… open widely, with the outer petals fading to cream as they age. It is so extremely double, in fact, that the inner petals have no space to expand and may remain folded. CROCUS ROSE™ … resistance of modern roses. Like all roses, the more sun you give it, the more bloom you get in return. Remember that even the most disease-resistant roses need help fighting fungal diseases … Also, all roses, particularly repeat bloomers, are heavy feeders, so for best bloom fertilize in spring and again mid-summer. …
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… lenticels. The leaves and stems are mildly toxic. Large flat clusters of white flowers open in late June and July, followed by tiny black berries, relished by birds. 'Adams' is a selection … eaten fresh, but rather is turned into jelly or elderberry wine. It has also been used in cough syrup and other tonics. This woodland species is native throughout most of North America and into Central America, except in the mountainous regions of the west where the red elderberry is more common. It is closely …
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… lenticels. The leaves and stems are mildly toxic. Large flat clusters of white flowers open in late June and July, followed by tiny black berries, relished by birds. 'Johns' produces … eaten fresh, but rather is turned into jelly or elderberry wine. It has also been used in cough syrup and other tonics. This woodland species is native throughout most of North America and into Central America, except in the mountainous regions of the west where the red elderberry is more common. It is closely …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… lenticels. The leaves and stems are mildly toxic. Large flat clusters of white flowers open in late June and July, followed by tiny black berries, relished by birds. The fruit is not … eaten fresh, but rather is turned into jelly or elderberry wine. It has also been used in cough syrup and other tonics. This woodland species is native throughout most of North America and into Central America, except in the mountainous regions of the west where the red elderberry is more common. It is closely …
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… grown outdoors at the Chicago Botanic Garden. You will see clusters of these dainty bulbs in the Bulb Garden, sending up four-inch spikes of starry pink six-petaled flowers in mid-April. This cultivar has even smaller flowers than the species. The unopened buds at the … as they open they fade to a soft rosy-pink, with carnation pink anthers. They are best planted in large groups because a single bulb could easily be over-looked. They are fully hardy and …
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… takes its name from the feather-like, deeply indented and lobed foliage, which emerges pinkish in the spring. Indeed, the intriguing spring foliage is the primary reason for this oak's … selection. Its growth rate is often described as glacial and its mature size may be shrub-like in nature. The genus Quercus includes more than 600 species of the oak tree, of which 90 are … that produce fruit we all know as acorns. Within the white oak group, acorns mature annually; in the red oak group, acorns take two years to mature (biennial). Oaks are often imposing shade …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… commonly known as lilacs, are shrubs or small trees prized for their showy and fragrant blooms in late spring. The individual flowers are tubular in form and are borne in large panicles. While the common name of the plant has come to define a shade of pale purple, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… and a width of 5 to 8 feet. Native to parts of India, China, and Thailand, this plant thrives in full sun or partial shade, where temperatures are above 50 degrees in moist and fertile soil. Somewhat drought- and heat-tolerant, cape jasmine is grown for its ornamental features and grows very well in containers. Like many members of the Apocynaceae family, the stems of cape jasmine exude a …
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… the summer months it bears masses of tiny foam-like flowers on stalks held about the plant. In spring the leaves of Stoplight foamy bells are yellow with bright red centers however these … still retaining their striking red centers. the foliage of this plant grows to about a foot in height and the flower stalks are about eighteen inches high. The plant grows to be about a foot wide. In order to preserve the striking colors it is important to limit the amount of direct light, …
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… Various methods for controlling the land were implemented over time, resulting finally in the 1960s in a degraded wetland, then owned by the Forest Preserves of Cook County. The Chicago Botanic … with the intention to create a land acknowledgment geographically specific to the 385 acres in Glencoe, Illinois, on which the Garden sits. The staff team responsible for developing the …
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