… habit. Its dark pink buds open to white flowers, followed by red fruit. It is reported to have excellent disease resistance. Crabapples are small flowering trees that provide a showy display …
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… The golden-yellow fall color, uniform habit, and tolerance to urban pollution make it an excellent candidate as a street tree. Unlike the widely planted Norway maple, miyabe maple is not … upright pyramidal habit and resistance to frost cracking and anthracnose, this planetree has excellent tolerance to urban landscape settings. The exfoliating bark that has made planetree a popular ornamental is very prominent with this selection, providing year-round interest especially in the winter months. Autumn Gold …
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… should be cut back to the ground in the fall for sanitation reasons. All plants infected with fungal diseases, such as peony (Paeonia) should be cut back in the fall to prevent the overwintering of fungal spores. Please contact Plant Information Service at (847) 835-0972 regarding cutting back specific perennials in the fall. …
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… failure is sowing dead seeds. To test the viability of larger seeds, add them to a jar filled with water. The dead seeds will float, while the viable ones will sink to the bottom. Dry the … The fertile seeds should be fleshy and pale or translucent. Please contact Plant Information Service at (847) 835-8362 or plantinfo@chicabotanic.org for more detailed information. …
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… spot, can also prevent high yields as well as high quality fruit, especially during seasons with periods of heavy rainfall. Gardeners may need to apply fungicide sprays if these diseases threaten to severely defoliate plants. Contact Plant Information Service at (847) 835-0972 or plantinfo@chicagobotanic.org to request a list of approved …
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… A. There is a great demand for food in winter as natural supplies decline. Do not prune plants with berries and seedpods, like viburnums, staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina), roses with hips, coneflower (Echinacea), goldenrod (Solidago), or ornamental grasses. These provide … protect birds from the cold, wind, and predators, too. Please contact Plant Information Service at (847) 835-0972 or plantinfo@chicabotanic.org for more information. …
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… Locate a small section of your yard that receives six to eight hours of sun a day. An area with a north-south orientation is ideal, in that it takes advantage of the east-west movement of … colorful those veggies are getting! Start small; you can always add later. Plant Information Service can assist with all questions. Choose the Crops Discuss the vegetable and herb … their root zones, where it's needed, not on their foliage, where it's wasted. Children can be excellent irrigation managers when shown how to hold a gentle stream of water close to the ground …
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… dormancy during the winter months. During summer, larches offer a soft, sleepy sort of beauty with their horizontal main branches and gracefully drooping branchlets. Their overall texture is … 75 feet or more. In youth, they display a pyramidal outline that can become somewhat irregular with age. As with all conifers, the larch produces cones. The female cones are very beautiful in … with sufficient moisture, in well-drained soil and full sun. They are considered medium to fast in their rate of growth — sometimes up to 2½ feet per year when young and vigorous. European …
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… Garden To-Do List Water new plants Keep up with weeding Plan for next year Tree and Shrub Care Summer pruning Monitor apple trees Japanese … insects or disease and what, if any, actions to take, contact the Garden’s Plant Information Service . Some tips: Many infested plants can be hosed down to remove small insect populations, … armeniaca ), peach ( P. persica ), and plum trees ( P. domestica ). Prune out weak, green but fast-growing water sprouts that grow vertically from branches of fruit trees, redbuds ( Cercis …
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… Lilium ‘Scheherazade’ has deep crimson flowers with a thin line of gold to white outlining the edge of each petal. The flowers are huge, … 7 to 8 inches across, deeply recurved, and very fragrant. The stems stand 4 to 7 feet tall with up to 40 down-facing flowers per stem in mid to late summer. It may have additional … a lily becomes more established, it will produce more blooms on higher stems. Lilies make an excellent cut flower with long-lasting blooms and buds that continue to mature and open after …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
