… blooms with lightly fragrant salmon petals with bronze feathering in midspring and will grow to a height of 12”. The salmon color provides a nice contrast to its gray-green foliage. Foliage should not be removed until it turns yellow. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Q. I added quite a few dahlias to my garden this year and they bloomed beautifully. Please advise on winter care. A. Dahlia … a few true frosts and after the above-ground plant material blackens. Cut the plants down to 6 inches and dig up the tuber clump very carefully, using a pitchfork rather than a shovel. Wash or dust off all soil and dry the clump in the sun, but be sure to bring in the tubers if frost threatens again. Label the tubers properly with name, height and …
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… Are you interested in learning more about how to work with youth in an urban agriculture or school garden setting? Would you like to know more about structuring a youth development program centered on sustainable agriculture … We will discuss incorporating standards for social and emotional learning, giving feedback to students, and common challenges faced in youth programming. This event will include an …
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… Household Plus and Individual Plus: 10 a.m. – noon All membership levels: noon – 2 p.m. Open to the public: 2 – 4 p.m. Brighten your spring with orchids and other plants from the Orchid Show, available for purchase at bargain prices. Ready to buy an orchid? Don't miss the post-Orchid Show plant sale! Many of the plants featured in the … entry. Dress for the weather. The line may extend beyond the building, so be prepared to wait outdoors. Consider bringing a personal cart or wagon to transport your purchases. …
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… with the mature green leaves. Clustered white flowers appear in late spring and mature to black fruits which are attractive to birds Members of the genus Cornus , commonly known as dogwoods, are welcome in the home garden … -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, varies among the species. Dogwoods are native …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… spider mums are produced at the ends of tall stems early in the spider mum season (September to October in Chicago gardens). Tall growing, it will need to be planted near the back of the flower bed and staked. It can be disbudded (remove the lateral or side buds) to create a single flower or left to flower naturally, which will create a bouquet of flowers. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… known as willows. These woody plants range in size from the imposing weeping willow tree to small shrubs. While not fussy about soil quality, they generally require moderate to wet soil moisture. In the wild, willows are commonly found near streams, rivers and ponds. In cultivation, willows are often used to control erosion in such areas. They are easily propagated from cuttings; willows root and grow …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… study and storage of pollen from endangered species. The storage of pollen allows us to make selected crosses to improve the genetics of plants in collections and help with in situ work down the line. …
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… Native to North America, Bush’s Lace spruce grows to 6 feet tall by 4 feet wide in 10 years and has light powder-blue needles. A stately specimen …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Bred specifically for northern gardeners, this cultivar dies back to ground level each winter and then re-sprouts from the roots to produce a small flowering shrub from August into September. Flowers on new growth (southern …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
