… Description: The cheerful song of this common migrant and occasional winter resident is easy to recognize. Large flocks are often encountered in the McDonald Woods. In fall, when … duller plumage than the males. The white-throated sparrow scratches leaf litter with its feet to kick up seeds and hiding insects. Berries also nourish this sparrow in fall and winter. This …
Type: Birding
… New! You don’t have to stop canning and preserving just because it is winter. In this demonstration cooking class, cookbook author and home food preservation expert Emily Paster will teach you how to preserve using dried fruits. Paster will demonstrate how to make dried fig, apple, and raisin …
Type: Item Detail
… Click here to register Wednesday, September 7 2 - 3:30 p.m. Alsdorf Auditorium Patrick Blanc, French … and numerous other public buildings. A book signing will follow his lecture. This program is possible thanks to the support of Alliance Francaise de Chicago and Air France, and to the participation of the … Consulate in Chicago and the Chicago Architectural Foundation. www.verticalgardenpatrickblanc.com …
Type: Event for Calendar
… Abeliophyllum distichum , commonly known as white forsythia or Korean abelialeaf, is a rare and endangered shrub native to Korea that features white-to-pink fragrant flowers in very early spring. Growth requirements and landscape uses are similar …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The canary tree mallow is a tropical tree that produces a canary-yellow terminal at the tip of the branch and axillary … clusters of flowers) in winter in the Chicago area. With a native range from Mexico south to Colombia and Venezuela, the flowers can vary from pale yellow through gold, sometimes with a … like abutilons, in full sun and well-drained soil, and cut back the 12-foot-tall plants to a more manageable size during the dormant non-flowering season, from late winter to early …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Torch Pink is a cane-type Begonia that can reach up to 4 feet tall over the growing season. As a container … Because of their size, they need a somewhat richer soil than other types. And you may want to pinch them back during the growing season to promote bushier growth. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… H. F. Young clematis is a deciduous climber that grows 8 to 10 feet and produces single, bluish flowers 6 to 8 inches across with a greenish white bar on the reverse side. The plant was named after a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… hassleriana 'Sparkler White') begins blooming at about 18 inches in height and continues to grow and bloom along its length throughout summer. The pure-white blooms of 'Sparkler White' are 4 to 6 inches wide, with long stamens. The leaves are palmate and glandular, releasing an odd scent … plant may grow up to 4 feet tall! The straight species can easily reach double this size. This is a free reseeder, and a butterfly and hummingbird magnet with thorny stems that defend it …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Sedges are plants with grassy leaves that tend to grow in clumps. They differ from grasses in having flowering stems with sharp edges, usually … male and female flowers. There are over 1,000 species world-wide and over 130 species native to prairies, woods and streams in the Chicago area. Most have limited appeal in a cultivated … mound of fine leaves that are bronze-orange in full sun, and olive green in partial shade. It is drought-tolerant. Flower and seed spikes are insignificant, but in warmer climates it may …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… can be described in three words: big, bold, and beautiful. Water canna ‘Intrigue’ lives up to those standards. It can reach 10 feet, produces showy orchid-like salmon blooms from July to August, and has burgundy lance-shaped leaves resembling those of the banana plant. It is versatile as well. Plant it in sun to part shade in moist soil or along the water’s edge, or …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
