… White to pink nodding flowers appear in mid to late summer on this onion native to much of eastern North America. Full sun and well-drained soils are the preferred growing …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Historical biogeography has largely focused on the fauna and flora of the region in relation to this event. There is no comprehensive study of how important geological events such as this shaped the diversity of … of macrofungi associated with oaks in Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia. Oaks are hosts to diverse ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungal communities. The research is exploring the …
Type: Research
… interesting native flora that might produce a collection for the seed bank. It was impossible to make a positive I.D. traveling at 60 m.p.h., but the color of that patch of blue was … ( Hydrastis canadensis )—a once common but now rare plant of Illinois woodlands. Its rarity is attributed to its past popularity as a medicinal plant, which led to its overharvest. Along … further that day, so I made a note of where it was located and planned on returning to the site soon to explore it further. However, I had one question that I needed to answer before this …
Type: Blog
… This summer, when you walk through the Linden Allée, be sure to look UP—and marvel at the incredible trees above you. These 28 GREENSPIRE™ linden trees ( … linden, are actually pruned into a 270-foot-long hedge! Littleleaf lindens are native to Europe, central Russia, and western Asia. They are relatively disease-resistant and … in the winter for shaping, and once in the summer for detail grooming. The design is very uniform and creates a formal allée of trees. The sides are pruned at a slight, almost …
Type: Blog
… remarkable fragrance earned it the name odorata. Each Vriesea blooms only once, then dies down to make room for its young offshoots, called pups. It's native to Brazil's rocky southern mountains, so it needs a lot of sun and heat. If you want to grow it in our climate, you need to bring it indoors before the first frost. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Laccaria has been used as a model group to study fungi that form ectomycorrhizas (beneficial symbionts of forest trees). Activities in … of a multi-year project that combined information from long-term fieldwork with DNA analyses to document the group's diversity, evolutionary relationships, and biogeographic patterns. This … work was completed. A study initiated in 2013 with colleagues from Australia and New Zealand to investigate the role of climate in shaping diversity and distribution patterns of macrofungi …
Type: Research
… In addition to the large, architectural foliage typical of so many Rodgersias 'Cherry Blush' adds striking color. The leaves start out bronze in spring, then mature to green bordered in bronzed burgundy. Those dark leaves form an effective setting for the airy … that appear in late spring. In the shade garden, Rodgersias give you a bold counterpoint to the delicate airy foliage common to so many shade plants in our area. The leaves of certain …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Siebold viburnum can be used as a large shrub or trimmed up to function as a small tree. Noted for its rigid branching structure and very large leaves, this viburnum bears fragrant white flowers in May followed by fruits that go from pink to red to black and are beloved by birds. The fruit will persist into winter if not eaten by the birds. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… In Latin "praecox" means very early, and in fact, Weigela praecox begins to bloom in mid-April, two weeks before other Weigela . The fragrant clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers are a bright, cheerful pink, and the show generally continues for 4 to 6 weeks. Some people like it next to a doorway, so they can enjoy the fragrance. Others use it as a specimen or hedge. Bees, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… After a year of extraordinary challenges, we are looking forward to all that summer 2021 has to offer in the Lavin Plant Evaluation Garden. Here at the Chicago … ( Eupatorium perfoliatum ‘Polished Brass’), which at 68 inches tall and 96 inches wide, is one of the most pollinator-friendly plants ever. Eupatorium perfoliatum Astrantia Echinacea … plant is regularly monitored for its adaptability to the environmental conditions of the trial site, disease and pest problems, and the ornamental value of the flowers, foliage, and habits. …
Type: Blog
