… Winter is a great season for bookworms—there’s nothing like a good book to keep you company during the … of botany and horticulture and give us a glimpse into the history of plants all the way back to ancient Greece. For just a taste of what this collection offers, we asked Leora Siegel, …
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… bulb beds. These animals prefer crocus and tulip bulbs, but will often dig and discard others. To discourage wildlife from digging and eating bulbs, place chicken wire over the planting area. … gauge wire for larger sized bulbs and smaller gauge wire for smaller bulbs. Another option is to apply a thin layer of dried blood meal over the garden bed after bulbs have been planted. …
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… early bulbs might sprout prematurely, especially those planted with a southern exposure, close to a house or garage. The first greenery to show is foliage, with flower buds appearing much later in the bulb’s growth. Subsequent cold …
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… flowers with a deep red throat. The flowers face or point slightly upright compared to other varieties producing a more attractive display. This sterile cultivar created by noted U.K. horticulturist, David Tristan, continues to flower even when the corms become crowded – a boon for gardeners who dislike dividing clumps … one of the parents of this cultivar, smell like saffron when placed in water. Another species is a source of yellow dye. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… burgundy flowers in mid summer. The flowers are downfacing and unusually large, measuring 6 to 12 inches. Midnight is a Trumpet hybrid with the distinctive strongly fragrant trumpet-shaped blooms and on tall … Oriental Lilies. The unsurpassed grace and beauty of this lily makes it a lovely addition to the garden. Lilies love full sun, but will do well in partial shade. Among the lilies, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Fragrant white to pale-pink flowers in spring develop into golden yellow fruit in the fall on Hook's #15 … Nursery in 1979, which was located near Lake Zurich and closed in the 1990s. This selection is no longer commercially available. Crabapples are small flowering trees that provide a showy display in the spring landscape for 1 to 2 weeks. In addition to the eye-catching buds and flowers, their foliage, habit, and fruit …
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… progresses and the blue green center becomes more green. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long-lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks … are also common; new introductions abound. Hosta cultivars range in size from several inches to several feet; it may take 3-8 years for hostas to reach their full size. They all prefer moist, loamy soil enriched with organic matter. Some leaf damage by slugs is to be expected. Deer find hosta delicious. …
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… Kohleria are herbacious perennial plants in the gesneriad family native to tropical America. Kohleria 'Heartland's Blackberry Butterfly' has flowers with pink tubes and golden fuzz. The throat is pale pink to pale lime green and the lobes are spotted with deep burgundy and edged in white. The leaves …
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… Sawtooth oak takes its name from the appearance of its leaf margins. It is a member of the white oak group and bears acorns annually. A native of Asia, it was introduced to North America in 1862. The genus Quercus includes more than 600 species of the oak tree, of which 90 are native to North America; the Chicago Botanic Garden's collection contains more than 60 varieties and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Georgia oak is indeed native to Georgia as well as Alabama and South Carolina and can be found growing … The genus Quercus includes more than 600 species of the oak tree, of which 90 are native to North America; the Chicago Botanic Garden's collection contains more than 60 varieties and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
