… Renaissance spirea is a cultivar of the classic bridal wreath spirea and shares its vase-shaped habit, flowering and size characteristics. It was bred for better resistance to foliar diseases. The genus Spiraea consists of small- to medium-sized flowering shrubs with a fine-textured twiggy mounding habit. The small simple …
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… planting ideas and more As summer blooms fade, you’ll see mums everywhere—the automatic go-to fall favorites—but what else can heighten your containers and garden with color, texture, and … Here, Tim Pollak, manager of plant production, celebrates our seasonal mum. According to Tim Pollak, manager of plant production at the Chicago Botanic Garden, autumn offers ample … and keeps the display visually interesting late into the season.” Dahlias Simone Gore is an assistant grower for outdoor floriculture in the Garden’s Plant Production department. She …
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… program , aimed his camera at the fallout—dune willows almost fully submerged, others tethered to sand by just a few roots. “A lot of rare plant monitoring is just monitoring, and sometimes volunteers see things declining,” said Gretel Kiefer, manager … mosaic of uncommon prairies, savannas, and globally rare wetlands. “There is no ‘replacement’ site for Illinois Beach, nor is there a possibility to re-create such a unique ecosystem at such …
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… Q. I am looking for a colorful companion to some early-spring flowering bulbs. A friend suggested the low-growing anemone. A. Greek windflower ( Anemone blanda ), is an early-blooming, spreading perennial that works well as a colorful ground cover with spring … (and sheltered) conditions and will spread through runners and seed if planted in the right site. The attractive, fernlike foliage forms low mats, and the white, blue or pink flowers with …
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… Is it possible to turn your love of flower and garden photography into a viable career path? Yes, provided you have a clear understanding about how to turn your passion into a business. This intensive workshop will outline the techniques and …
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… Biology, Harvard University “Charles Darwin and the Early Evolutionists” In addition to being a botanist with interests in plant evolution and development, Ned is also keenly interested in the history of science, and in particular the early history of … philosophers, and natural historians who espoused evolutionary ideas in the century leading up to the publication of On the Origin of Species . …
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… tropical landscape plant, situated where its spines will cause no harm. It grows well attached to a tree or wedged between rocks. The sheer size of this plant makes an impressive clump, so do … away from bromeliads, and do not spray with products that contain copper, because copper is toxic to them. …
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… their jagged petals which look like they have been cut with pinking shears. Spangled star pink is a hardy compact perennial 5- to 7-inches tall that produces clove-scented red flowers with two pale pink spots on each petal in May and June. They are easy to grow in average, alkaline soils in full sun, but require good drainage—plants may die out in …
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… This oval-shaped tree ranges in size from 35 to 50 feet in height. The common persimmon is a good plant for a naturalistic garden. Small, fragrant, white flowers appear in late May. Sweet, juicy, pale yellow-orange to orange fruits are edible after a hard frost in the fall, but the very astringent skin should …
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… are tesselated (checkered) in a darker color and have a yellowish base. This cultivar also is sold under the name of Colchicum 'Glory of Heemstede'. Plant in full sun and moist but … divide after 3-4 years, or whenever the clumps become so congested that the corms are pushed to the surface of the soil. All parts of the plant are toxic and should not be ingested. The … ancient kingdom of Colchis on the Black Sea, currently the modern nation of Georgia, and home to some very ornamental species. …
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