… The Marmo maple is one of the first hybrid crosses made between the silver maple and red maple. … leaves are intermediate in shape between the two species. It has a nice upright oval shape and is seedless. This tree is a Chicagoland Grows® selection. Chicagoland Grows is a plant …
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… architecture. We are thrilled that a video from Magnified won a Chicago/Midwest Emmy Award for Outstanding Crafts Achievement for Lighting. Award winners are Red Clark, Robin Carlson, Johanna Hutchins, Wendy Griffiths, …
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… College First High Schools Each summer, Chicago Public School students travel to the Garden by school bus from designated stops to participate in the Science First and College … the Science Career Continuum program from over 100 different public schools in Chicago. Below is a map of College First participants’ schools. [gmap … + 41.734564,-87.557508:Chicago Discovery Academy+ 41.688084,-87.717987:Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences DeAries Perrin 2006 Lauren Pletsch 2005 Theresa Aleman 2006 Yesenia …
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… In May the lavender flowers on this plant smell like grapes but during the summer take a closer look at the leaves and notice that they look like a little ladder. This plant is often called Jacob's Ladder like the stairway to heaven described in the Bible. Heaven Scent …
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… Mugho pines are neatly mounded evergreen shrubs, great for Japanese gardens. This cultivar grows very slowly, reaching only 2 feet in height, with even, dense branching. … grow in bundles of two. It prefers well-drained, loose soil in full sun or partial shade. It is easily transplanted. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no …
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… Ohazuki Ginkgo is a female selection that will produce fruit. This selection is slow growing and will mature in ten years to a small sized tree 6-13 feet tall … and beautiful yellow fall color, and being a female tree, if pollinated, it will produce the distinctive smelly fruit in the fall. The Ginkgo nut is not edible raw. The hard seed inside …
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… Found growing throughout most of North America, excluding the far western and northeastern states, this is an uncommon species. Found in undisturbed prairies or dunes, it prefers loose, sandy soil or …
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… Delicately fringed white and lavender flowers grace this shade-tolerant native annual from late spring through midsummer. Plant 'Beautiful Dreamer' in moisture-retentive, well-drained soils in locations where it can reseed for bloom in following years. …
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… Iris 'Silken Trim' is a stunning deep wine color with ruffled petals. The falls are a little darker than the standards and the beards are dark yellow. The stems stand … double socketed buds. It blooms in late season. The foliage is blue green and sword shaped. This is an excellent cut flower and is attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds while resistant …
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