… This mat-forming perennial needs full sun and moderate moisture conditions. Its blooms in May and June attract butterflies. It is a ground cover. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… sun and moderate moisture conditions to reach a height of less than 6 inches. It is a specimen in a hedge. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… full sun and moderate moisture conditions to reach a height of about 4 feet. It is a specimen in a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… native grows to 3 feet high with bright, indirect light and dry conditions indoors. In early spring it produces attractive white flowers. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… moisture conditions. It has blue and lavender blooms From May through August and belongs in a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… bad luck with asters. This 1- to 2-footer is covered with small daisylike flowers for months in the late season. Pinch growing tips during early months to promote a dense, floriferous habit. Aster lateriflorus 'Lady in Black' (calico aster) satisfies the need for delicate burgundy foliage and masses of the … and single, tinged apricot-pink, and borne on 3-foot plants. Pinch chrysanthemums weekly early in the season to promote stocky growth. Mulch new plants over winter. Echinops sphaerocephalus …
Type: Plant Info
… rare, non-diving duck, it resembles a dark female mallard, and may be seen on Garden lakes or in the Skokie River. …
Type: Birding
… Description: Look in shoreline habitats or mudflats for this rare migrant shorebird. Distinguish females by their …
Type: Birding
… rare shorebird is most likely to be seen on large lawn areas or on the gravel hill prairie in the Dixon Prairie. …
Type: Birding
… Description: Although associated with early successional woodlands, this species can be found in any shrubby or wooded habitat at the Garden while migrating through. …
Type: Birding
