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  • … vine producing small open, bell-shaped, single yellow flowers with red anthers from mid-summer to late autumn followed by fluffy seed heads. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … and in the Barbara Brown Nature Reserve, standing on logs in the water with wings held out to dry. …
    Type: Birding
  • … Description: This swallow is often seen flying over the lakes or closer to the bridges where it nest in old cliff swallow nests or holes in the concrete. …
    Type: Birding
  • … This green, medium-sized parrot is native to South America but has a well-established colony in the Chicago area. It features blue feathers …
    Type: Birding
  • … of 45 feet with a slightly narrower spread. Its three lobed leaves are bright green, turning to orange and red in the fall. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … This beautiful miniature climber grows up to 18 inches high with full sun and moist soil conditions. From May through June it produces …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … This perennial from Kenya needs full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. In late spring it produces attractive white …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … wet woodlands and floodplains. It may be seen in the Garden's woodland, but is more likely to be spotted flying overhead during late fall migration. …
    Type: Birding
  • … Description: Often seen along the shores of Marsh Island in the Dixon Prairie or the mudflats to the south, this bird appears like a small version of the greater yellowlegs . …
    Type: Birding
  • … Beautiful light red full double flowers with the classic tea rose fragrance comes to us from the shrub rose breeding lines of the David Austin Company in Great Britain. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant