… This beautiful shrub needs full sun and moderate moisture conditions. From May through August it produces fragrant red blooms that attract birds and butterflies. It is a specimen in a hedge. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This specimen cactus grows up to 2 feet in height with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. In mid winter it produces attractive yellow and green flowers. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Large lilac flowers are accentuate with a darker, almost magenta central eye and green foliage. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… A specimen shade tree, it needs full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This moth orchid has subtly veined pink petals with a deep pink lip and cap. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This evergreen needs full sun and moderate moisture conditions to reach a height of 6 feet. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… the Chicago Botanic Garden, an unsettling hush blankets the surroundings. The air is crisp, and the vibrant colors of the foliage at first creates a tranquil atmosphere. But as you wander … However the wind carries with it a freezing cold gust that cuts through your clothes, and you can't help but turn your head, half-expecting to see someone standing there. Yet, the … a spectral companion you can't quite see. Suddenly, a faint tap on your shoulder startles you, and you whirl around, heart racing. Yet, there's no one in sight. The tap is a whisper of …
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… Susceptible Plants Apple and crabapple ( Malus ), hawthorn ( Crataegus ), quince ( Chaenomeles ), Eastern red cedar ( Juniperus virginiana ), and some junipers ( Juniperus ) Description & Symptoms Hawthorns, Apples, Crabapples, Quince … host) Rust is a two-host fungal disease that moves between evergreen cedars or junipers and deciduous hawthorns, apples, or quince. Orange, rusty-colored spots appear on the upper …
Type: Plant Info
… Grows® is a plant introduction partnership of the Chicago Botanic Garden, the Morton Arboretum and the Ornamental Growers Association of Northern Illinois formed to promote plant cultivars … variety was developed at the Chicago Botanic Garden; it was selected for its vase-shaped habit and unusual bloom color, which emerges bright yellow and matures to an orange blush. It is part of the PRAIRIEBLUES™ False Indigo Series. Members …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… are held on upright stems. Plants prefer full sun to part shade; tolerate heat, drought, and humidity; and attract butterflies. This species is native from Missouri south to Louisiana and Texas. Members of the genus Baptisia are commonly known as wild or false indigo due to their …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
