… This Brazilian native features large pale green to cream exotically patterned petals with veins and shading in burgundy. This is a parent of many of the more unusual amaryllis that have become commercially available. The Chicago Botanic Garden …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Common Snowdrop needs full sun to partial shade and moist soil conditions to reach a height of 9 inches by late April to early May. In late winter they produce showy, fragrant white blooms with green markings on the inner whorl of petals. It is resistant to deer and rabbits. Snowdrops make an indeal …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Gardenia jasminoides , native to southeast Asia, is a large shrub or small tree in the Rubiaceae family with large, white, very fragrant flowers produced at the ends of branches …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… as you transform floral china dishes, vintage tin, and beads into beautiful, wearable jewelry. In this hands-on class, learn to cut china into delicate micro-mosaic pendants and skillfully shape floral tin into colorful, … techniques and design secrets to create stunning, one-of-a-kind pieces inspired by the beauty of the Garden and the creatures that call it home. All skill levels welcome. Bonnie …
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… Large purple-violet flowers with a dark black blotch are produced throughout the summer on this ornamental annual poppy with bluish-green leaves. This is a pollinator magnet. Plant this flower in full sun and in moderately moist, rich soils and deadhead to encourage continuous flower production. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Deep red double roses bloom from mid-June to the first hard frosts on fall on this Manitoba bred selection. Foliage is black spot resistant and it is hardy to USDA zone 3. Plant in full sunny locations and provide space around it to encourage good air movement. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Can you imagine that in olden times people would to grind up the leaves of plants and inhale them so as to make …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Summer forget-me-not ( Anchusa capensis ‘Blue Angel’) is covered with 8-inch clusters of the most intense, true-blue flowers throughout the growing season. This native of South Africa thrives in sunny settings and dry soils and responds to periodic deadheading, the removal of spent flowers, by producing additional flower sprays. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… is a Chicagoland Grows® selection. Chicagoland Grows® is a plant introduction partnership of the Chicago Botanic Garden, the Morton Arboretum and the Ornamental Growers Association of Northern Illinois formed to promote plant cultivars that perform well in northern Illinois. This variety was developed at the Morton Arboretum as a result of a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… MAMMOTH™ Red Daisy Mum Semi-double red daisies with yellow centers transition to antique rose as they mature on this mounding, hardy garden mum. The University of Minnesota breeding program has produced a series of hardy garden mums that do not require staking, or winter protection. Plant in full sun and site to enable the full 3-foot by 4-foot spread of this tightly mounded plant. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
