… The Georgian oak is native to the Caucasus region of eastern Europe/Asia Minor. The genus Quercus includes more … to North America; the Chicago Botanic Garden's collection contains more than 60 varieties and over 1,000 individual trees. Twenty oak species are native to Illinois. Oaks are slow … acorns take two years to mature (biennial). Oaks are often imposing shade trees at maturity and provide habitat and food for a variety of wildlife. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Variegated English oak is notable for the creamy margins on its classically lobed foliage. The genus Quercus includes … to North America; the Chicago Botanic Garden's collection contains more than 60 varieties and over 1,000 individual trees. Twenty oak species are native to Illinois. Oaks are slow … acorns take two years to mature (biennial). Oaks are often imposing shade trees at maturity and provide habitat and food for a variety of wildlife. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… cupped, soft pink flowers that mature to a lilac pink. It comes from David Austin, who is known for breeding roses for fragrance and vigor as well as color. In this case, the old-world scent has a hint of myrrh. Left to its … shrub form. Like all roses, it prefers a garden location in full sun with space between it and surrounding plants to encourage good air movement (discourages powdery mildew and black …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Chicago Peace™, developed in 1961 by Stanley C. Johnston and marketed by Conard-Pyle, originating as a sport of the famous Peace rose, has itself become famous for its beauty and light fragrance. This hybrid tea rose has complex coloring, with golden-yellow petals that … as they unfurl. The flowers are very large, up to 6 inches across when fully open. The foliage is dark green and glossy on shrubs that, left unpruned, will reach 4 to 6 feet in height. Black …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The giant arborvitae, or Western red cedar, native to the Pacific Northwest, is named appropriately--it can grow to be 150 feet in its native habitat. Cultivated varieties … green scaly foliage on stiffly upright trees. With age, the reddish-brown bark becomes fibrous and shredded. It can be difficult to distinguish this species from our native Eastern arborvitae, but the scales are more narrow and less over-lapping. The little cones have sharp spines at the base. Choose plants with strong …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Arkansas ironweed is native to the southern-central US. It bears bracts of large 1.25 inch pinkish-purple flowers … common name of curlytop ironweed. Arkansas ironweed grows to a height of about six feet and a width of about five feet and has long, narrow leaves sometimes up to seven inches long. In an evaluation of ironweeds …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Arkansas ironweed is native to the southern-central US. It bears bracts of large 1.25 inch pinkish-purple flowers … common name of curlytop ironweed. Arkansas ironweed grows to a height of about six feet and a width of about five feet and has long, narrow leaves sometimes up to seven inches long. In an evaluation of ironweeds …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… their scientific classification, Narcissus, traces back to the mythological story of Narcissus and his everlasting beauty, which is reflected in the daffodil’s exceptional floral diversity in form, size, and color. The trumpet shape offers a rewarding opportunity to explore form, while the range of …
Type: Item Detail
… flowers with red bracts in winter on a sparsely branched shrub. Full sun to partial shade and an evenly moist, moderately fertile soil are required to produce the best flower production. Native to Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru, it is interesting to note that some of the hummingbirds native to the Chicago area migrate each year …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: This large gull is often seen on the lakes during spring thaw, or at other times either flying over or swimming. …
Type: Birding
