… Description: Notice this migrant's white outer tail feathers flash as it flits through the vegetation on the Dixon Prairie. …
Type: Birding
… Description: This rare southern visitor could be seen anywhere at the Garden, but most likely in the McDonald Woods. …
Type: Birding
… clusters of itty-bitty pink roses, in shades varying from fuschia to light pink depending on the temperature. She make a pretty and colorful border...or if you want to enjoy her spicy fragrance, put her in a container on the patio or a hanger on the porch. Micro-minature roses are not to be confused with the minis … soil, and regular fertilization. Note: if you're growing them in containers, regular watering is even more important, and you'll need to repot them about every three years. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Small double pink flowers with a tint of coral cover the top of this mounded landscape rose with very small leaves. No need to deadhead as the flowers naturally drop off. Exceptional resistance to diseases. Plant in full sun in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… that sit atop 24-inch stems. It prefers well-drained, loamy soil in full sun. Summer Beauty is a butterfly and honeybee magnet. Summer Beauty ornamental globe onion is sometimes referred to in the literature as Summer Beauty lavender globe lily—but it is not a lily at all. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Native to mountainsides in Turkey, 'Pink Giant' is an upright-growing bulb, producing showy pink flowers during late winter and mid-spring. It … height of 9 inches under full sun to partial shade with moderate soil moisture conditions. The plant is useful as a ground cover or understory spring flower beneath deciduous trees, and it … to deer. Taxonomists recently moved it from its former genus Chionodoxa . Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Gemini™ is a patented hybrid tea rose released by Bear Creek Gardens, Inc. of Medford, Oregon, in 1999. It has disease-resistant foliage, and long stems topped with a single, large flower. This beautiful shrub grows up to 5 feet high with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture … it produces lightly fragrant salmon-pink and white blooms. It is a hybrid cross between the orange New Year™ and pink-and-white Anne Morrow Lindbergh™. Archived Copy: This …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… It serves as a screen in our gardens. Native to the Balkans, this pine reaches heights of 30' to 50'. Relatively compact and somewhat … it retains its lower branches better than most white pines and can function as a screen. It is distinguished by clusters of five dark-green needles. Unusual, seldom-used pine. It needs …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This cultivar is a semi-dwarf, narrow columnar evergreen conifer.It can reach a height of 30’ but … living fence. It will tolerate a wide range of soil types as long as periodic deep watering is provided. It prefers full sun and partial shade; too much shade will result in a loose, thin look. During heavy snows, use a broom to brush off excess snow to prevent the branches from bending too far. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This tender (Zone 9) evergreen shrub needs bright indoor light or full sun to partial shade and … soil conditions to reach a maximum height of about 25 feet. Blooming year-round but mostly in the summer, it produces showy white, blue, and lavender blooms that attract butterflies. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
