This fall, take a walk in the Garden and learn to identify birds in their sometimes-confusing fall plumage. Earlier bird walks will highlight warblers, vireos, and flycatchers, while later ones will feature ducks, sparrows, and hawks. Please dress for the weather and bring binoculars and a field guide if you have them. Alan Anderson, Chicago Audubon Society. Meet at Visitor Center …
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… New! Combine two of the best things, chocolate and bread, into one delicious treat. Level up your breadmaking, chocolate, and baking skills all at once. Babka …
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… find Turkestan tulip ( Tulipa turkestanica ) in bloom. Instead of having a single flower atop one stem, each 8 to 10 inch plant has up to twelve star-shaped blossoms about 2 inches wide. …
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… leaves and chocolate brown trunk (with age) are the primary characteristics it is grown for. One of several species in this genus that host the largest flowers in the World - the parasitic …
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… traffic and release a wonderful herby fragrance when stepped on). Unlike other thymes, this one isn’t suitable for cooking; the fragrance can be overpowering. It can grow to 12" tall and …
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… horizontal stems on a daily basis throughout the growing season. While each flower lasts only one day, they are produced in clusters of buds ensuring continuous flower display. This non-hardy …
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… Low-spreading mounds of green foliage are topped by 18-inch stems, each bearing one violet-blue daisy flower with a golden yellow eye in July and August. Parents of this …
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… to center stage in fall, when the leaves turn shades of orange, yellow and red. Plant this one in partially shaded locations and in moderate to moist soils that are well-drained. …
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… and new plants are always a surprise. This wild geranium, a native of our woodland forests, is one of the easier species to grow in a shade garden. A native plant that naturalizes well. …
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… strap-shaped leaves 12 to 16 inches long, each with a central stripe above. In spring it bears one-sided bloom stalks of up to 20 semi-pendant, funnel-shaped, silvery white flowers about 1 …
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