… online two days before your class starts. Registered students will receive login instructions one day in advance. The School’s CEUs=2 hours GDC elective Mark Dwyer, owner, Landscape …
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… One of the Explorer Series roses, all of which are named after early explorers of Canada, ‘Henry …
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… The small, glossy, deep green leaves are disease resistant. Introduced in 1963, this is one of the first cultivars to be informally described as a landscape rose (it needs minimal care …
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… One of the largest meadow rues, it can grow to 4' or 5' in height. Its compound, grayish-green …
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… the cheery yellow blooms of the ubiquitous forsythias in April. Named after William Forsyth, one of the founders of the Royal Horticultural Society in the 18th century, forsythias are medium … up to 4” long, more narrow and finely toothed. The bell-shaped flowers grow in clusters of one to three in the leaf axils. The calyx at the base of each flower has a tinge of purple. In …
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… also known as Ginkgo biloba 'Chris's Dwarf', has the smallest leaves of all the dwarf Ginkgos, one quarter the normal size. 'Munchkin' has a semi upright shape with outwardly oriented branches … tree due to its beautiful fan shaped leaves that resemble a maidenhair fern frond. It is one of the most pollution-tolerant trees and works well in the city. Insignificant green flowers …
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… The pale pink blooms of the Hiawatha lilac appear one to two weeks after the common lilac. It is one of the Preston lilacs. Preston or Canadian Lilacs were first hybridized for their cold …
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… month is sure to turn heads or at least raise a few eyebrows. This is a complicated subject, one in which gardeners, ecologists, horticulturists, homeowners, and others have very strong … too invasive. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources states that invasive species pose one of the greatest threats to the state’s natural areas, native communities, and natural … a purple sea of lovely wild violets—mowing won’t change that. I think there are better ways to support the pollinators. Plant more perennials and annuals; there are nice lists of …
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… One of the most nutritious, ornamental and anticipated early spring vegetables is asparagus ( … the best and most flavorful crops. New gardeners might want to choose crowns (or plants) of one of the newer male hybrids. These hybrids can be lightly harvested one year earlier than heirloom varieties or those grown from seed (wait three years before …
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… online two days before your class starts. Registered students will receive login instructions one day in advance. Thomas Trausch, artist, TWSA master status …
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