… Showy milkweed is the western counterpart of common milkweed, found on rocky slopes and waysides. Showy milkweed … during summer, with 3-inch spheres of starry pink flowers. The structure of the tiny flowers is complex, with 5 reflexed pink sepals and 5 forward-pointing petals. Each petal has a hood at …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: A colorful duck, the wood duck is commonly visible in lakes with its tail end sticking up, perched in trees, or using nesting …
Type: Birding
… terrestrial orchid. Use in the landscape where ever a spot of months long tropical color is needed. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… conditions. From May through October it produces fragrant pink, red and white blooms. It is a specimen in a border or as a ground cover. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Rockspray cotoneaster is a low and slow growing shrub with a fishbone branching pattern that can become tiered over … as hedges or groundcovers. The genus Cotoneaster includes at least 90 species of shrubs native to the temperate regions of Europe and Asia, with a concentration in western China. There are no cotoneasters native to the U.S., though a number of species and their hybrids and cultivars flourish in the northern …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Texas bluebonnet, carpets parts of the Southwest in early spring if rains have been sufficient to keep the seedlings alive over the winter. Bluebonnets germinate in the fall and overwinter as … by fire, resulting in a large number of bluebonnets appearing after wildfires. The genus name is derived from the Latin lupus (wolf), referring to the mistaken belief that as plants spread into an area, they depleted the soil nutrients. In …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… northern forest makes a rare visit if it strays east of its normal plains migration route. It is visible across the Garden and normally on the ground. …
Type: Birding
… accentuated by the dark red stems rising from the dark bronze foliage in summer. This astilbe is ideal for moist soils in shaded conditions; water it during droughts. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This small round cactus is a native of Brazil and doesn’t get more than 6 inches high with bright, indirect indoor light …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: This wren is most often heard, but may be seen, in wet areas of the Dixon Prairie or along restored …
Type: Birding
