… This perennial bulb blooms with lightly fragrant salmon petals with bronze feathering in midspring and will grow to a height of 12”. The salmon color provides a nice contrast to its gray-green foliage. Foliage should not be …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… with Chicago Botanic Garden scientist and soil expert Louise Egerton-Warburton, Ph.D., using the same methods that she has used to decipher dirt and restoration riddles in the real world. Try out the science-based procedures that can identify a crime location …
Type: Item Detail
… Discover the fundamental principles involved in plant propagation. Detailed laboratory sessions will cover seed collection and growing, … of perennials and flowering shrubs. Each session is scheduled at the ideal time of year to ensure success of the technique covered. The School's CEUs=12 hours OPC elective Mark …
Type: Item Detail
… Bright, golden-yellow trumpets with orangish tubes are produced sporadically throughout the year on a mounding nonhardy shrub with grey-ish green leaves with a silver sheen. A native of … smaller selection of Allamanda's combination of bloom and leaf color add a spot of excitement in the landscape. Like other members of the Apocynaceae plant family, all parts of the plant are poisonous, and the sap is known to cause allergic dermatitis on sensitive individuals. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Named after the legendary actress, this classic hybrid tea rose has elegant, large, classy flowers that are … an apricot blend. The outer petals are soft creamy white with a pale lemon base. Introduced in 2003 by Tom Carruth, this is a hybrid cross between 'Sunset Celebration' and 'St. Patrick'. The buds are sharply pointed and have a hint of green. The flowers measure up to 5 inches across. The foliage is dark green and disease resistant. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Swamp aster is an herbaceous perennial that grows upright to a height of about 8 feet under full sun and medium to wet moisture conditions. In late summer and early fall, it produces blue and purple flowers that fade to white, and it is attractive to butterflies. The plant is mostly used as a bedding or border planting. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Q. Can you recommend a good landscaper? A. While the Chicago Botanic Garden does not make specific recommendations, we do maintain a list of nurseries and landscapers in the greater Chicagoland area. Contact Plant Information Service and we will be happy to provide you with a list of landscapers. …
Type: Plant Info
… Description: Spot this easily-recognized species in summer, close to the water's edge where it nests and feeds among widely scattered oaks and …
Type: Birding
… Arrow-leaved aster is an herbaceous perennial that grows to a maximum height of 2 feet under full sun or partial shade with dry to moderate moisture conditions. In late summer and early fall, it produces blue flowers that are attractive to butterflies. The plant is most useful as a bedding or border plant. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… white fir ( Abies concolor ‘Compacta’) is a round evergreen conifer that can reach 8 feet in height and width with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. The flat, upward-pointing needles are an unusual shade of pale blue-gray. The growth rate is very …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
