… Description: This state-endangered bird, with bright yellow feet like the great egret, may rarely be seen flying over, or possibly wading in the shoreline. …
Type: Birding
… Hibiscus syriacus 'Antong Two' is a miniature cultivar that grow to only 3 -5 feet high. The flowers are white, with ruffled petals and large red blotches at the center which bleed outward. It blooms continuously from mid summer to fall with each flower …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Winner of the RHS Award of Garden Merit in 2012. Considered a tender perennial, overwinter in a cool or frost free greenhouse with temperatures between 1 - 5 degrees Centigrade. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… cover this species ( Mammillaria geminispina ), a mounding cactus from Mexico, throughout the year. Brilliant hot pink flowers are produced in a ring around the apical meristem (growing point) from late spring through fall, attracting various pollinating …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Woman's Board of the Chicago Horticultural Society presents its annual bulb sale featuring a wide variety of daffodils, tulips, alliums, and other specialty bulbs. Members are encouraged to come and shop before the Fall Bulb Sale is open to the public. …
Type: Event for Calendar
… Q. I am trying to train clematis and five-leaf akebia to climb trees. What are good supports to use that won't damage the vines? A. Both clematis and five-leaf akebia ( Akebia quinata ) grow by wrapping their leaf … a support system. A fine mesh netting or fishing line wrapped around tree trunks will give the growing shoots something to curl around that won't damage their tender tissue. Metal or wire …
Type: Plant Info
… Pale green needles cover the strongly weeping branches on this seedling grown from the classic weeping eastern white pine. Unless staked, the growth is all pendulous to horizontal. As a staked specimen, the lateral branches closely hug the main trunk as they …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Deep blue flowers appear in masses above the fragrant (catnip) foliage on this perennial that thrives in hot sunny locations with poor soils and little water. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… full sun and moderate moisture conditions. It produces large clusters of greenish gold fruit in the fall after flowering in May and June. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This is a tall perennial that can reach heights of 8 feet’ with a 4-foot spread. It blooms in mid to late summer with panicles of cream-colored flowers that provide a textural contrast to its large, scalloped leaves. It prefers moist, sandy, well-drained loams in full sun to part …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
