… This thyme species is used as a culinary herb. It can also be used as an evergreen ground cover (it will tolerate … light foot traffic and release a wonderful herby fragrance when stepped on). It can grow to 12" tall and 12” wide. It blooms in late spring/early summer with pale purple flowers that are attractive to bees. It grows in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun and can tolerate …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This thyme cultivar is used as a culinary herb. It can also be used as an evergreen ground cover (it will tolerate … light foot traffic and release a wonderful herby fragrance when stepped on). It can grow to 18" tall and 24” wide. It blooms in late spring/early summer with rose or white flowers that are attractive to bees. It grows in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun and can tolerate …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… New! Discover the art of eco-printing in this hands-on workshop that uses botanical materials to imprint vibrant shapes and colors onto silk. Through demonstrations, guided experimentation, and discussion, you will learn how to prepare fabric, achieve crisp botanical impressions, and identify Chicago-area plants that … sustainable art form. Feel free to bring a few fresh leaves to personalize your prints. Lunch is on your own. All skill levels welcome. All supplies included. Hellen Collman, multi-media …
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… 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
… Nothing is more striking than the tall robust flowering spikes of the century plant. Despite the common name, flowering is more frequent when the plant is supplied with adequate moisture and nutrition. Pollinated by bats the flowers have a musky …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: This flycatcher is a breeding species that is most often found calling from willow thickets around the Dixon Prairie. …
Type: Birding
… cover well-branched plants in spring on this nonhardy biennial bedding plant. This cultivar is unique in that it does not require exposure to cool temperatures (vernalization) before it produces flowers. This significantly reduces the amount of energy needed to bring this crop to gardeners in northern climates that are too cold for the plant to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Peter's Fancy Fuchsia beebalm grows to about 3 to 4 feet tall and 2 feet wide, and bears fragrant fuchsia pink flowers in the summer months from … pompoms of flowers bloom in midsummer; removing faded flowers will extend flowering. Beebalm is great for attracting bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds to your garden. It's easy to grow and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Burnstein Hall This workshop, brought to you by the Chicago Chapter of Ikebana International and taught by Ilse Beunen, will focus on the concept of ikebana done with one leaf and one branch. This is an off-shoot of school founder, Sofu Teshigahara's Principle #4 - Emphasize one flower, one …
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… An orchid linked to mythology Medusa orchids are named for the once-beautiful figure in Greek mythology whose wavy hair is turned into a head of snakes by the angry goddess Athena. When Bulbophyllum medusae blooms, …
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