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  • … Bobby Kennedy the styles of landscape architecture depicted in the play, including where to find examples of them in Chicagoland. Click here to reserve your seat . …
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  • … Be the first to see The Orchid Show: Feelin’ Groovy Rewind to the ‘60s and ‘70s at The Orchid Show: Feelin’ Groovy where 10,000 vibrant orchids are the …
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  • … without becoming water logged. Increase fertilization (especially nitrogen) if plants are to be grown in high light locations to avoid leaf scorch. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Dutchman's pipe is native to the woods and stream areas south of the Missouri River, where it can climb to over 20 feet in height. This woody vine bears large pale green heart-shaped leaves and …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Lavender daisies grace this moderately sized perennial from summer through to the first hard frosts of fall. Native (and collected by Garden staff) from mountain meadows in … fertile, moisture retentive soils. Insect and pest free. Pollinators of all types are drawn to the flowers. …
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  • … is a clump-forming perennial that produces showy blue flowers in May and June. It grows to a height of 5 feet in full sun and moderate moisture and sharp drainage. Plants may be cut back severely if the foliage starts to brown during the summer. The plant is mostly used in a border, as specimens, or in small …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … or white flowered spikes of blooms in spring and, if the summers are cool, continuously up to frost in the fall. Vigorous, heat-tolerant plants reach a uniform height and are topped by excellent-quality, closely set blooms. Nice 'snapdragon' fragrance to the flowers is rarely overpowering, even indoors. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … of pink flowers in the winter. Like many other native Southern Hemisphere plants, it continues to bloom in the summer of the Southern Hemisphere (our winters) even though it was introduced to northern gardeners as early as 1883 from central Madagascar. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … in Chicago area). A pollinator magnet, it attracts both pollinating insects and hummingbirds to the landscape. The Australian hybridizer is donating a portion of the sales to support Make-a-Wish Australia. …
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  • … oenotheroides , has strikingly brilliant yellow flowers throughout much of the year. Adaptable to full or partial sun, this species of woody shrub matures at 4 feet high. It is native from southern Mexico down to northern South America. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant