… This maple is native to Japan and is one of the "snake bark" maples. It can reach a height of 40 feet. It should be sited in full …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… large deep blue flowers with reddish purple throats and large creamy white staminal columns. This is a deciduous shrub that grows 6 -9 feet tall and blooms from mid summer to fall. It is hardy in zones 5 – 9. Hibiscus syriacus 'Marina' is commonly sold under the trademark name BLUE SATIN®. When the species was named syriacus, it was thought to have …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Cama rhododendron is a semi-evergreen shrub whose foliage turns red to reddish orange in … White or pale pink flowers are borne singly from the ends of twigs very early in the season. This particular rhododendron will be happy in full sun. Like all rhododendrons, it prefers … soil in partial shade. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: This bird is visible flying over the Garden on migration, hovering over the Dixon Prairie, or less frequently perched in a tree. …
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
… The cultivar 'Kita No Seiza' has large, stunning double blue violet flowers with white veins … The name Iris was taken from the Greek goddess of the rainbow to symbolize the many colors of this flower. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The cultivar 'Steve' has lovely deep blue ruffled falls with lighter blue standards and very pale … The name Iris was taken from the Greek goddess of the rainbow to symbolize the many colors of this flower. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This plant is commonly called a Christmas rose because it flowers very early in the winter from mid-November until January. Hgc Jacob helleborus bears abundant white 3 inch … shelter during the summer. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… "fans" produce tall stems that provide a multitude of cheery gold flowers flecked in orange in the height of summer. Each flower is short lived but he large inflorescence insures a number of flowers will be open during the … showy black seeds are relished by songbirds later in the season. Allow to reseed and consider this an annual in your gardens. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This petite, blue, cool season grass is a wonderful complement to both Festuca and Helictotrichon, falling between the two in height. It forms an 8” tall, thick clump of spiky textured, narrow, grey-blue to … a straw color as they dry. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
