… Young children love to get their hands dirty. Spend three days of gardening fun, practicing activities for young children, both inside and out. This workshop features easy-to-grow plants that stimulate the senses as well as simple investigations and activities to teach about plant parts, life cycles, and how plants and animals live together. CPDUs: 18, …
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… annual. Plant this cosmos in full sun and water sparingly once established. Deadhead flowers to promote continuous flowering and allow the last blooms of the season to set and disperse seed to provide seedlings for the following year. This plant doesn't perform well if crowded or …
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… twisty-turny petals of the Inca zinnia ( Zinnia elegans 'Inca') make this cultivar a favorite to light up the fall garden bed. This upright, bushy annual also makes a great cut flower for bouquets. Inca zinnia grows to 3 feet tall with a 1- to 2-foot spread when grown in optimal conditions of hummus-rich, well-drained soil and in full …
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… Do you have hydrangeas at home and want to learn how to care for them? Learn about the most commonly planted hydrangeas in northern Illinois and techniques for pruning and caring for them in this introductory class. A Garden walk to examine the various types of these dependable and ornamental garden gems will follow the talk. …
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… developed for people’s gardens. My favorite, sweet black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia subtomentosa) , is a native species of moist to wet prairies and woodland edges. Although the flowers are very similar, the familiar common … (ligule or ray) of an individual flower called a ray or ligulate flower. I know this is hard to get your head around, since the entire heads of many tiny flowers are arranged in a way that …
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… are magical spaces of make believe. They are miniature gardens that invite fairy friends to come and live in your world. Whether they are set at the bottom of a tree or planted in a … the garden, and the tiny movable pieces help children practice fine motor skills. Adults: Try to give a garden a makeover for each season. Making fairy furniture is a good winter craft. If you have children, consider moving the pieces around each evening, as …
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… for their flowers which appear in late winter or early spring and are often the first flowers to appear in the Chicago garden. The foliage is leathery and dark green with finger-like clusters of serrated leaflets which are evergreen … cool, moist soils with a high organic content but are very adaptable requiring only that the site be well-drained. Typically they are planted in woodland settings under deciduous trees where …
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… Nymphaea 'Denver': This hardy waterlily has 3-4” flowers that are very pale yellow to white with a big cluster of yellow stamens. Waterlilies are rhizomatous aquatic plants with … end of a long lax stem and floating just above the water surface. In the center of each flower is a cluster of showy stamens. Waterlilies have been cultivated since at least 2,000 B.C. and are … hardy hybrids, tropical day-blooming and tropical night-blooming. Waterlilies need full sun to flower and need to be anchored in mud as they are not free-floating. Archived Copy: This …
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… with white style arms. It stands 33 inches high with multiple blooms on each stalk in early to mid season. The flowers are quite large, measuring 6 inches in diameter. The name “Shirabyoshi“ means white dancing girl. This is a pseudata iris, a cross between a Japanese iris ( Iris ensata ) and Iris pseudacorusa . These … irises thrive in or near water but also do well in garden conditions. They are attractive to hummingbirds while resistant to deer. Although they are vigorous growers, they are sterile and …
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… The cultivar 'Blackberry Jubilee' Iris sibirica 'Blackberry Jubilee' is marbled in shades of red to violet, a color reminiscent of crushed blackberries. The flowers are large, wide and ruffled … at the base of each fall that other iris groups have . Siberian irises bloom from mid spring to early summer, but the thin, grass like foliage remains a highlight throughout the summer. …
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