… Description: One of the smallest owls at the Garden, this elusive bird nests in holes in trees trees and bird houses. It may be found in wooded areas. …
Type: Birding
… Description: A common migrant in many habitats at the Garden, this ground-feeding bird will often be found low in the shrubs or scratching in the soil for seeds. …
Type: Birding
… This round perennial grows to a height of 59 inches in full sun and moderate moisture conditions. It has pink blooms in July and August and belongs in a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… New! The Chicago Botanic Garden’s Greenhouses contain many exotic plants, displayed in facsimiles of their native habitats, which students will use as subjects. Draw from life in the Greenhouses, making studies of the intricate plant structures and colors, then return to the studio to translate studies into compositions. Work in graphite leading to finished work in colored pencil, using all the techniques introduced in …
Type: Item Detail
… This striking and versatile native plant grows in poor soils, in sun or in part shade, and it’s another of Jill Selinger’s summer favorites. “It has so many great …
Type: Plant Info
… gentian ( Gentiana scabra var. buergeri ). This native of Japan and northeast Asia grows best in full sun with moderate soil fertility. Plant this gentian in full sun and in well- drained, neutral-to-acidic soils and maintain a moist soil throughout the growing …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This intermediate bearded iris blooms heavily in spring and then again with a fewer number of flowers in fall, dependent upon a long warm summer. The flowers are white and the standards (upright petals) are described as being 'washed' in violet-blue whereas the falls are heavily veined in the same violet blue color - a striking …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Lavender-pink flowers are borne in large, tiered, terminal clusters in July and August on this chance seedling discovered growing on the banks of the Harpeth River near Nashville, Tennessee. For those interested in planting native species, selections from the wild that receive cultivar status are referred to …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… cultivar flowers earlier than most other roses and then produces a second smaller flowering in fall. In cooler weather, the flowers tend toward apricot shades. Like other rugosa roses, the leaves are resistant to foliar diseases. Plant this rose in full sun and in moist, well-drained soils, and provide space around it to discourage pests and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soil in full sun. Tolerates drought. Prefers moist, gravelly or sandy soils with good drainage. Plants … to help extend the bloom period. Plants may open up as the summer progresses, particularly in humid climates. If plants depreciate in summer to the point where they look unsightly, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
