… Primula meadia is a wildflower native to the eastern United States that grows in environments ranging from damp …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… stems. In a growing season in the Chicago area, gardeners can expect this plant to reach 1 foot in height by 2 feet in width. It attracts butterflies and honeybees, but the stiff hairs … and the bad-tasting compounds in the leaves deter deer from browsing its blooms. The species is hardy to zone 7 and will not survive winters in Chicago. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Vernonia lettermannii , known as Letterman's ironweed, is covered with purple flowers in September and October produced by a rounded 4' x 4' herbaceous …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… FIREWORKS™ arrowwood viburnum is notable for its colunar habit and ruby red fall color, which make it particularly useful in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Nymphaea Waterlily is very fond of floating in a sunny pond. Tantalizing little creature, likes to grow where one can't reach her. – Elizabeth Gordon Nymphaea is the beautifully named genus for about half of all waterlily species. (The Nymphaeaceae family … 'Plum Crazy' Hardy : Nymphaea 'Sunfire' Small or Large The most important size to consider is the spread—these long-armed plants can reach out many feet in all directions. Small : Nymphaea …
Type: Plant Info
… whose autumnal leaf drop naturally enriches the soil. More than Plants Share this Woods Spring is when more than 100 migrating and resident birds pass through, seeking shelter, insects, seeds, … bells plus scalloped foliage reminiscent of columbine mean false rue anemone. Wild geranium is easy to spot, but the familiar pink flowers will arrive only after the clumps of foliage have … below the soil. Invasive Plants Destroy Diversity In the McDonald Woods, what you don’t see is as important as what you do see. The open spaces; the absence of garlic mustard, which used to …
Type: Walks
… steep prairie hillsides and swampy lowlands as a Plants of Concern volunteer, his mission is, at once, straightforward and profound: find endangered plants, count them, and alert the land … “I was surprised at just how much of a personal investment I’ve taken. When a plant population is doing well, I feel like a proud parent.” Plants of Concern—a community science program at the … ). Once classified as endangered in Illinois, it grows in swampy, hard-to-reach places and is easy to overlook. After volunteers began reporting swollen sedge populations in new locations, …
Type: Blog
… to leaf out or bloom minimally, perhaps they could use extra nutrition. Turf. If your lawn is recovering from grubs, flooding, lack of fertilization or heavy foot traffic, broadcast a granular fertilizer with a nitrogen to phosphorus to potassium ratio of 3:1:2. This can be done in early May or early fall. Avoid heavy nitrogen use if water runs off your … inches when planting a bed, or broadcast across beds in early spring and late fall when ground is frozen. Roses. Early in the season, broadcast a granular, slow-release, high-nitrogen …
Type: Plant Info
… Natal lily ( Clivia miniata ) is a member of the Amaryllidaceae family native to damp woodlands in southern Africa, where they … tolerance of low light levels and need for little to no water during the winter. Although it is one of those rare plants that actually blooms best if slightly potbound, its roots are …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… full of bright berries and seed pods. Types of Containers Choose your container to suit your site, the design of your home, and the types of plants you want to grow. Every pot must have … are also very heavy and expensive and should be used only as permanent containers. Terra cotta is a popular, medium-priced material, available in all sizes and therefore a good choice for … directly into the larger garden or elevated on a tabletop, a step, or a garden wall. Plastic is lightweight, nonporous, inexpensive, and suitable for hanging baskets or for plants that are …
Type: Plant Info
