… (swollen base) bears small yellow flowers and dark green leaves on vining/sprawling stems. It is a rare and endangered species from Madagascar. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… full sun and moderate moisture conditions. Its blooms in May and June attract butterflies. It is a ground cover. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… everything: our water, our food, the air we breathe. Our Climate Change Initiatives reach out to the communities you live in. By teaching the next generations about climate change and … Midwest, 12 organizations, including the Chicago Botanic Garden, are pooling their resources to change the dynamic around climate change education. NASA Climate Change Curriculum With … developed the Climate Change in My Backyard curriculum series. The project targets grades 5 to 12. …
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… sweetly perfumed flowers with a distinctive dark burgundy blotch. This native of east Africa is not reliably hardy in Chicago-area gardens. Gardeners may purchase corms in their local garden … frost has passed. This species was reclassified as Gladiolus murielae by botanists in 1973 but is still frequently sold in the nursery trade under the old name of Acidanthera bicolor var. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Polly Spout green dragon ( Pinellia tripartita 'Polly Spout') is a hardy member of the Aroid (philodendron) family, which produces spikes of green flowers in late summer. This cultivar is named for the hometown of We-Du Nursery in South Carolina, where this sterile cultivar was …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… you can’t plant a shrub in a two-foot-wide border, a vine scrambling up a trellis brings color to eye level. An obelisk placed in a slender bed creates a focal point and an interesting support … a mail box? Annual vines like moonflower and painted lady runner bean are useful if you want to quickly cover a structure or fence. Because they’re annuals, they flower, set seed and die at … and hummingbirds. Some serve as host plants for egg-laying butterflies. For example, pipevine is the only host plant for the pipevine swallowtail butterfly. Hops vines are host plants for the …
Type: Plant Info
… My work is focused on breeding novel ornamental cultivars that are well-suited for the harsh … chosen subjectively and made by hand, these methods are supplemented by chemical mutagenesis to introduce genetic and phenotypic variation into the program. Promising accessions are studied … University in 2022 while studying hazelnut ( Corylus spp.). I am excited for the opportunity to transition back to ornamental plants, as they are what originally drew me to plants in general. …
Type: Staff bio
… on the underside of its glossy green leaves. Known in Britain as the cricket bat willow, it is grown there as a timber source for their national game. The bright green stems of new growth … known as willows. These woody plants range in size from the imposing weeping willow tree to small shrubs. While not fussy about soil quality, they generally require moderate to wet soil moisture. In the wild, willows are commonly found near streams, rivers and ponds. In …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: This tiny migrant is most often seen in wooded areas of the Garden very early in the spring and late in the fall. …
Type: Birding
… Presented by the North American Lily Society, this show is a nationally judged display of more than 200 lily blooms in different varieties and …
Type: Event for Calendar
