… Painting in the Garden, students will gain inspiration and learn to translate the beauty surrounding them from their own perspective. This course will provide … principles of color and light are approached differently, so as an artist you will learn how to effectively use them to make paintings come alive. Students from beginner to advanced are welcome and all media are …
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… New! Looking to grow your best garden yet? Join William Moss for an exciting and informative workshop covering … gardening in the Chicago area. Topics will cover tasks, techniques, and tips from winter to fall as well as basic botany, soil preparation, crop selection, rotation and planning, pest … sowing seeds, sketching, and planning your garden calendar. Register for this class, How to Keep Your Garden Thriving, Edible Organic Containers, Designing with Edibles and Family …
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… Q. Shortly after I purchased poinsettias, they began dropping their leaves. What can I do to prevent this from happening? A. Poinsettias will classically drop their leaves if they are exposed to sudden changes in temperature, drafts or overly cool or dry rooms. They also will lose leaves and wilt in response to an extreme need for water. When choosing a plant, pick a healthy, full one with no …
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… at nightclubs (and dayclubs), and anywhere else that the preK crowd and early graders like to dance, laugh, and rock out! The songs are clever originals augmented by some fun punky … Appleberry—and dynamo drummer Marius Mustard. Each show has its own surprises from puppets to painting to special guests. Mr. Singer & the Sharp Cookies always cook and serve up delicious music. …
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… can rise a foot or more above the plants. They are probably a hybrid of two species native to the Pacific Northwest. The compound leaves are also attractive, with eight leaflets radiating around a central point, growing on long petioles. Lupines are native mostly to the Western states, with two species found in Eastern states and a few in southern Europe. … slightly acidic soil. They grow in full sun and need a dressing of compost or fertilizer to thrive. The cultivated varieties prefer cooler temperatures to flower and are treated as …
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… Mary Potter crabapple has pink buds that open to white flowers. The red fruit bear in alternate years. This cultivar has a spreading habit … are small flowering trees that provide a showy display in the spring landscape for one to two weeks. In addition to the eye-catching buds and flowers, their foliage, habit, and fruit make them attractive plants …
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… Kohleria are herbacious perennial plants in the gesneriad family native to tropical America. Kohleria amabilis, native from Colombia to Costa Rica, produces small clusters of pink flowers with dark pink spots in the throat. … by soft, ovate scalloped leaves and tubular flowers that are covered with soft fuzz. Related to African violets, the leaves are often suffused with purple or brown. The tubes, which are an …
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… needs soils amended with peat moss and/or treatment of the soil with powdered sulfur to survive long term in our heavy alkaline clay soils. Best grown in light shade and despite the need to keep the root constantly moist, the plant does not tolerate planting in low-lying sites where … the Weston nursery for three generations. Each of those generations have continued efforts to create rhododendrons hardy to USDA Zone 5 that are disease-resistant and very floriferous. …
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… produces abundant white blooms along its upright branches. The genus Spiraea consists of small to medium sized flowering shrubs with a fine-textured twiggy mounding habit. The small simple leaves are generally lance-shaped and held close to the branch. Spring to early summer abundant blooms tend to be in white or pink tones, depending on the species …
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… wild asters could be tamed, hybridized, and developed into reliable flowering potted plants to be sold as an alternative to chrysanthemums. This butterfly attractant prefers to grow in sunny positions in well-drained, moderately moist soils. Avoid heavy fertilization to …
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