… This beautiful shrub grows up to 12 feet high with full sun and moderately moist soil conditions. From May through October, it produces fragrant yellow and white blooms. The climbing habit can be trained on a trellis or allowed to arch up and over, creating an architectural element in the landscape. …
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… Apricot orange double flowers cover the dwarfed mounded foliage throughout spring and into early summer. The flowers open first thing in the morning and close up by the end of day and attract a number of pollinators to the garden. Plant in containers or directly in the garden …
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… Peaking in mid-winter and then sporadically throughout the year, this non-hardy vine produces red and scarlet blooms that are attractive to butterflies. Plant in bright light to full sun, moisture retentive well-drained soils, and provide a trellis or other means of support for it to clamber up on. …
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… produced throughout the summer on this smaller height dahlia suitable for use in containers and towards the middle of flower beds. The flowers attract a number of insects and hummingbirds searching for nectar and pollen to the garden. …
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… the mystery of owls at the Ryerson Woods Conservation Area. He will discuss owl behavior and identification, as well as the places these fascinating birds are most likely to be seen. He … barred owl call. After the discussion, Bailey will lead a walk in the woods to look and listen for these enigmatic birds. Please dress warmly, and bring along a flashlight and binoculars. Steve Bailey, ornithologist, Illinois Natural …
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… plant arrangement in a water-filled vase, including which plants do best growing in water and how to care for them to keep them happy and healthy for a long time. Adding unique elements and features such as rocks, pebbles, sand, or moss can help you create your own special design. …
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… writing poetry, Emily Dickinson also gardened. She cultivated flowers on her father's property and in the glass conservatory that he added to the family’s home in Amherst, Massachusetts. Explore Dickinson's gardens through excerpts from her letters and poems, as well as historic and modern images of her garden. This class will be taught online via Zoom. All registrations …
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… the bare stems of this large, many-branched upright shrub on warm sunny days in late winter and very early spring. The alternate leaves are broadly ovate with wavy margins, becoming bright yellow in fall. It will eventually reach a height of 15-20 feet and will retain an attractive shape with little pruning needed. The classic witch hazel fragrance attracts pollinators and gardeners as well. It prefers a partially shaded location and well-drained, …
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… Can you imagine that in olden times people would to grind up the leaves of plants and inhale them so as to make themselves sneeze? It's true, that's how this plant got its common … centers that are present from June through August.Derived from a sneezeweed native to Oregon and California, this plant like full sun and dryish soil conditions. This particular plant remains in a tidy clump only 2 feet high and …
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… Horsetails reproduce by spores and do not have flowers; their green spores are produced in a flesh-colored cone at tip of fertile stem. Its thick stands of shoots can choke other plants and requires prolonged effort to remove from sites due to rhizomes. The fertile stems of common … to block spore dispersal by the wind. The spores have appendages on them that curl when wetted and uncurl when dried, which helps disperse the spores and move them deeper in the soil. …
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