… This thyme cultivar is used as a culinary herb. It can also be used as an evergreen ground cover (it will tolerate … light foot traffic and release a wonderful herby fragrance when stepped on). It can grow to 18" tall and 24” wide. It blooms in late spring/early summer with rose or white flowers that are attractive to bees. It grows in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun and can tolerate …
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… go on your way—but Budburst volunteers stop what they’re doing and take the seasonal changes to heart. Volunteers for Budburst , a community science program of the Chicago Botanic Garden … Garden on October 8. Taran Lichtenberger, Budburst community engagement manager, will be there to show people how to use the Budburst app, which is available on iOS or Android . The event, which starts at 11 a.m., includes a guided walk …
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… It grows to 10 to 15 feet in height and has a wide-spreading (15 feet) habit. Use this versatile shrub as a … in bloom. White petals with reddish-pink anthers and stamens are borne in panicles that are 2 to 3 feet long. Smooth brown nuts in husks ripen in late fall. Bottlebrush buckeye is a beautiful, mounding, shrubby species of buckeye with spectacular flowers in mid-summer. …
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… BUZZ™ Ivory Butterfly Bush This upright, semi-bushy shrub only grows to a size of three to five feet, but it produces elegant spikes of white plumes to accent its medium green-greyish … butterflies love the fragrant flowers that arrive in early summer and last until the fall. It is a specimen, great in large containers and small gardens. Withered branches should be removed …
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… BUZZ™ Hot Raspberry Butterfly Bush This upright, semi-bushy shrub only grows to a size of three to five feet, but it produces elegant spikes of white plumes to accent its medium green-greyish … butterflies love the fragrant flowers that arrive in early summer and last until the fall. It is a specimen, great in large containers and small gardens. Withered branches should be removed …
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… and several stalks on each plant. The buds open in series, so a single plant will continue to bloom for 2 weeks or more. It is easy to grow and does well in full sun to part shade. …
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… Discover how to capture the beauty of the waterlilies and other aquatic plants found at the Chicago Botanic … focus, and water reflections. Begin with classroom instruction and then go out into the Garden to practice these concepts. A tripod and polarizing filter are recommended but not required. Class is limited to DSLR or mirrorless cameras. Dress for the weather. The School’s CEUs=3 hours FPC …
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… on this non-hardy bulb. Maché Orange Persian buttercup ( Ranunculus asiaticus 'Maché Orange') is popular with homeowners as a forced bulb in early spring, and with the cut flower industry … a highlight in bouquets. Plant breeders have hybridized the native Persian species with others to produce a series of hybrids better adapted to cool, temperate climate conditions, but full sun and well-drained soils are still critical to …
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… a very dense pyramid of needles that are a rich, glossy green; each needle measures only 1/4" to 1/2" in length, the shortest of all cultivated spruces'. It grows in excess of 50' tall with weeping horizontal branches. This refined spruce deserves to be a specimen plant in the landscape. The developing cone is a rich red-purple, very noticeable in the spring. The Oriental spruce provides a refreshing …
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