… Coast Bluegrass (TCB) is a band of longtime friends and musical colleagues with deep roots in the Great Lakes bluegrass scene going back to the ‘70s. Since their debut in June 2021, they’ve built a sizable following and a reputation …
Type: Event for Calendar
… Q. I was away on vacation for several weeks and my houseplants were seriously overwatered. How can I tell if they have suffered permanent damage? A. Root rot is the most common problem associated with overwatered houseplants and flooded outdoor plants. The … amount of time the roots were waterlogged and how much of the entire root mass was affected. To check for damage, remove each plant from its pot and check the condition of the roots. Healthy …
Type: Plant Info
… Alsdorf Auditorium, Regenstein Center Benjamin F. Lenhardt, Jr. Benjamin Lenhardt, chairman of the Garden Conservancy and a member of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Botanic Garden, will … with the Garden of Eden. Lenhardt will then talk about the various roles gardens play in everyday life, farming, and business, while providing beauty and comfort. He will conclude with a description of the Garden Conservancy's efforts to save and share outstanding American gardens for the education and inspiration of the public. …
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… The Virginia roundleaf birch is a critically endangered native species, which occurs naturally in the wild in only one county of Virginia. The primary ornamental feature of birch trees is the bark. Many of the common names of birch trees refer to the color of the bark -- white, gray, yellow or red. Another signature bark characteristic is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… New! Welcome the early growing season in this combination gardening and cooking class. Start by learning how to grow spring salad greens such as lettuce, spinach, and kale, as well as some cool-season salad …
Type: Item Detail
… Sherry Sue summersweet is derived from a deciduous shrub native to the eastern US. 'Sherry Sue' has fragrant pink and white flowers that appear in mid-summer and attract butterflies and hummingbirds, along with other insects and birds. The …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Sixteen Candles summersweet is derived from a deciduous shrub native to the eastern US. 'Sixteen Candles' has very fragrant white flowers that appear in mid-summer and attract butterflies and hummingbirds, along with other insects and birds. The …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… As Plant Evaluator, Patrick tries to leverage his breadth of experiences in his work. With professional experiences that have varied as widely as working in small-scale … It is this wide breath of experiences that informs his perspective on trialing plants for the garden: yes, there are some plants that generally perform better than others, but in a lot of …
Type: Staff bio
… Perhaps you noticed the spiderwort, with its striking royal blue flowers, in the Dixon Prairie as part of the … you call it, Tradescantia ohiensis is just one of the prairie plants that has a unique story to tell. Tradescantia ohiensis , better known to most as spiderwort, blooms in late spring in … strings of mucilaginous sap that form as it stretches between your fingertips. By the way, the “wort” part of spiderwort, which is commonly used to describe many plants (figwort, …
Type: Blog
… ( Anemone × hybrida ‘September Charm’) begins producing large pink flowers that dance in the breeze atop long, wiry stems from late summer until frost. A hardy perennial, this species … with the location. Unsatisfactory locations result in a swift death; this is not a plant for slow, lingering farewells. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
