… The white terminal flower spikes of white wild indigo contrast beautifully with its strongly … as wild or false indigo due to their use by early Americans as a blue dye. Although "indigo" is in the common name, the blooms of native species may be blue, yellow or white and the blooms … of the Plant Collections Network of the American Public Gardens Association. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: When this bird of shrub prairies is seen on migration, it is likely to be found in the Dixon Prairie. …
Type: Birding
… This low-growing, mounded annual is covered in cobalt blue, white-and-yellow trumpet shaped … early fall. Plant it in full sun, moderately rich, well- drained soils in containers or toward the front of flower beds. This cultivar has been a gardener's favorite since the 17th century. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Masses of small pink flowers are clustered at the tips of thin stems that dance in the wind on this hardy perennial. Plant in full sun in well … to prevent unwanted spread. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Also known under the cultivar name of 'Ice Cream' because of its vanilla custard like flavor. One of the most popular bananna cultivars. Silvery blue fruit ripens to canary yellow on this tall growing cultivar. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This dwarf form of the Japanese umbrella pine has smaller grey-green needles with blunt tips. Not reliably hardy in … bright light and acidic, well- drained soils that are consistently moist. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Alex Johnson is the university carillonist at the University of Chicago. There he teaches a studio of 20 students … Alex regularly performs across the world and gives master classes across the country, and he is an avid composer and supporter of new music. Previously, Johnson taught carillon at the …
Type: Event for Calendar
… Scilla forbesii is an upright-growing bulb from southwest Turkey flowering in late winter and early spring with … partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has narrow glossy green strap-like leaves. The plant is ideal grown in masses or in a border. It is resistant to deer. This species is often confused in the trade with Scilla lucliae , which is much smaller with …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The P.J.M. rhododendron hybrids grow 3 to 6 feet tall and have a rounded habit. The small, evergreen dark-green leaves are attractive year-round with fall color of dark burgundy … on the tips of each branch, in spring. Among the hardiest of rhododendrons. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This large shrub to small tree grows close to 10 feet tall with full sun and well-drained, … These give way to orange, red, and yellow apricots that attract birds (and people). This is one of the hardiest and earliest of the Prunus to flower in Chicago-area gardens. Archived Copy: This …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
