… Q. How can I have a plant identified? A. Plant Information Service can provide plant and insect identifications as well as diagnoses of disease problems. Samples of plant or insect … be accompanied by a complete description, including flower color, seeds or fruit, size, habit, and where and when it was collected or photographed. Live plant samples are needed to provide accurate …
Type: Plant Info
… Snow Tower Chinese dogwood gets the "snow" in its name from the abundant large white bracts and the "tower" from the upright narrow habit. Members of the genus Cornus , commonly known as … welcome in the home garden for their multi-season interest (flowers, fruit, foliage, or bark) and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, … varies among the species. Dogwoods are native to cooler temperate areas of North America and Asia. The genus includes 45-60 species, divided into subgenera about which taxonomists …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… display in the spring landscape for one to two weeks. In addition to the eye-catching buds and flowers, their foliage, habit, and fruit make them attractive plants almost year-round. They are actively hybridized for flower color, leaf color, fruit size/color, shape and, most importantly, disease resistance. Crabapple fruits are usually not eaten by humans but …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… a profusion of light pink flowers on an upright semi-deciduous plant. Bred for hardiness and disease resistance, it nevertheless needs soils amended with peat moss and/or treatment of the soil with powdered sulfur to survive long term in our heavy alkaline clay soils. Best grown in light shade and despite the need to keep the root constantly moist, the plant does not tolerate planting in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… with a fine-textured twiggy mounding habit. The small simple leaves are generally lance-shaped and held close to the branch. Spring to early summer abundant blooms tend to be in white or pink tones, depending on the species and/or cultivar. While individual flowers are quite small, they occur in clusters of … best used in groupings in a shrub or mixed border, where they are valued as tough, reliable and easy-care performers in northern climates. The Chicago Botanic Garden's collection includes …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Waterlilies and lotuses provide a spectacular show in the summer. Gain inspiration from the rainbow of colors against the calm water as you draw outside in the Heritage Garden and then dedicate time to your art in the studio. Explore methods for effectively capturing water and perspective in your drawings. Whether you prefer watercolor, colored pencil, or pastel, you …
Type: Item Detail
… from late spring into early summer, she also offers some repeat bloom later in the season, and variegated foliage edged in golden yellow until frost. Bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds love Weigela , and so do gardeners. For a plant that gives you so much to look at, they're very easy to care …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This round shrub grows to a height of 4 feet with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. It has yellow blooms from May through October and belongs in a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This specimen perennial grows to a height of 6 feet in full sun to partial shade and moist soil conditions. It has red, pink, and lavender blooms year around. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This specimen perennial grows to a height of 8 feet in full sun to partial shade and moist soil conditions. It has red, pink, and lavender blooms year around. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
