… Description: Large flocks of this species are often seen in the fall and winter in fruiting trees, or elsewhere around the Garden. …
Type: Birding
… New! Anyone who spends one year in the Chicago area knows how tumultuous the weather can be in spring. Climatic conditions can change from sunny and mild to blizzard conditions in a day. For outdoor photographers, this presents challenges. Learn specific ways to prepare and …
Type: Item Detail
… If not done in September, fertilize lawns with a slow-release, organic fertilizer with a 4-1-2 or 3-1-2 ratio. The final application of high-nitrogen fertilizer should be applied in November. This late treatment will help the grass to green up faster in spring. Continue to mow lawns at 2½ to 3 inches. Grass clippings may be added directly to …
Type: Plant Info
… Immense green heart shaped leaves feature dark green shading in broad patterns along the leaf veins. Plant in partially shaded locations that can be kept continually moist for best results. The tropical … provide to a landscape can not be denied. Not hardy, the tubers should be dug and overwintered in a frost free location until all danger of frost has passed the following summer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… orange peel and pink to dark purple flesh. Flowers are white, sweetly scented and appear in late winter, early spring even in lower light levels. Great as a container or patio plant that requires regular watering and fertilizer. Allowing roots and soil to dry in between waterings when light and temperatures are low will encourage vigorous root systems. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'collar' on a bush that can grow up to 4 feet high under ideal conditions. Plant this dahlia in full sun ad in moderately rich, moisture-retentive soils in late spring after the threat of late frosts has passed and stake it to prevent toppling once …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Coppery-orange, mignon-shaped single flowers are produced on dwarf plants starting in summer and extended up to the first hard frost. Mignon-shaped flowers are similar to … of their petals are rounded, not pointed. Plant out after the danger of late frost has passed, in sunny locations, and in moisture retentive, well-drained soils; deadhead to promote repeat flowering. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… stunning, long-lasting color to any garden. This formal decorative cultivar grows to 4 feet in height and produces regular 4-inch blooms suitable for cutting. With regular deadheading, dahlias will bloom from early summer up until frost. Grow this dahlia in humus-rich, well-drained soil in full sun. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… the size of Angraecum sesquipedale with the more compact habit of Angraecum superbum . Grow in very well drained orchid mix in sunny, consistently warm humid conditions with good air movement and avoid letting water stand in the leaf axils for best results. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… by its heart-shaped evergreen leaves, Brunnera macrophylla grows to between 12 and 18 inches in height. Plant great forget-me-not under trees in a woodland garden or at the woodland edge. Its flowers, which are quite numerous, bloom in the spring with a breathtaking true blue petals surrounding a small yellow eye. With flowers …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
