… Description: This bird is visible flying over the Garden on migration, hovering over the Dixon Prairie, or less …
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
… Description: This cavity-nesting bird is most often seen and heard in wooded areas of the Garden. It occasionally occupies bluebird …
Type: Birding
… Description: This wren is most often heard, but may be seen, in wet areas of the Dixon Prairie or along restored …
Type: Birding
… urban farmers and will be headquarters for Veggie Rx, a program that offers free vegetables to qualified participants as one solution to diabetes, heart disease and obesity. The Farm on Ogden opens June 23. Press Release Chicago … 20,000 Square-Foot Farm On Ogden. Farm on Ogden Featured in Chicago Tribune Farm on Ogden aims to bring fresh produce and jobs to troubled North Lawndale , by Greg Trotter. WBBM News Radio …
Type: Page
… -- yellow from M. acuminata and hardy and star-shaped from M. stellata . It was named to the Award of Garden Merit list for magnolias by the Royal Horticultural Society in 2012. … Magnolia are known for the stunning beauty of their usually large flowers, which emerge prior to the foliage in spring, and are often fragrant. While shades of pink are the most common bloom … color, the Magnolia palette also includes white, yellows and purples. Another dominant feature is a prominent fruiting body of small follicles forming a cone-like shape. The species range from …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The elegant tapered buds of Elizabeth magnolia open to large, primrose-yellow flowers in spring. The first of the yellow-flowered magnolias was … Magnolia are known for the stunning beauty of their usually large flowers, which emerge prior to the foliage in spring, and are often fragrant. While shades of pink are the most common bloom … color, the Magnolia palette also includes white, yellows and purples. Another dominant feature is a prominent fruiting body of small follicles forming a cone-like shape. The species range from …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… of golden yellow, aster-like flowers from January through March. This large perennial (8 to 10 feet) has leaves to 8 inches across that are coarsely lobed and furry. The golden pollen literally covers the … been in three different genera as well as two species. The most current name for this plant is Roldana oaxacana . …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… pussy willow ( Salix gracilistyla ). This mid-sized deciduous shrub blooms in early spring and is a great plant for challenging landscapes with full sun and wet soils. If it gets too large, it can be pruned back hard to generate new branches from near the base. Rosegold pussy willow benefits from having a dark background to accentuate the flowers in very early spring. Members of the genus Salix are commonly known as …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Peking lilac started as a selection made by the Beijing Botanic Garden and was given to the Morton Arboretum, where it was developed in the Chicagoland Grows plant introduction … tubular in form and are borne in large panicles. While the common name of the plant has come to define a shade of pale purple, some species and hybrids have pink or white blossoms. Lilacs begin to set buds for the following year shortly after they finish blooming; if pruning is desired, it should be done immediately after flowering to maintain flower production the next …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
