… Lilliput Agave is a monocarpic succulent producing spine-tipped, lance-shaped leaves vertically striped yellow or white. The gray-green leaves can be 6 feet in height. In summer it bears clusters of yellowish green …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Pink Pewter spotted deadnettle is a creeping, deer-resistant, evergreen groundcover that grows to a maximum height of 8 inches. It requires full or partial shade and moderate, dry, or wet soil conditions. In the summer and fall it produces salmon-pink flowers. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: The largest and rarest woodpecker at the Garden may be spotted in the McDonald Woods. …
Type: Birding
… over 1,000 species world-wide and over 130 species native to prairies, woods and streams in the Chicago area. Most have limited appeal in a cultivated garden, but this non-hardy New Zealand species produces a cascading mound of fine leaves that are bronze-orange in full sun, and olive green in partial shade. It is drought-tolerant. Flower and seed spikes are insignificant, but in warmer climates it may …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Kohleria are herbacious perennial plants in the gesneriad family native to tropical America. Kohleria allenii, native to Costa Rica and … lime to yellow cup-shaped flowers with red tips that are strongly reflexed. Red bristles adorn the outsides of the flowers, which grow in loose spikes at the tops of the branches. The leaves, which grow in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Comparative Trials Program The following plants are currently under evaluation at the Chicago Botanic Garden Abelia (abelia) Ajuga (bugleweed) Anemone (fall anemone) Astrantia … The following plants are currently under evaluation at the Chicago Botanic Garden Abelia (abelia) Ajuga (bugleweed) Anemone (fall anemone) Astrantia …
Type: Page
… New! Strawberries are sophisticated. In this hands-on class, local food blogger and cookbook author Emily Paster will teach you how to make strawberry balsamic jam, a surprisingly delicious take on this classic preserve. The class will also cover the how-tos of water-bath canning—a safe and easy method of home food …
Type: Item Detail
… Description: Possibly visible flying over the Garden, this rare, exotic gull species has become naturalized in North America. …
Type: Birding
… Description: This rare, large, fish-eating duck with a narrow toothed bill may be seen diving on the lakes. …
Type: Birding
… Description: This small shorebird, reminiscent of a miniature killdeer, may be spotted on mudflats south of the Dixon Prairie. …
Type: Birding
