… It has showy white to pale pink blooms that attract butterflies from May through August. It is a ground cover. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Twilight Zone', an improved version of native Little Bluestem is the first to color up for fall, adding iridescent silver-mauve tones all over the plant as …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… moisture conditions. It has yellow blooms with white to pink inner sepals from May to June. It is a ground cover or an understory. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Native to Europe, the Dogtooth Violet is clump-forming bulb that doesn’t get over 6 inches high with a slightly wider spread. From …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… plants provide material that can be used to make attractive decorations and much of it is renewable. Small, leafless branches of deciduous trees, whether fallen or pruned, can be used … LED lanterns or other decorative objects. One caution: do not cut tree branches in the fall, use either disease-free fallen branches or branches pruned in February or early March and stored for later use. Colorful shrub material such as red twig …
Type: Plant Info
… Early November is a good time to plant spring-flowering bulbs in containers to be "forced" into early indoor … an unheated garage or shed, a window well filled with 12 inches of mulch to cover the pot, or in a sealed plastic bag in a refrigerator free of ripening fruit — places where temperatures will …
Type: Plant Info
… the earliest and brightest of spring bulbs coupled with their cool-season companions and ends in a spectacular October finale, with towers of mums enhancing the hot-season annual plants. … the earliest and brightest of spring bulbs coupled with their cool-season companions and ends in a spectacular October finale, with towers of mums enhancing the hot-season annual plants. …
Type: Page
… of 50 years. More than 675 people who joined when the Chicago Botanic Garden first opened in 1972 are still members today. Here’s what a few of those inaugural members had to say about … an introduction to the world’s wonder to them, and it was a way to find a little bit of peace in our otherwise crazy lives. … I taught for a number of years, and I had copious papers to … Halloween [Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns]. It gets bigger and better every year. [The Garden is] just a wonderful space without intrusions to enjoy the beauty of nature.” –June Hamer …
Type: Blog
… En español ↓ Conservation scientist Hector Ortiz Cano grew up in Sonora, Mexico, where he learned from his ancestors’ reverence for the land. Hector inspects … Chicago Botanic Garden greenhouse at the Regenstein Center. Though Ortiz dreamed of following in their footsteps to become a farmer, circumstances led him to forge a different path to honor … was food for me growing up, and for my ancestors,” Ortiz said. “For many people, this plant is just a weed. To me and my family and ancestors, it was one of our sacred foods and a staple …
Type: Blog
… Prairie as we search for songbirds, waterfowl, and raptors. No prior bird-watching experience is required, and binoculars are recommended but not necessary. Bridget Kiernan, birder and …
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