… 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 specialty. This talk explores the highlights of these trips, which have ranged all over the eastern half of …
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… Large, double pink flowers top out this heat-loving annual during the hottest weather of summer. Plant this zinnia in full sun and moderately fertile and well-drained soils, and water enough to …
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… New! Spend some time in the Garden’s Krasberg Rose Garden and explore ways to saturate the color to add interest and drama to your images. Learn how to control light and exposure to … will be presented. Students should have a working knowledge of camera controls. Class is limited to DSLR or mirrorless cameras. No phone cameras, please. The School’s CEUs=3 hours FPC …
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… Large-flowered trillium, also known as wood lily and wake robin, is a woodland plant native to the forests of North America, growing as far north as Quebec to as far south as Alabama and … cover with leaf mulch in the fall, where it will spread slowly if undisturbed. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… The Brazilian species Alternanthera ficoidea , known as Joseph’s coat, calico leaf or parrotleaf, is a tropical perennial used to fill in the blanks in a floral tapestry. Rarely grown as … are ruby red in full light. In a container it will form a neat low mound. In flower beds, it is used as a filler between other annuals, contrasting nicely with chartreuse, orange or yellow …
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… Metallica Elephant's Ear is a striking plant with large, puckered, heart-shaped, dark greenish-black leaves, and purplish-black veins on the undersides of the leaves. A jungle plant, it prefers shady conditions and rich consistently … a moist understory planting or shady border. It will grow to about five feet tall and wide. It is not hardy in Chicago and must either be brought indoors, or the bulb can be lifted and stored …
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… green foliage. In early summer its pale, silvery-pink flowers are borne in airy clusters above the lustrous green foliage. The entire plant stands about 1 foot tall. The flower spikes fade and dry on the plant and can be left on to grace the winter landscape. This plant, which forms small, spreading clumps, may be used as a border plant, a ground cover, …
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… 'Venus' has flowers that open almost white and age to rose pink. It is separated botanically from florist mums and is now listed under Chrysanthemum x rubellum . It … with large, many-petalled daisy flowers with a yellow eye, and has a lax spreading habit. The leaves are small, fragrant, and divided like regular mums. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… Pink Fountain is a deciduous shrub with an arching, fountain-like habit. It can grow to a height of 4 to 5 feet … conditions. Between July and October it produces pink and violet or lavender-colored flowers. The plant is mainly used in a border. Pink Fountain is fairly drought tolerant once established. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… Moorhexe is an upright clump-forming grass that grows 36 inches tall and 18 inches wide. Moorhexe, a German word that means moor witch, has narrow green leaves that turn golden yellow in the fall and is topped by deep purple flower spikes from July through September. Plant in full … as a specimen or mass planting; purple moor grass is very hardy and reliable. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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