… Geum ‘Lisanne' grows to 12 – 18 inches high and blooms in mid May to late June with 1 ¼ inch pale yellow flowers that face outward, 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
… June followed by edible red, green, and black fruit. It belongs in a hedge or a border and is also attractive to birds. …
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… light pink semi-double blooms that attract butterflies and hummingbirds. The light fragrance is reminiscent of tea rose and honey. It's resistant to black spot disease. …
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… This bulb is similar to the nodding star-of-Bethlehem ( Ornithogalum nutans ) except that if sited where it …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… American red elderberry is an deciduous shrub that grows to a maximum height of 25 feet. It requires full sun or partial …
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… This is a clump-forming perennial that will reach a height of 1½’ and a width of 1’. It blooms in mid- and late summer with spikes of intense blue flowers. It prefers average, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This is an upright, vase shaped tree with green leaves throughout the growing season followed by …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This is the quiet time of year, when we put our gardens to bed. All the hustle of summer planting, weeding, and watering is just a memory now. But our gardens aren’t really sleeping. Look closely and you’ll discover … they’re busy singing, looking for a mate, and building nests—in winter, a bird’s main activity is to find and eat enough food to keep warm. They’re searching for something to eat and for …
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… Why Care about Fungi? The Chicago area is host to more than a thousand species of mushrooms and mushroom like fungi—beneficial, … pathogens . In large forests that extend miles, older trees die to make way for new trees—it is a natural part of the life cycle. Forest fungi help this regeneration to take place. Finally, … the forest. If you do collect in the wild, be aware of and follow rules for collecting at that site, e.g., collecting fungi is not allowed on any forest preserve property in the greater …
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… New! The “moon illusion” makes the moon look larger at the horizon than when it is higher in the sky. Why does this happen and why are our eyes so easily fooled? You will learn …
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