… Description: This bird is visible flying over the Garden on migration, hovering over the Dixon Prairie, or less …
Type: Birding
… Description: This medium-sized shorebird is seen most often on shorelines in the Barbara Brown Nature Reserve or around the Dixon Prairie. …
Type: Birding
… Description: This wren is most often heard, but may be seen, in wet areas of the Dixon Prairie or along restored …
Type: Birding
… Green spathes in early summer mature to red berries in late summer on this woodland plant that is native to damp locations. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… a Christmas tree this month, select one with firm needles that don’t drop off when the tree is raised up a few inches and dropped to the ground. The bottom of the stump should be moist with some sap present. Trees … after being brought indoors. The trees that retain their needles the longest are the balsam and white firs; red, white and Scots pines; and Douglas fir. Once the tree is at home, cut …
Type: Plant Info
… Q. I have a small garden pond with hardy waterlilies, some grasses and fish. How do I keep the pond from freezing this winter? A. Cover the pond with a sheet of plywood, and insulate it with an additional layer of leaves or straw. A small commercial pond heater will … Although hardy lilies can withstand the cold, they will die if their tubers freeze, so it is a good idea to monitor your pond constantly during extremely cold weather. …
Type: Plant Info
… alternate leaves are broadly ovate with wavy margins. It grows in full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It will retain an attractive shape with little pruning needed. … emerging from a deep red calyx The gray-green summer foliage gives way to yellow in fall. It is resistant to deer and can be used as specimen or in a naturalistic garden. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The parents of 'Cassandra' are natives of China and are sometimes referred to as tube clematis. This cultivar produces short clusters of small … the climbing clematis, tube clematis forms a small shrub reaching 2 to 3 feet in size. It is a member of clematis pruning group 3, which includes species and cultivars that flower on the current year’s new growth. These plants require yearly hard …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This elegant bonsai specimen of the willow leafed fig has been in training for decades and is an integral part of the Garden's nationally recognized bonsai collection. Trained in an informal upright style, bonsai are inter-generational and in Japan are handed down within the family. Willow leafed figs are native to Africa from the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Sester’s Dwarf Colorado Blue Spruce retains the symmetrical growth habit and deep blue color of the species in a much reduced size. The pyramidal shaped tree at maturity will be 6’ – 8’ tall and 3’ – 5’ wide. Hardy outdoors in the Chicago area, specimens used indoors for Holiday displays should be kept in a cool sunny location after the exhibit is closed until the outdoor temperatures are reliably above 25 degrees Fahrenheit. Plant in a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
