Elevate your garden designs by incorporating hardscape elements. These structural components of a landscape provide both functional and aesthetic benefits. Create garden design plans that integrate hardscape structures such as paving, landscape lighting, and garden walls to achieve your landscape design goals. The last class is a field trip to view examples of content learned in class. A supply …
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Branches ascend in a loosely pyramidal fashion as this tree grows 40 to 60 feet in height. Insignificant flowers appear together with the leaves in April and May. Bright fruit, which starts yellow, changes to red-orange, and matures to a deep purple-black, ripens in September and October, much to the delight of wildlife. There are many large deciduous trees that are superior to the American …
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Sunshine iris is one of the earliest bulb irises to bloom. In 2018, it started blooming here at the Chicago Botanic Garden on March 15. This cultivar is a modern cross between the blue Iris sophenensis and the yellow Iris danfordiae . The flowers are pure sunshine yellow and are smaller than most reticulata irises. It was introduced by hybridizer Alan McMurtrie. The reticulata group of irises are …
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This deep pink Weigela blooms later than many, starting in June and continuing into July, with some repeat flowering later in the season. Between 'Olympiade's' height (up to 8 feet) and Weigela's tolerance for heaving pruning, it's particularly well-suited for use as a hedge. Bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds love Weigelas., and so do gardeners. For a plant …
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… mid-May. The fruits, which are actually drupes that are inedible and not particularly showy, start out red and mature to black in the fall. Autumn color is yellow. The bark is quite handsome …
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UPTOWN™ Sunstreak Zinnia Clear lemon yellow single daisy shaped flowers cover the mounded green foliage starting in late June and extending into mid-September. This cultivar is stout stemmed and well branched making for a sturdy plant less prone to breakage in large containers and flower beds. A delight in the world of pollinators, it attracts a wide range of species throughout it's long …
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… aromatic herbs with small leaves as filler greens to add a pleasant scent. What you need A cap from a plastic bottle, such as a milk container or soda bottle Floral foam (the wet kind) A bunch … The directions are pretty simple. Cut the floral foam to fit the inside of the bottle cap. Start a little larger than you need, and then trim it to fit. Push it into the cap. If your cap … tie a ribbon around the bottle cap. The best way to keep it in place is by using a few drops from a hot-glue gun. Surprise! An old contact lens case becomes a miniature garden of waxflower …
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… lights up the landscape. Marmo maple, Acer x freemanii 'Marmo', is a cultivated variety from the hybrid cross of red maple, Acer rubrum , with silver maple, Acer saccharinum . 'Marmo' was selected from The Morton Arboretum's collection and named for the lake on the grounds. Chicagoland Grows … combinations that vary with weather and site conditions are strong attributes. 'Marmo' is quick to establish itself, growing over 2 feet a year when young. Its foliage is ornamental not …
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… A "new" variety, individual 'Red Pearl' bulbs are selling for a little more than $10 each from the Dutch originator. Hippeastrum used to be included in the genus Amaryllis until the … scientifically, the taxonomists adopted a resolution assigning the name Amaryllis to plants from South Africa and used the name Hippeastrum for the species originating in South America. … well to settle the soil and moisturize the roots (important - do not remove the dried roots from the base of the bulb before planting) and hold in a dark coolish location until 10 to 12 …
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Q. What is the best way to take care of plants growing in containers? A. Plants growing in containers require a little more work than plants growing in garden beds. The amount of care that will need to be given to them depends on the type of plant, the location of the container, and the type and size of container. Many container plants, especially those located in full sun, will require more …
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