… Description: This is an unusual sight on the lakes or flying overhead. …
Type: Birding
… flamenco influences filtered through an improvisational lens. Their singular nuevo tango sound is cool, impassioned, sensuous, seductive, and utterly dance-inducing. Featuring the piano … Sascha Jacobsen ( Trio Garufa , The Musical Art Quintet ), Alma Vieja is at once an album for tango lovers and an opening for all listeners into this magical world. This concert is presented in collaboration with the International Latino Cultural Center. …
Type: Event for Calendar
… Manly double narcissus ( Narcissus 'Manly') is known as a double daffodil because of its multiple whorls of cup segments that become … his own reflection in a pool of water and was turned into a lily by the gods. The genus name is derived from the Greek narke (numbness) because of its narcotic properties. It's unclear … of the excruciating pain caused by the calcium oxalate crystals in the plant's sap when it is taken into the mouth, or whether some other chemical property takes effect later. Deer, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… models anticipate hotter, drier summers in the future. For gardeners, it’s important to monitor moisture levels, especially for new plantings, container plants, and vegetables. As … (and, unfortunately, this also includes weeds!), maintenance tasks take center stage. Garden To-Do List Water new plants Newly planted trees, shrubs, perennials, roses, and vegetables need approximately 1 inch of water per week throughout their entire root zones. This is especially important in hot, dry weather. Keep track of rainfall amounts and be ready to …
Type: Plant Info
… Native to the Midwest, 'Indian Warrior' grows 58 inches tall and 38 inches wide, with its green leaves … October. It grows best in full sun and moist, well-drained soil and enjoys the heat. It is most effective when grouped into large drifts and makes an excellent ground cover for parks, … state. Though replaced by farmlands and greatly reduced in numbers, they are starting to make a comeback in restored prairies and home gardens. Their common name, big bluestem, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Sibirica Tatarian dogwood is a multi-stemmed shrub known for its coral-red stems in winter and whitish blue fruit in … -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, varies among the species. Dogwoods are native to cooler temperate areas of North America and Asia. The genus includes 45-60 species, divided …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Chinese dogwood is a form of kousa dogwood with somewhat larger white flower bracts, fruit and leaves than the … -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, varies among the species. Dogwoods are native to cooler temperate areas of North America and Asia. The genus includes 45-60 species, divided …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… features blue green leaves with creamy white margins. In other respects the Variegata cultivar is typical of the species -- abundant early spring long-lived yellow flowers, red fruit in … -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, varies among the species. Dogwoods are native to cooler temperate areas of North America and Asia. The genus includes 45-60 species, divided …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Hedgerows Gold redosier dogwood is notable for its variegated foliage -- bright green with irregular golden margins. Like the … -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, varies among the species. Dogwoods are native to cooler temperate areas of North America and Asia. The genus includes 45-60 species, divided …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Sunshine redosier dogwood is a cultivar that features golden yellow foliage that may be variegated with a green irregular … -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, varies among the species. Dogwoods are native to cooler temperate areas of North America and Asia. The genus includes 45-60 species, divided …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
