… Related to the American elder, 'Guincho Purple' is grown mainly for its bright leaves. This cultivar has dark green leaves, turning blackish …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… the Garden’s supervisor of plant health care. “We’re seeing meadow vole and rabbit damage to woody plants. In the winter, when they can’t find sources of food, they’ll chew the outer bark … girdling), it can kill the plant—at least above the girdled area. Although rabbits tend to prefer certain plants like cotoneaster, fruit trees, and roses, Tiddens discovered that they … For now, it’s scout and monitor your garden once or twice a week.” Be Proactive Tiddens is taking preventive measures before critters can damage the Garden’s new spring plantings. “We …
Type: Plant Info
… Screamin' Yellow baptisia is notable for its abundant blooms of very bright yellow. Members of the genus Baptisia are commonly known as wild or false indigo due to their use by early Americans as a blue dye. Although "indigo" is in the common name, the … are followed in the fall by dark pods. Overall habits of the plant are broad-rounded mounds to vase-shaped and range in height from two to five feet. Baptisia are considered easy-to-grow, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… yellow blooms with purple streaks at the base, usually occurring late enough in the spring to avoid frost damage. Repeat flowering has been reported. This cultivar is named after Brooklyn community and environmental activist Hattie Carthan, who was instrumental … Magnolia are known for the stunning beauty of their usually large flowers, which emerge prior to the foliage in spring, and are often fragrant. While shades of pink are the most common bloom …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center from the West Road that leads to Dixon Prairie. Before you enter the prairie’s lovely paths, take a moment to look across the lakes toward the new Plant Science Center building. Inside is the Dixon National Tallgrass Prairie Seed Bank. There, seeds arrive from the rare remaining …
Type: Walks
… sumi-e, the ancient art of Asian ink painting. Learn the history of this art form and how to use the special painting tools. Paint subjects from nature using simple brush strokes. The goal of the sumi-e painter is to use the brush with vitality and restraint. Individual instruction for students at all levels. …
Type: Item Detail
… a small, upright spreading tree with a dense, rounded crown or a large multi-stemmed shrub. It is easy to grow in moist, rich, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade and performs well in areas with cool summer climates. Amur maple makes an unusual …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… full sun and in moisture-retentive, well- drained soil, and stake bloom spikes the first year to prevent them from toppling over. Plants are prone to crown rot in hot, humid weather, so planting on a slightly elevated mound is encouraged. All parts of the plants are poisonous. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… of Dianthus barbatus ‘Heart Attack’ Sweet William are delightfully fragrant on a perennial to 1’ in height. This cultivar not only prolongs the normal Sweet William flowering season, it is also a true perennial – unlike all other Sweet Williams (biennials). Grow in full sun and avoid placing muclh around the crown (leads to rot). This southern Europe native attracts hummingbirds, butterflies and bees of various …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This is the earliest of the large purple ball-type ornamental onions to come into flower each year. … ending in September. The flowers attract birds, bees, and butterflies, and are resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
