… moisture conditions. From May through October it produces fragrant red blooms. It belongs 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
… perfect solution for gardeners with limited lawn space or those desiring a formal focal point in their gardens. Container Apple Trees Hybridizers answered the demand for hardy, but smaller, patio fruit trees by developing single-stemmed apple trees that could grow in containers. These trees flower and produce full-sized fruit in either red or yellow varieties, usually by the third year after planting. Gardeners can create …
Type: Plant Info
… the ground, searching for a female signal. When a female likes a mate, she will flash at him in a particular pattern, which varies with species. Go outside during a firefly evening and try … Butterflies & Blooms is open through Labor Day and free with admission. Immerse yourself in a habitat filled with colorful live butterflies from around the world. Nearby in the Grunsfeld Children’s Growing Garden, you will find the Cicada Parade-A decorated plaster …
Type: Blog
… Of show-winning quality, beautiful Vanda orchids originated in Southeast Asia and are therefore warm-growing specimens. Pure’s Wax Vanda orchid, registered … base of the stem. Aerial roots roam free of their containers and can grow up to 2 meters long. In ideal conditions, you can expect numerous spikes with colors so bright that you may need sunglasses to look at them. The flowers are extremely showy and last well in the warm temperatures, bright, filtered light, and high humidity of greenhouses. They require …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 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
… 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
