… As Plant Evaluator, Patrick tries to leverage his breadth of experiences in his work. With professional experiences that have varied as widely as working in small-scale urban agriculture to doing medical imaging research, he has a lot of perspectives that he can pull from. It is this wide breath of experiences that informs his perspective on trialing plants for the …
Type: Staff bio
… Joanna J. Stroz, a versatile artist based in Copenhagen with Polish and Danish roots, is renowned as a carillonneur, composer, music producer, singer-songwriter, percussionist, and … two albums under her belt, Nordic Wave (2010) and Drums and Bells (2015). Joanna continues to captivate audiences with her unique blend of electronic and carillon music. As both a composer … and soloist, Joanna has graced international stages. Her musical journey has taken her to festivals across Europe: Germany, Denmark, Poland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, and the …
Type: Event for Calendar
… deep margins of yellow and pink around a green center. In other respects the Tricolor cultivar is typical of the species -- abundant early spring long-lived yellow flowers, red fruit in … -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, varies among the species. Dogwoods are native to cooler temperate areas of North America and Asia. The genus includes 45-60 species, divided …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… GEAUGA® gray dogwood is one of the Counties of Ohio series of cultivars. Its foliage dark green with reddish brown new … -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, varies among the species. Dogwoods are native to cooler temperate areas of North America and Asia. The genus includes 45-60 species, divided …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Blackburn cranberry cotoneaster is somewhat more compact and refined than the species but shares the same pinkish white small … 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
… Justicia brandegeeana 'Variegata' is known as the variegated shrimp plant. The showy flowers are actually modified leaves called … featuring excellent soil drainage and moderate air movement. Over time, the plants tend to get leggy as they grow in height and lose their lower leaves. This issue can be overcome by periodically pruning the plant back to at least two internodes (joints where new stems can arise from). 얼룩덜i룩한 새우 플랜트로 알려져 있습니다. 꽃으로 …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ‘Ice Storm’ is a hybrid tree peony with snowy white slightly recurved petals and a boss of golden yellow … their colors, forms, and habits. They are divided into two main groups: herbaceous, which die to the ground in the fall; and tree peonies, which are deciduous plants with woody stems that … herbaceous stems. All peonies bloom between April and June. Flowers on tree peonies appear one to two weeks before those on herbaceous peonies. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… appear in the spring at the same time as the leaves. ‘Liempde’ will not bear fruit, since it is a male cultivar. It can grow in full sun to partial shade in moist, fertile soil. Members of the genus Salix are commonly 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 …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: This is a water-loving black-and-white diving duck that may be found on any of the lakes, mostly in …
Type: Birding
… Description: This large gull is often seen on the lakes during spring thaw, or at other times either flying over or swimming. …
Type: Birding
