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  • … Delicate pink flower buds open to pure white flowers on short stalks above the white, spotted foliage. 'Sissinghurst White' is an ideal plant for shaded locations with moist soil and cool summer temperatures. Trim back the foliage in late summer to remove tattered leaves, and rejuvenate the contrast between the white spots on the green …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Meet the bees of the McCormick Place Rooftop Farm …and try their honey!   Check out our video to learn more about the honey harvesting process.   Iris Michael (second from left), Fred Daniels … studies have shown that eating local honey might help alleviate allergy symptoms—and honey is known to have medicinal benefits ranging from reducing inflammation to antimicrobial … has a long and fascinating history . Iris is learning her beekeeping skills from Fred Daniels, site coordinator at Windy City Harvest’s Rodeo Farm, who has been beekeeping since 2012. Rodeo …
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  • … This is a vigorous, late-blooming climber with small bell-shaped flowers that open with azure blue … tips and creamy green anthers. The 3-inch flowers are small and distinctive from mid-summer to autumn. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … White leichtin is a bulbous perennial with 8- to 24-inch-long leaves that flop during the growing season as the …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … This mat-forming perennial needs full sun and dry soil conditions to reach a height of 8 inches. It produces yellow and orange blooms that attract butterflies in August and September. It is often confused with a related species, Sedum kamschaticum . …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Korean firs are beautiful, densely-branched evergreens native to the mountains of Korea. 'Golden Glow' is a dwarf cultivar with needles that are yellow-green above and with two white lines beneath. … very showy, turning violet-blue and appearing even on young trees. Korean firs may not be easy to grow in areas with clay soil and they don't like excessive heat or air pollution. They require …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … VENUS® dogwood is a hybrid cross of C. kousa x nuttallii developed by Rutgers University. This small tree is … -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, varies among the species. Dogwoods are native to cooler temperate areas of North America and Asia. The genus includes 45-60 species, divided …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Purple-twig dogwood is notable for its dark purple-black stems in winter. This multi-stemmed shrub bears white … -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, varies among the species. Dogwoods are native to cooler temperate areas of North America and Asia. The genus includes 45-60 species, divided …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Blue Cloud silky dogwood is notable for its abundant production of blue fruit in summer, which are greatly appreciated by … -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, varies among the species. Dogwoods are native to cooler temperate areas of North America and Asia. The genus includes 45-60 species, divided …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Kasanlaker cornelian cherry dogwood is a German introduction selected for its fruit production. In other respects the Kasanlaker … -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, varies among the species. Dogwoods are native to cooler temperate areas of North America and Asia. The genus includes 45-60 species, divided …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant