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  • Gardening in Winter: Dos and Don’ts
    … don’t get much love during the outdoor growing season. Make the most of your winter gardening with these dos and don’ts from Chicago Botanic Garden experts. DO  prune your deciduous trees. …
    Type: Blog
  • Epic Echium
    … all summer. Echium ‘Red Rocket’ In fall, they are moved into a protected nursery quonset, with temperatures of 42 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit all winter long. (It is called vernalization, …
    Type: Blog
  • Scientist Discovers New Species of Plants from Fossils
    … a phenomenon poorly understood in the tropical region. This project is a collaboration with scientists from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the University of Florida. …
    Type: Research
  • Hardy—yes, we said hardy—gladioli
    … Botanic Garden’s Graham Bulb Garden over the last five years—including a couple of winters with record-setting cold temperatures! Two characteristics of its native habitat nominated the …
    Type: Blog
  • Plant Evaluation Trials
    … Kisses’ Solidago rigida Sporobolus heterolepis ‘Golden Prairie’ Sporobolus heterolepis ‘Gone with the Wind’ Stachyurus praecox Stokesia laevis ‘Jasper Co Texas Strain’ Stokesia laevis ‘Omega … Kisses’ Solidago rigida Sporobolus heterolepis ‘Golden Prairie’ Sporobolus heterolepis ‘Gone with the Wind’ Stachyurus praecox Stokesia laevis ‘Jasper Co Texas Strain’ Stokesia laevis ‘Omega …
    Type: Page
  • Trust Us: Orchids Aren’t That Hard to Grow
    … orchids are better suited to advanced growers. They’re mostly terrestrial, meaning they grow with their roots in soil, so they’ll need a different growing medium than epiphytic orchids …
    Type: Blog
  • Woodland Gardening
    … In their natural habitat, they are used to competing hard for little. Don't start off with a cycle of overfeeding. Soil nutrients in a woodland are locked up in the root systems of …
    Type: Plant Info
  • The Joy of Winter Green
    … stunning golden color intensifies as the temperature drops; the tree seems to glow in contrast with the rest of the landscape.   Creeping Siberian cypress ( Microbiota decussata ) This shrub …
    Type: Blog
  • Goodnight, Roses
    … of diseases and pest problems. As you can imagine, we have a lot of leaf litter in a garden with 5,000 roses plants; our truly dedicated volunteers and staff spent two days removing every …
    Type: Blog
  • Spring Containers Are Here
    … at the Chicago Botanic Garden were planted this week, welcoming spring and warm fuzzies along with them. Just standing near these spring annuals makes us happy, and for horticulturist Tom …
    Type: Blog