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- … When you don’t know a subject, children’s books can be a great place to start. Review a variety of engaging children’s books that introduce core ideas and concepts. …Type: Item Detail
- … eye-catching. Grow in full sun in well drained soils and add supplemental water if leaves start to lose their plump appearance. …Type: Garden Guide Plant
- … and squash—those heat-loving plants that turn to mush when hit by a spring frost. But you can start a crop of cool-season greens such as spinach, lettuce, collards, mustard greens, Swiss … after germinating. You can harvest “baby” leaves in about 28 days, picking a few at a time from each plant. Alternatively, harvest a mature plant by cutting it at the base just above the … rise in June, greens often become tough and bitter and the onset of hot, dry weather can finish a crop. That’s when it’s time to plant those heat-loving veggies. Nina Koziol is a garden …Type: Plant Info
- … that most people (and even Google) don’t know about the Chicago Botanic Garden. Take this quick quiz on just a few of the factoids that the drivers share. We know you’ll ace this (except … for the steps? Wisconsin Stonehenge Lake Michigan × Wisconsin We hauled stones and boulders from Wisconsin to make the rock steps. (Tram drivers’ tip: The east-facing slope of the waterfall …Type: Blog
- … the Chicago area. In the 1990s, hundreds of millions of monarchs made the journey each fall from the northern plains of the United States and Canada to forested sites north of Mexico City. … can ensure that milkweed stands are adequately protected. The Milkweed Seed Finder gives you quick access to regionally appropriate seed sources, with options to search by milkweed species …Type: Blog
- Italian bugloss is a clump-forming perennial that produces showy blue flowers in May and June. It grows to a height of 5 feet in full sun and moderate moisture and sharp drainage. Plants may be cut back severely if the foliage starts to brown during the summer. The plant is mostly used in a border, as specimens, or in small …Type: Garden Guide Plant
- This is a small (20 feet high and wide) tree that is native to southeast Asia. It has green-white flowers that give way to winged samaras that ripen to a bright red in the fall. Foliage starts green and turns to yellow and red in the fall. It prefers well-drained, rich soils in full to partial …Type: Garden Guide Plant
- Tobiosho Japanese Maple tree is known for its full canopy of bright red leaves in fall. The foliage starts out green in spring and through the summer, and has brilliant color by autumn. It grows about one foot per year until it reaches 20 feet tall and 15 feet wide. It does well in a partial sun to sunny …Type: Garden Guide Plant
- White "dancing ladies" flowers mature to pale pink on this perennial adapted to full sun and sandy dry soils. In the heavier, damper soils found in most Chicago area gardens, it is a great addition to annual displays. Flowering starts in late spring and continues through to frost. This plant attracts moths, butterflies, and hummingbirds to the …Type: Garden Guide Plant
- Large burgundy flowers edged in cream are produced apically (at the growing tip) and then sequentially down the lateral buds starting shortly after mid-summer and continuing up to frost. For those with allergies to pollen this is an ideal cultivar as it is pollen free. Strong lateral stems are ideal for cutting for indoor …Type: Garden Guide Plant