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- … fruit, and full fruiting. Deciduous trees , on the other hand, are more complex, with stages from first buds to leaf drop. Budburst builds on the basic human drive to notice this kind of …Type: Blog
- … are ready to hand out. Happiness is 1,000 paper cranes…and volunteers like Susan and Edie. From Ray’s original intent comes great good fortune: a community has sprung. And what do the kids …Type: Blog
- … After careful review of hundreds of submissions, we’re excited to share our selected poems from Garden enthusiasts everywhere for National Poetry Month. Get lost in these beautiful haiku …Type: Blog
- … provides between people and nature. In a society when people have become much more distanced from nature, feeding birds is perhaps the simplest and easiest way to make that connection. This … birds you want to feed. Tubular feeders with small (or no) perches tend to prevent large birds from accessing the food. Tubular thistle feeders have very small holes designed to provide access … to the pole or line that supports the feeder can prevent mammals like squirrels and raccoons from getting to the feeder. If you do want to place food on the ground for ground-feeding birds …Type: Blog
- … of moth species found in the restored portions of our oak woodland. Moths are removed from the traps and then photographed before being released back to the woodland. The metallic … virginica ) are striking—even its wings have a metallic sheen. My interest in moths stems from the fact that many of the species are dependent on one or just a few native plant species …Type: Blog
- … Tankersley, “if I get injured and need to dress a wound.” The savory herb also wins a vote from Lisa Hilgenberg, horticulturist at the Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden, who likes dill … More Many refreshing drinks—think iced tea, mojitos, and mint juleps—get some of their cool from mint, the herb of choice of Laura Erickson, coordinator of market sales for our Windy City …Type: Blog
- … fastuosum , or Pride of Madeira Echium pininana ‘Blue Steeple’ The team starts the plants from seed in November, transplanting seedlings into smaller pots to establish healthy root …Type: Blog
- … taxa, including palms, cycads, Hibiscus , and Brighamia insignis ; a rare evening primrose from New Mexico ( Oenothera organensis ); and the charismatic corpse flower ( Amorphophallus …Type: Research
- … and most beloved of all plant families. An edible orchid in an ice sphere adorns a cocktail from chef Daniel Boulud, marthastewart.com Why, yes, that's an orchid in my cocktail Noted French chef Daniel Boulud paired with a …Type: Blog
- … plant populations.” To address this issue, Garden scientists teamed up with researchers from the University of Washington and the Institute for Applied Ecology to identify the most … in the peer-reviewed journal Restoration Ecology. Full article: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/rec.13131 Photo by Tom Kaye: A population of golden paintbrush ( Castilleja …Type: Research