… Description: These cryptically-colored little birds are common in spring in the Dixon Prairie. …
Type: Birding
… Description: a common migrant in any wooded area of the Garden and a nester in McDonald Woods …
Type: Birding
… Small flowers, big fragrance Powerful fragrance in a small package: Encyclia radiata’s scent is considered one of the most delicious of all orchids. Look carefully at the small flowers (the plant stands just 9 inches tall)—the lip is upside down, and at the top of …
Type: Plant Info
… tightly held awl-like needles are a feature of this compact rounded dwarf maturing at 3' x 3'. The green foliage takes on bronzy highlights with the cooler temperatures of winter. Plant in full sun in acidic, well drained, moist soils. Free of most insect and disease pests. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This is an upright, vase shaped tree with green leaves throughout the growing season followed by burgundy fall color. Attractive exfoliating bark provides winter interest on older trees. Plant in well drained soils in sunny locations where the fall color and attractive bark can be featured during fall and winter. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: These are seen only in the water of the lakes, often diving or sinking out of sight. …
Type: Birding
… Pale yellow buds mature to creamy semi-double, fragrant roses from mid-June up to the first hard frost. This hardy shrub rose is a hybrid between 'Carefree Beauty' and 'Graham Thomas'; providing the hardiness of the first with the color and fragrance from the second parent. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Strong drawing is the cornerstone of botanical art. You will work in pencil, covering the fundamentals of proportion, line, tone, dimensionality, and expression. Subject matter …
Type: Item Detail
… Tall, sturdy stems feature dark blue flowers with a darker 'bee' at the center on this hardy perennial that thrives in moist but not wet soil in sunny locations. This series is well- branched and makes great cut flowers. All parts of the plant are poisonous and so avoided by deer, rabbits, etc. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… paradise plant ( Strelitzia reginae ) produces showy orange-and-blue flowers from early fall to late winter. This clump-forming South African ginger relative grows to a height of about 6 … moisture conditions. Like other tropical plants, it benefits from misting with water during the winter months to increase the humidity and keep spider mite populations low. Misting with water actually causes the spider …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
