… heads in the fall. Like most switch grasses, Totem Pole is extremely versatile and can cope with a range of soil types from sandy to clay and shade conditions although it prefers full sun. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… regarded in Chinese herbal medicine. Western scientists have extracted a number of components with biological activity. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… next year. Lilacs are native to cooler temperate areas of southeastern Europe and eastern Asia with winter temperatures below freezing; there are no lilacs native to North America. The genus …
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… of urban environments. The genus Spiraea consists of small to medium sized flowering shrubs with a fine-textured twiggy mounding habit. The small simple leaves are generally lance-shaped …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… considerations, and aesthetic appeal. Dive into the growing field of lawn alternatives with a menu of options and practical tips to rethink lawns. Class may visit lawn alternative …
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… form, making it a truly compact and versatile shrub. It has dark green leaves which appear with pink tips, and bears clusters of small white flowers in June. These are followed by bunches …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… rebloom in late summer. Branches have an arching habit at maturity, often touching the ground. With a diameter of 10 to 12 feet, it's an impressive sight either as a specimen or in groups. …
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… thistle Cirsium discolor Pasture thistle Image By Fritz Flohr Reynolds - https://www.flickr.com/photos/fritzflohrreynolds/15143788606, CC BY-SA 2.0, … In outward appearance, you might confuse it for the exotic bull thistle. It is equally large with similar large pink flowers. However, unlike the bull thistle, the tall thistle has leaves that have very few indentations and have downy soft stems and leaves with an occasional stouter spine here and there. The underside of the leaves are also snowy …
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… compost. Bee balm Rose of Sharon Sunny and Dry Prairie dropseed is a small native grass with a graceful arching habit and airy flowers. It prefers dry, well-drained soil and tolerates … blooms in midsummer. Some gardeners say the flowers smell like popcorn or cilantro. Pair it with purple coneflowers, perennial alliums, asters, or black-eyed Susans. A few shrubs for sunny, … garden in that area. The Chicago Botanic Garden's Rainwater Glen features native perennials with deep roots—marsh blazing star, spotted Joe-pye weed, great blue lobelia, and a variety of …
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… As Plant Evaluator, Patrick tries to leverage his breadth of experiences in his work. With professional experiences that have varied as widely as working in small-scale urban …
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