… This plant is part of a genus of four species that are semi-evergreen plants. The cultivar Green Carpet has …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… It has blue, lavender, and purple blooms that attract butterflies in May and June. It is a specimen in a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… in Illinois, this now commonly seen raptor may be spotted anywhere in the Garden. Note: This is an image of a juvenile bird and not an adult. …
Type: Birding
… Description: This elusive, medium-sized shorebird is known for its distinctive courtship flights at dusk in early May. It can be seen on the ground …
Type: Birding
… From May through August it produces fragrant red blooms that attract birds and butterflies. It is a specimen in a hedge. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Two foot tall spires of white to cream flowers rise like candelabra above the 4-foot mound of blue-green foliage on this … in fall. Members of the genus Baptisia are commonly known 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 …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: The Garden's lone swift species is exclusively seen flying overhead in small groups while chasing insects. In the evening, they …
Type: Birding
… into early September because it produces a second wave of flowers as soon as the first is finished. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… possibility of a fungal pandemic of human zombies. We’re here for the show, but how plausible is a fungus-induced human zombie apocalypse, really? Greg Mueller, Ph.D., the Garden’s chief scientist and Negaunee Vice President of Science, is a mycologist—meaning, a person who knows a lot more about fungi than The Rest of Us. So in our …
Type: Blog
… Min fir is a conifer from the mountains of China and Tibet that is known for its fine, stiff needles that curve downwards and are typically one inch in length. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
