… New! Celebrate the summer solstice with Bim Willow to craft and create rustic accents and furniture for your home, garden, or porch. Learn the basic techniques of making bent willow furniture. You will select one project to complete during the workshop. Projects are large, so bring a vehicle that can accommodate them. Bring a hammer, hand pruners, and work gloves. No experience is necessary. Photos of projects are available online. If desired, register for the Willow Chair …
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… Salvia-guaranitica Plant blue anise sage and you’re certain to attract winged wonders to your garden from summer through fall. “Blue anise sage is a favorite of mine, mainly because it’s a favorite nectar supply for hummingbirds and …
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… held on 12 inch high, thick stems. Cinderella prefers full sun or part shade and can grow in to a clump up to 2 feet wide. It prefers consistently moist, but well-drained soils during the growing season and drier soils during the colder months. This plant is well-suited to a border, especially when combined with spring-flowering plants. …
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… This mat-forming evergreen ground cover grows to a height of four inches in full sun to partial shade. It has tiny, glossy ovate leaves growing along stiff stems. It has pink and … plenty of organic matter. Colonies of these plants grow along the dunes of Lake Michigan. It is also known as "kinnikinnick" and other species, found in western states are called "manzanita." …
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… Includes parking for two passenger vehicles (additional vehicles are subject to posted parking fees). Photographers must obtain a permit if they wish to use the Garden's … portraits, engagements, celebrations, or similar. Groups may not exceed 20 people. Permit is valid for sessions lasting no more than 1.5 hours after your reserved time. Entry will not be … including members, without proof of preregistration. No permit reservations available on-site. Prior to purchasing your permit, please read the complete list of photography terms and …
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… silvery pleated fans and silvery blue sheen, it one of the more striking palms. It’s native to Madagascar but widely grown in tropical and subtropical climates, including Southern … 60’, but that takes 100 years. As a container plant, growth will be much slower. If you want to grow it in a container, make sure it’s a big one. It’s very difficult to transplant this palm without killing it. Note: There is also a Bismarck palm with green foliage for a more traditional look. …
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… Chinese spice bush is a shrub that grows up to 9 feet with opposite, untoothed, aromatic glossy green leaves. It … was been merged with Calycanthus , and it has been used in hybridization with American species to produce some remarkable new cultivars. It should be plant in deep, moist, humus-rich soil in …
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… Native to east and central North America, this multi-stemmed shrub with a rounded top tends to become leggy at the base. Use this shrub at the edge of a property, in a wooded border, or … during the summer, and yellowish-brown fall color provide three seasons of interest. It is a wonderful choice for naturalizing into a woodland border. …
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… the shrub crabapple is a shorter species that bears white flowers and red fruit. Crabapples are small flowering trees that provide a showy display in the spring landscape for 1 to 2 weeks. In addition to the eye-catching buds and flowers, their foliage, habit, and fruit make them attractive plants …
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… and several stalks on each plant. The buds open in series, so a single plant will continue to bloom for 2 weeks or more. It is easy to grow and does well in full sun to part shade. Nicholas has been awarded the Junior Citation …
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