… Giant Deep Red’) features fully double, deep red 4- to 6-inch blooms on thick, sturdy stems. This plant thrives in the heat and humidity of Chicago summers (nice to know at least one species is enjoying Chicago's often humid summer). This cultivar is highly disease resistant and attracts …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… PARFAIT® Grandiflora Rose Cupped to flat white flowers are broadly edged in vermillion on this grandiflora rose that is in flower almost constantly from mid-June to the first hard frosts of mid-October. Elegant pointed buds release their light old rose …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Plant this perennial bulb 4 inches deep in the fall. In spring it produces semi-erect, strap-shaped leaves 12 to 16 inches long, each with a … silvery white flowers about 1 inches across, broadly striped green outside. If it is growing abundantly, it may become invasive. Archived Copy: This content was captured before …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This low-growing, creeping evergreen shrub reaches about 6 inches in height with full sun. It can … cannot tolerate wet soils. It has bluish-green foliage that may become tinged with purple in the winter. It is non-flowering, but it occasionally produces berry-like seed cones. Resistant to deer, it can …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Jindai tatarian aster ( Galatella tataricus 'Jindai') is a bold perennial that blooms in late September to October, just when most perennials are … in what is botanically called a flat-topped corymb. At 4 feet tall, 'Jindai' is shorter that the species. It is a vigorous plant, and after it is established, it can form large colonies. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The delicate violet In Greek, "Io" means violet-colored, and "opsis" means resembling: and, indeed, the lip of this pretty, dainty orchid looks quite a bit like a violet. In the wild, its color varies from …
Type: Plant Info
… Bright red bracts make up the showy part of the tubular masses of flowers on this tropical perennial. The spreading growth habit works well …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… with soft green ribbing are produced sequentially atop a tall, sturdy flowering stalk. Place this plant in the brightest possible location to reduce the tendency of the flower stalk to lodge (fall over sideways) toward bright light. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Title IX In accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, the Chicago Botanic Garden does not discriminate on the basis of sex in its programs or activities, including in employment or admissions. Please … In accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, the Chicago Botanic Garden does not discriminate on the basis of sex in its programs or …
Type: Page
… Description: Now common year-round at the Garden, this species was introduced into the eastern United States from California. …
Type: Birding
