… Bloodroot is among the earliest spring flowers to be found in the woods in eastern and central North …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This cultivar, a possible hybrid of Scilla bifolia and Scilla forbesii , is small but showy, with bright blue flowers centered with a white spot near the base. The white stamens are bunched together and tipped in yellow. According to Odyssey Bulbs, it appeared as a spontaneous seedling in the garden of Arnis Seisums. Aethra …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… A native of the tallgrass prairie, Stout Blue-Eyed Grass is a low-growing perennial that grows ½ - 1 inch tall. Easy to grow in full sun and average soil, it produces narrow grass-like leaves and flowering stalks …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Soft yellow needles are banded in white, providing contrast with the orange-red bark to create a striking accent in the landscape. Broadly pyramidal, this cultivar will need space in the landscape. Because it has so little chlorophyll in the needles, it is slow growing. Plant 'Golden Ghost' in filtered bright sunlight and in well-drained locations. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Bennett’s Contorted white pine has long, thin, blue-green needles and furrowed bark. However it is the bare, contorted and somewhat weeping branches that provide strong sculptural interest and make it a striking addition to the garden. Easily grown in full sun but tolerates some shade in moderate moist, well-drained …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Discovered in an old neighborhood in Madison Wisconsin, this cultivar is a hybrid of 2 American species, Vitis labrusca and Vitis riparia . Dark blue tart medium sized … are produced on hardy vines in fall. Grapes were one of the seven plant species brought to Moses by spies he sent into the land of Canaan. Grape vine גֶפֶן Gefen …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus) in my lawn. How do I get rid of it? A. Yellow nutsedge is a warm-season perennial weed in the sedge family. The leaf blades are grass-like and … green than lawn grass. Nutsedge thrives on moist, poorly drained sites, so it’s important to maintain a dense, healthy lawn and follow proper cultural care procedures such as mowing at … there are only a few yellow nutsedges present, you can manually pull them. Approximately six to eight weeks after emerging, the plants develop tubers or nutlets, so it’s important to pull …
Type: Plant Info
… 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
… providing head-bopping and foot-tapping tunes for virtually any music lover. From The Eagles to Alanis Morissette, to the Lumineers, to Miley Cyrus, Blue Rose plays songs you know and love. They are committed to … a Blue Rose show, be prepared to sing along, and put your dancing shoes to use! Blue Rose is a group of friends and neighbors who are deeply committed to their craft as individual and …
Type: Event for Calendar
… It’s that frightfully fun season again at the Chicago Botanic Garden, and so we encourage you to set the tone with plants we’re certain would be found in the home of any respectable witch or goblin, and are easy to care for, too! Snap! Watch a Venus flytrap snag its next meal. Our top choices are the spider … “Gollum” ). Kalanchoe, also called “mother of thousands” ( Kalanchoe daigremontiana ), is a fright to anyone who remembers the 1951 science fiction classic “Day of the Triffids” where …
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