… Flowers of pale yellow edged in violet red change as the flower matures to ivory with pinkish red-violet edges on this late flowered tulip with long pointed tips to the petals. Plant these tulips in moisture-retentive, well-drained soil and in sunny positions …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… fertile, constantly moist (not wet) soils in full sun. It will tolerate light shade. Deadhead to encourage additional bloom. After bloom, it may be cut back to provide a tidy ground cover. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… moisture-retentive soils, and water only during periods of drought (when the leaves begin to wilt). This plant attracts butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees to the garden, but the foliage isn't favored by rabbits and deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Q. When is the correct time to prune evergreen hedges? A. March is actually a fine time to prune junipers or arborvitae that have been shaped into hedge forms. Before the plants put out … shear your arborvitae, if necessary. Junipers can be tip-pruned instead of sheared in order to maximize their feathery qualities. Most dwarf conifers require very little, if any, pruning …
Type: Plant Info
… Plant Science Center Seminar Rooms A/B Since 1989, Alan Meerow has made a dozen field trips to Brazil to study the country’s sizable inventory of species in the Amaryllis family—his main taxonomic … emphasis on two amaryllid genera found only from Pernambuco state in the northeastern region to northern São Paulo state in the southeast—two of only three genera in the family that express …
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… The Hedge Maple is native to most of Europe (in Scotland, it is the only native maple) and has been naturalized in North … name is Yellow Hedge Maple because the young foliage emerges golden yellow in spring maturing to yellow-green or green by summer. It may be grown as a hedge. It was discovered in Postel, Silesia and was introduced into commerce in 1896. It prefers sun to part shade in well-drained soil kept evenly moist and is Zone 5 hardy. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… known as Appalachian or American bugbane is found in wooded areas from the Virginias west to Tennessee. If it's really happy, the white spires of bloom can reach 6-feet, though 3 - 5 feet … of tightly packed flowers, often followed by conspicuous berries. NOTE: Berries are poisonous to people and rabbits; harmless to birds and butterflies. …
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… <p>At the beginning of March in Japan, 10,000 people come to the park where <em>Adonis</em> has naturalized. The sunny little yellow flowers may be just 1 … mounds of foliage unfold. <p>Members of the <em>Adonis</em> family can be found from Sweden to North Africa to Japan. Some are perennial, spreading by rhizomes or stolons; others are annual. While they're …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Echinacea pallida is one of two species of coneflower native to Illinois. It is recognized by the narrow, drooping rosy pink, lavender or orchid flower petals … at the base of the plant. The flowers grow singly at the top of a fuzzy flower stalk two to three feet tall. It is native through much of eastern and central North America, but is uncommon due to the loss of habitat. We have a nice display of these in the Dixon Prairie. This species blooms …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Graceful spurge is a low-growing subshrub native to tropical America. It has been used successfully at the Chicago Botanic Garden as an annual to fill in spaces between perennials or annuals in flower borders and in containers. It takes full sun or partial shade and blooms from spring to fall. It isn’t fussy about soil, moisture, or heat conditions. The leaves, which have a milky …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
