… New! Build a strong foundation in sauce-making to elevate your home cooking. In this hands-on class, you will create classic sauces while … like making a roux, deglazing and reducing pan sauces, and emulsifying vinaigrettes. Learn how to layer and customize flavors to complement any dish. Featured sauces include béchamel (with a mornay twist), a red wine …
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… deeply cleft into five toothy lobes; leaves on the flowering stems, in opposite pairs, appear to encircle the stem. This rhizomatous perennial grows from 1 to 2 feet tall, and the flowers, which reach up to 2 inches across, bloom in upward-facing clusters. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Spikes of white flowers up to 6 feet in height top out this hardy perennial that requires full sun and moist but well drained soils. New plantings should have the bloom spikes staked the first year to avoid toppling. Avoid windy planting sites and plant on a slight mound to help prevent crown rot. A number of compounds in the flowers, leaves and seeds are toxic and …
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… Chartreuse green cordate (heart shaped) leaves cover stems that can grow to 10 feet in height in USDA zones 7 and warmer if given partial to full shade and moderate moisture conditions. Flowering rarely occurs, and then only on stems … much larger in size. Apetally (without petals) umbels of stamens are particularly attractive to a number of small bee and fly species. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'PAS760700' EASY WAVE® Neon Rose Fusion. Intensely colored flowers ranging from magenta to pinkish purple cover this mounding annual from June through the onset of cold weather in late … well-drained soil, and provide room in a container, hanging basket, or the landscape for it to spread up to 3 feet. It's a favorite of bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds searching for a reliable source …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… scalloped edges make a dramatic statement in the annual border and containers from summer up to the first killing frost of winter. Plant 'Dark Star' in a location that receives full sun for most of the day to get the darkest color on the foliage. Keep this plant in well-drained soil, and water it whenever the leaves start to wilt. Plants may be cut back hard and brought indoors under bright lights in the winter time. …
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… Cherry Zinnia Bright cherry red double flowers are produced continuously from mid-summer to the first hard frosts of all on this warm weather loving annual. Plant in full sun and well drained soils and provide room for each plant to grow into it's full size to discourage powdery or downy mildews. Attracts both insect pollinators and hummingbirds. …
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… when I had discovered the male-female lacewing, butterfly visitors had been waiting for me to release butterflies from the pupae chamber. So I packed up the lacewing, with all of the other … saving our special discovery for last. I got everyone’s attention and announced, “This is extremely rare! As a butterfly wrangler, I have released many thousands of butterflies, but … of an eye. Luckily, one of our volunteers snapped some beautiful photos. Later, it occurred to me that this specimen could actually be a valuable contribution to science, and if nothing …
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… Blue to white cup-shaped flowers adorn this small mounding perennial native to dry hilly terrain northwest of Chicago. Beautiful creamy seeds with long tails provide …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This bulb grows to a height of 1 foot with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has yellow and white blooms from January …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
