… orange stamens. This cultivar matures at a large size and will require a large aquatic area to flower well. Full sun and the use of mesh screen to protect the rhizomes from nutria are part of the recipe for success. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This beautiful shrub grows up to 12 feet high with full sun and moderately moist soil conditions. From May through October, it … fragrant yellow and white blooms. The climbing habit can be trained on a trellis or allowed to arch up and over, creating an architectural element in the landscape. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This beautiful shrub grows up to 5 feet high with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. In June, it produces clusters of up to six light pink, double roses that are unfortunately not fragrant. In tests and trials, it has …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… are blessed with a sweet, spicy fragrance. This disease-resistant cultivar matures to 4 feet in height and width. The striped rose petals are each unique in pattern and coloration, and represent a throwback to a heritage cultivar with a similar coloration pattern. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This tender evergreen shrub can grow to about 10 feet high, but will probably not reach that size indoors. It needs bright indoor light and moderate moisture conditions. From late summer to midwinter it produces showy, bright orange blooms that attract hummingbirds. It can be trained …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 1’ wide. It blooms with short, dense, racemes of tiny, intense blue flowers in late spring to early summer. It prefers average, moist (not wet), well-drained soils in full sun. It will tolerate light shade. Deadhead to encourage additional bloom. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… When it comes to controlling invasive plants, a little faith can’t hurt. This is particularly true for garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata). We have been struggling to get … is having a significant negative effect on garlic mustard (see woodsandprairie.blogspot.com ). Observers have reported an almost complete absence of garlic mustard in areas that are …
Type: Blog
… First student Divine isn’t at the Chicago Botanic Garden, she’s in her backyard, trying to use her iffy, only-works-when-it-wants-to telescope and peering into the future. Someday, she wants to be an astrophysicist and help put … in science to pursue careers in STEM—science, technology, engineering, and math. Divine, who is from the Chicago neighborhood of Ashburn, will be a freshman at Lindblom Math and Science …
Type: Blog
… who manage the Garden's amazing natural areas ). I work collaboratively with land managers to harness the Garden's research capacity to address priority management needs. Ultimately, our goal is to play a leading role in supporting the conservation, management, and restoration of native …
Type: Staff bio
… Circle, Ring, Wreath This is a BIG wreath—great for an outdoor wall. Flint. Dent. Sweet. Flour. Pod. Pop. Regenstein Fruit … and ‘Golden Bantam’—in a seasonless sunburst. The French saying on this wreath translates to, “the moon is my light and my joy.” Monica Vachlon (administrative assistant of horticulture) … Bakker) brainstorm, gather, and plan for their wreath that it took them just two lunch breaks to assemble and decorate it. All summer long, assistant horticulturist Leah Pilon kept a sharp …
Type: Blog
