… Merrill hybrid magnolia is notable for abundant blooms, vigorous growth, and cold hardiness. Its clouds of 3½-inch … stunning beauty of their usually large flowers, which emerge prior to the foliage in spring, and are often fragrant. While shades of pink are the most common bloom color, the Magnolia …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Garden, even in death, plants have one final performance. As the days shorten, leaves fall, and the season itself feels like a long exhale, the Krehbiel Gallery will host The Last Show , a … honors the Garden’s dearly departed plant material. Imagine root flares, weathered stumps, and twisted branches taking center stage. Once bound for the mulch pile, these remnants now take … king trumpet mushrooms, carnations – fresh cuts Sustainability, reimagined The Last Show is a thoughtful reminder of the Garden’s commitment to sustainability, celebrating renewal …
Type: Blog
… Bear Williams aka (Larry Kimpel) is a Chicago-based blues/Americana/folk artist who tours and records internationally. He is the … Alanis Morrisette, Joe Cocker, and Al Jarreau, just to name a few.
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… its distinctive horizontal branching habit appears to belong in a Japanese garden, though it is a native species. Its scientific name Cornus alternifolia indicates that its leaves alternate … most of the rest of the Cornus genus. Small yellowish-white flowers are borne in late May and early June and are followed by bluish-black fruit in July, much beloved by birds. Fall foliage is golden …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Cardinal is one of the more popular cultivars of the native redosier dogwood and is notable for the coral … fruit attracts birds later in the season. Its reddish-purple leaves provide good fall color and the red stems provide contrast against a white winter background. Many gardeners do renewal …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Bailey dogwood is a cultivar of the native redosier dogwood and is notable for its bright red winter stems. It … The white fruit attracts birds later in the season. It has reddish-purple leaves in fall and later in the year its red stems provide contrast against a white winter background. Renewal …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Wayfaringtree viburnum is usually a multi-stemmed shrub with a rounded outline growing to a height of 10' to 15'. The … are feathery with a rough sandpapery texture. The flowers are a creamy white with no fragrance and are borne in clusters 5" in diameter. Bloom begins in early to mid-May and continues for two weeks. The fruit appears in late summer and goes through a series of color …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… involved in plant propagation. Detailed laboratory sessions will cover seed collection and growing, hardwood cutting of flowering shrubs and conifers, grafting of conifers and flowering trees,and the division and layering of perennials and flowering shrubs. Each session is scheduled at the ideal time of year to ensure success of the technique covered. The School's …
Type: Item Detail
… This clump-forming evergreen tropical grows to 2 x 3 feet in full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture. As the genus indicates, this is closely related to edible asparagus however this tropical species never truly goes dormant. A …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Geum ‘Flames of Passion’ stands 16 inches high and blooms from early May to mid June with red semi double flowers held on thin wiry stems above a clump of green basal leaves. Plant it in full sun to partial shade. It is hardy in zones 4- 8. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
