… English Walled Garden, with its six distinct garden rooms alive with vibrant colors, scents, and textures. Discover features such as the blue gate, daisy garden, water elements, wisteria-draped pergola, and living sculptures. Learn about the cottage garden, with its overflowing fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Dress for the weather. Heather Sherwood, senior horticulturist, Chicago Botanic …
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… This cultivar was raised by John Dalrymple and was named for the Glasnevin Botanical Garden in Ireland. It features tiny, fragrant, … especially attractive to butterflies. It grows to a height of about eight feet with full sun and benefits from pruning in the spring. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… will lengthen blooming time. It grows to a maximum height of six feet with full sun and moist, well-drained soil and is especially good in a border or as a cutting flower. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… full sun with moderate to moist water conditions. From July to February it produces pink and green blooms that give way to brown and tan fruit that attracts birds. The plant is used as a specimen or in a border. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… Spikes of deep-purple blue 'bells' appear on short spikes in June and continue into July on this hybrid developed in Austria at the Sarastro Nursery. Full sun, moist soils, and moderate fertility are keys to success. This plant is clump forming so it's less apt to … unlike one of its parents. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… Native to the eastern United States and northern Mexico, the clump-forming ornamental grass, northern sea oats, produces inconspicuous green flowers in late summer and early fall. It reaches a maximum height of 5 feet under full sun to partial shade with medium … a ground cover, or in a border. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… perennial. Descended from native parents, this cultivar is well-adapted to Chicago's climate and soil. It flowers best when planted in full sun and in well-drained soil. Protect the young plants from rabbits in early spring. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… horizontally from the central orange-colored fertile flowers. Plant this echinacea in full sun and well-drained soil, and protect the plant from rabbits until it becomes established in the landscape. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… This Brazilian native features large pale green to cream exotically patterned petals with veins and shading in burgundy. This is a parent of many of the more unusual amaryllis that have become commercially available. The Chicago Botanic Garden hosts this and other backup collections of non-hardy bulbs from the USDA national collection located near Miami, Florida. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… hot forests in Bolivia. Trumpet-shaped flowers are creamy white with a hint of greenish-yellow and measure about 3 inches long. The 3 upper petals are larger than the lower three. This species is usually dormant during the winter, and blooms in spring or summer. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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