… New! Celebrate spring with these pop-up paper vegetable cards. You'll create a dynamic and dimensional set of cards featuring asparagus, spinach, and garden peas—and learn a bit about paper engineering along the way. No experience is necessary, but bookbinding or paper craft skills will speed your progress. All tools and …
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… Vanilla, the most widely used flavoring in baking, is the pod fruit of a vine in the orchid family. Learn how to use fresh vanilla beans and vanilla paste as well as how to temper eggs. Mix and cook up a batch of crepes. Featured recipes to make and taste include pastry cream, tropical …
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… of Spanish guitar with harmonizing melodies of the violin, the rhythmic pulse of the drums and Latin percussion, and the captivating passion of flamenco dance. This ensemble blurs the lines between tradition … generations. Join us for an unforgettable night of music that resonates across cultures and is sure to transport you to another continent. …
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… white flowers form clouds over the large, blue-gray green leaves with ruffled edges. This is a tough plant, tolerating wet and dry soils, salty water, and cold winter temperatures. For best results, plant in full sun and rich soil, and protect from …
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… This species is native to Brazil and Paraguay and can be found growing on trees, rocks or in the ground. Flowers are red with a hint of orange, with a central blaze of darker red and a green throat. The three upper petals are broader and larger than the three lower petals. …
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… paniculata 'Hypmad I') was developed by Michael Dirr, Ph.D., at the University of Georgia, and it features pure white flowers for eight weeks at the end of summer and beginning of fall. This is a more compact panicle hydrangea cultivar that matures to between 4 and 6 feet in height and …
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… of Hummelo alpine betony ( Stachys officinalis 'Hummelo') throughout the summer. This cultivar is a butterfly magnet whose flowers are also noted for long vase life indoors. This is a reliable perennial in the Chicago area if planted in locations that don't stay waterlogged …
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… the crotches of trees. Timing & Life Cycle Webworms spend the winter as pupae in leaf litter and loose bark. In late May and June, the adult moths lay their eggs, usually on the underside of leaves. These eggs hatch … and visible. The larvae, which never leave the webs, consume entire leaves. Damage Damage is minimal because the most extensive feeding occurs in late summer when trees will soon drop …
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… Lilium ‘Sun Ray’ has golden-yellow flowers with green throats and a light dusting of speckles in the center. Plants are hardy to the Chicago region. The blooms are upfacing on stems that stand 2 to 3 feet tall in late spring and early summer. They are not fragrant. Sun Ray is an Asiatic hybrid. Asiatic hybrids are the easiest lilies to grow, are quite winter hardy, and …
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… highlighted by red to reddish-purple stems, growing to 7 feet from September to frost. It is native to elevations between 4,000 and 5,000 feet in the Sierra Madre Oriental mountains in Mexico. This selection comes to us from … as evidenced by the cultivar name. The genus Salvia comes from the Latin salveo, "I heal," and salvarae, "to heal," first used to describe species in this genus by the physician Pliny. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
