… showing a tastier side of beets. VeggieRx provides boxes of produce prescribed by doctors to help patients experiencing food insecurity and diet-related diseases. The produce is grown by Windy City Harvest, the Garden’s urban agriculture program. Part of the program is to help demystify new veggies by sharing easy, delicious recipes. “I was excited to learn …
Type: Blog
… Q. While spraying a weedy patch with Roundup, I inadvertently exposed some evergreens to the herbicide, and now quite a few of them have brown needles. Can I restore these plants? A. Roundup is a non-selective herbicide that can seriously damage or kill most plant material it contacts. It is also capable of interfering with a plant's ability to generate new growth. Once evergreen needles turn brown, they will not turn green again. Check …
Type: Plant Info
… This plant is suitable for growing indoors. Does not bloom. Propagation by dividing rhizomes, tubers, corms or bulbs (including offsets) It is grown for foliage, is evergreen and smooth textured. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This Norway Maple cultivar is a medium sized deciduous tree that can reach a height and width of 50 feet. It is extremely hardy and tolerant of a wide range of soil and moisture conditions. It is also tolerant of street pollution. It has pointed, lobed leaves which are a "typical" maple …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… showy flowers brighten any home with a taste of the tropics during the cold months. Native to Central and South Americas, these plants are hybrids of the Hippeastrum genus. They are fairly easy to grow, will flower the first year and, with a little effort, can reward you year after year … preplanted in a gift box. Those that are not should be planted in a heavy pot, wider than it is tall, with adequate drainage holes. Use a general, lightweight, soilless mix, making sure that …
Type: Plant Info
… Cow parsnip is a very conspicuous native plant abundant in McDonald Woods. It is the largest native member of the carrot family in the Chicago area. The plant grows four feet tall or more with foot-long divided leaves along a stout stalk and is topped by a flat white flowerhead that can measure 8 inches across. The scientific name aptly …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Ashe magnolia is a small tree with wide-spreading branches native to only a few counties in Florida and Texas. Considered by some to be a more diminutive variety of bigleaf magnolia ( Magnolia macrophylla ), this species has …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
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… go on your way—but Budburst volunteers stop what they’re doing and take the seasonal changes to heart. Volunteers for Budburst , a community science program of the Chicago Botanic Garden … Garden on October 8. Taran Lichtenberger, Budburst community engagement manager, will be there to show people how to use the Budburst app, which is available on iOS or Android . The event, which starts at 11 a.m., includes a guided walk …
Type: Blog
… The Blue Grosbeak is a richly-colored blue bird with rusty wing bars and a large, wedge-shaped beak. About the size of a cowbird, it is a southern species that is expanding its range. …
Type: Birding
