… Q: What types of sprinklers should I be using in my garden? A: There are many types of irrigation devices with distribution patterns to fit … irrigation. Screw nozzles and pressure grips with triggers are available to distribute water in a variety of ways that range from full stream to fine mist sprays. Drip irrigation hoses or … root zones are thoroughly watered, not limiting the irrigation to small, reachable areas. In-ground sprinklers eliminate the need to move sprinklers to different areas of the garden or …
Type: Plant Info
… imagine how dramatically we could reduce our carbon "foodprint"—the fossil fuels expended in transporting produce, the materials used in packaging, distribution, and more." Sustainable gardens can be viewed as an extension of a … indoor systems). Lose (or reduce) your lawn. A conventional lawn mower pollutes as much in an hour as 40 late-model cars (or as much as driving a car for 100 miles). Install rain …
Type: Plant Info
… vascular system of woody plants. Symptoms include wilting leaves, often along a single branch. In acute cases, leaves curl and wilt, and the branch dies. Scattered dieback of branches may occur over several years. In chronic cases, branches survive but growth is slow and leaves are small and sparse. Both acute … tissue), blocking the movement of water beyond the growth. Fungal spores live in the soil and enter plants through the roots. Infection occurs most frequently in cool to warm …
Type: Plant Info
… Rocha Alvarez with A riocarpus plants The largest of the Ariocarpus fissuratus housed in the Garden’s greenhouses are maybe 6 inches tall, just big enough to display in a modest pot on a sunny windowsill. Gabriela Rocha Alvarez, the Garden’s plant recorder, … to see things they wouldn’t see otherwise, but we don’t need to keep them all,” Rocha said. In addition, the likelihood that these rare plants were taken from a country historically …
Type: Blog
… season. Below, the Chicago Botanic Garden recommends some perennials that offer diversity in the shade garden and may become one of your own new stars. Toad lily ( Tricyrtis sp.) Shade … sp.) What a curious name for such a princely perennial that offers orchidlike flowers in autumn! Position this arching plant close to a patio or porch where you can enjoy the … grandmothers grew offer attractive, glossy evergreen foliage; the bell-shaped flowers appear in tones of dark purple, burgundy, pink, green and yellow. They are wonderful plants for moist …
Type: Plant Info
… some tips with you. Follow the steps below to make your own! Need a little more direction? In the video below, we build a terrarium and give a few extra tips for success. video link Let's … if it's a closed terrarium. 4. Use a clean, well-drained growing medium that is high in organic matter. A blend of peat moss, vermiculite, and perlite is a good choice. Soil should … to your light conditions. Add a mixture of plants with small or large leaves, short and tall in height, and other variations. Add color, either with foliage color and interest, or with …
Type: Plant Info
… may not know about them. For one thing, there are several wild species of Rudbeckia growing in the region and several cultivars with bigger and/or fancier flowers that have been developed … The inflorescence of black-eyed Susans is a group of flowers held closely packed together in a head. The dark center of the head, when dissected, is composed of hundreds of tiny … this is hard to get your head around, since the entire heads of many tiny flowers are arranged in a way that looks like a single flower, but if you break a head apart and look closely with a …
Type: Plant Info
… you noticed some of the neighbors’ lawns are a bit taller this month? They may be taking part in No Mow May—a movement that began in Great Britain in 2019 and has spread to North America and beyond. The goal is to leave the “weeds”—clover, …
Type: Blog
… The Chicago Botanic Garden is one of the largest public gardens in the world, with more than 2.5 million plants on 385 acres. Many new visitors may not realize that nearly one-quarter of the Garden's acreage — 81 acres, to be exact — is water. In fact, most of the 27 gardens are located on one of nine islands. Even a portion of the great … to experience what it truly means to “walk on water.” Water played a significant role in the formation of the Garden more than 40 years ago, and it continues today to add so much to …
Type: Walks
… Description: These egrets are rarely seen on the shoreline or sometimes perched in a low tree or shrub. …
Type: Birding
