… Kleinia aster is a member of the Asteraceae (Sunflower) plant family that produces lavender, paintbrush-like flowers and … tolerates the relatively higher humidity found in the Garden's Arid Greenhouse. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Rosa hugonis was named after Father Hugo (Hugh Scanlan), who sent seeds of this species back to Kew Gardens in 1899 from China. Lemon-yellow flowers in late spring and … summer are followed by intense red fall foliage. This species earned an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1914 and an Award of Garden Merit in 1925. Rosa hugonis is a tough, reliably hardy and extremely thorny shrub rose to 6' in the Chicago region, and is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… – 30 inches high and blooms in early to mid-summer with dark green foliage. It may re-bloom in the fall. It is attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds and is hardy in zones 4 - 8. The genus name is from … phlox meaning flame in reference to the many bright colors of some varieties. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Bright yellow flowers with an irridescent green stigma in spring or summer adorn this monotypic (only 1 species in the genus) taxon from an extremely small natural population in Mexico. The epidermous tissue is lime grey-green, a unique color in cactus. Grown in full sun, extremely well drained soils and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This cute, inconspicuous prairie plant is one of the few non-tropical members of the sandalwood family. It produces single-stemmed plants 6-12 … until the following spring. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… and if provided these conditions, it will reward gardeners with continuous bloom throughout the warm months of the year. Each of the large, purple, petunia-like blooms lasts only a day, but … production keeps the plant well-decorated on a day-to-day basis. A study in Florida found this cultivar is a sterile form and does not set seed. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: This goose is a rare visitor on our lakes or feeding on the lawn. It is similar in appearance to the white snow goose but slightly smaller with a shorter bill. …
Type: Birding
… This is a dwarf (4’ in height at ten years) form of the species. Culture requirements are the same: sunny location with well-drained soil. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… white flowers with a dark orange throat decorated with dark brown spots. Like most lilies it is fragrant but not overpoweringly so. It is attractive to hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees. White Henryi belongs to the group of Aurelian lily hybrids which generally bloom in July on stout stems supporting masses … the hardiest and most disease resistant of the lilies. The unsurpassed grace and beauty of this lily make it a lovely addition to the garden. Lilies 'like their feet in the shade and heads …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Tough Love spiderwort is a Chicagoland Grows® selection. Chicagoland Grows® is a plant introduction partnership of the Chicago Botanic Garden, the Morton Arboretum and the Ornamental Growers Association of Northern Illinois formed to promote plant cultivars that perform well in northern Illinois. This variety was developed at the Chicago Botanic Garden from two Great Plains species that are …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
