… Yellow daisy-like flowers with 5 to 7 petals appear above the green heart shaped leaves in late summer through early fall. This alpine native will enjoy a cooler location in the landscape, perhaps on the north side of a wall in moist well drained soils. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Norway Maple is native to eastern and central Europe as well as southwest Asia. It is a medium sized deciduous tree that can reach a height and width of 50 feet. It is extremely … maple shape and are very deeply cut. Fall color is an attractive yellow. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This is a clump-forming perennial with a basal mound of scallop-edged, light green leaves 1 foot … yellow flowers bloom in loose clusters atop 1½-foot stems. Raindrops are retained in beads on the leaves, giving it a sparkling appearance. It prefers average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. In full-sun locations, provide afternoon shade. If it is sited ideally it will self seed, sometimes aggressively. Deadheading will prevent this. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This aster is a midwestern native and blooms in late summer-early fall with yellow centered flowers of pale violet, sky blue and rare occasions, white. The lower eaves are broadly ovate with a stiff texture and long petioles. It can reach a height … more flowers. It should be planted in full sun and well-drained soil. Once established, it is both heat and drought tolerant. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Experience three Illinois ecosystems from the inside out, close-up and personal, in this interactive terrarium exhibition created by Seattle artist Vaughn Bell and Chicago Botanic Garden scientist Pati Vitt, Ph.D. The secrets of a bog, ravine, and woodland are revealed at eye level by placing your head within …
Type: Event for Calendar
… CHESAPEAKE™ Spider Mum This tall growing cultivar features thin, elegantly coiled creamy white florets in a flower with enough substance to stand up to the vagaries of fall weather in the Chicago region. In order to obtain the largest of flowers, the side flower buds should be …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… BEACON™ Violet Shades Impatiens This series represents years of efforts by plant breeders to develop a series of impatiens that are resistant to the downy mildew disease that devastated the crop not too long ago. Healthy plants featuring flowers in shades of violet thrive in shaded …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ivy. Please advise on their care. A. Both ivy and rosemary should be thoroughly watered when the soil has dried out. Winter requirements are usually less than the demands of summer since these plants are not in active growth during winter. Fertilizing is therefore put off until spring when the plant begins to send out new shoots. However, if your …
Type: Plant Info
… LILLI MARLEEN® floribunda rose ( Rosa 'Korlima') is a vibrant red rose with lightly fragrant, cupped, semidouble flowers. Established plants can … and 2 feet in width if grown in full sun and moderately fertile soil with adequate moisture. This is an older cultivar that is, unfortunately, susceptible to diseases and very thorny. It's … important to plant Rosa 'Korlima' in a landscape position with good air movement to reduce the amount of pesticides that have to be sprayed to control diseases. Archived Copy: This content …
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… This is a perennial fern with ovate, lance-shaped, sterile fronds 2 to 5 feet tall with pinnate segments surrounding much narrower erect fertile fronds. The top of each fertile frond is a mass of cinnamon-brown sporangia (equivalent to seeds in more developed plants) from which …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
