greater disease resistance and a more compact growth habit. This is a perfect plant for the rock garden or edge of a flower bed and attracts a number of pollinators. Plant it in full sun and well-drained soils to avoid rot during high rainfall periods. This perennial will …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
