… After a killing frost, remove annual plant material from your garden and add it to your compost heap. Any soilless mix from window boxes or containers can be discarded or kept … not mulch your perennial garden area until the ground has frozen hard later in November. Begin to plant spring-blooming bulbs. Mulch area after planting. If rodents, deer, or rabbits have been … might be as late as November. Cut back above-ground foliage and stems of cannas and dahlias to 4 to 5 inches. Gently lift up tubers using a pitchfork. Shake off excess soil and dry tubers …
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… the Forest Preserves of Cook County, including a stint at the Garden. The Conservation Corps is a paid summer internship that gives young people hands-on conservation and environmental science experience. Students partnered with Garden horticulturists and learned to identify plants and remove invasive species. This year, they worked to clear and trim overgrown bushes, install new plantings, and remove invasive plants. In …
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… resolutions—whether at the Chicago Botanic Garden, or in their own backyard. Feel free to snag one of their ideas for yourself. Heather Sherwood, senior horticulturist, Helen and Richard Thomas English Walled Garden Some of my New Year’s resolutions are to clean and sharpen my tools, start a compost pile with my kitchen scraps, pet more bumblebees, … Pogue, senior horticulturist, Elizabeth Hubert Malott Japanese Garden My New Year’s resolution is to apply the principles of the Garden's soil initiative. I am very excited to learn more about …
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… Soltice™ Orange Tricolor snapdragon grows to 20 inches in height, and features orange-yellow flowers with a white tube and spicy fragrance. … varieties and performs well in cool weather, in full sun, and with adequate moisture. Deadhead to encourage repeat bloom throughout the summer and into fall. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… red single blooms are supported by stout flowering stalks on this amaryllis that can be forced to bloom. The flowering stalk matures between 18 and 24" in height. Like other amaryllis, place flowering plants in the brightest locations in your home to discourage lodging (falling towards a stronger source of light). …
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… Large white flowers open at night (bat pollinated) on this long stemmed epiphytic cactus native to Guatemala in early summer. "Dragon fruit" in red, orange, pink, and yellow in early winter and … as well as edible. Requires bright light, periodic watering, and a support plant or trellis to clamber over. …
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… 'Glutball', a German selection of a North American native species, from mid-August right up to frost. This plant needs room to grow (topping out at 8 feet in height) and moist soil in sunny locations. …
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… Rhett Butler Winterberry needs full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions to reach a height of about 12 feet. In the spring it produces insignificant fragrant white …
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… Floribunda Rose Brick red double flowers cover this spreading shrub rose from mid-June to mid-October with a slight fragrance of old rose. The glossy evergreen leaves have a good … powdery mildew). This cultivar maintains the spreading growth habit and rarely needs pruning to control height. …
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… This perennial bulb blooms with bright vermillion flowers in late spring and will grow to a height of only 4”. The flower color provides a nice contrast to its wavy, gray-green foliage. It should be planted in full sun in average, well-drained soil. …
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