… This small specimen cactus does not grow more than a few inches in height. It needs full sun and dry moisture conditions. It blooms in the spring with attractive pink and yellow flowers. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Dwarf mounds to 12 inches are covered with bright purple flowers produced in short spikes above the foliage. This nonhardy perennial thrives in hot, dry weather once established. It's a favorite of …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… poetry, Emily Dickinson also gardened. She cultivated flowers on her father's property and in the glass conservatory that he added to the family’s home in Amherst, Massachusetts. Explore Dickinson's gardens through excerpts from her letters and poems, as well as historic and modern images of her garden. This class will be taught online via Zoom. All registrations must be submitted online two days …
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… Strong composition and design make the difference between a mundane piece of art and a personal, more powerful creation. Using fun … with nature, to life on paper. A supply list will be sent. Prerequisite: Botanical Drawing 1. This class will be taught online via Zoom. All registrations must be submitted online two days … one day in advance. ART requirement Marlene Hill Donnelly, scientific illustrator, The Field Museum Online Course …
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… Kohleria are herbacious perennial plants in the gesneriad family native to tropical America. Kohleria ‘Mother’s Lipstick’ has tubular red flowers densely covered with golden fuzz. The calyx lobes have irregular magenta spots over a white and pale yellow background. It has deep … leaves and tubular flowers that are covered with soft fuzz. Related to African violets, the leaves are often suffused with purple or brown. The tubes, which are an inch or two long are …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 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 supports might sever or burn the plant. String fishing line loosely because, as trees grow, the line can cut and damage …
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… Sneak Peek Here’s a sneak peek behind the scenes at The Orchid Show of Wonders . See what it takes (a bit of brawn, a lot of imagination) to wrap … attractions, including Ferris wheel seats, a big top, and unicycles on tight ropes. Don’t miss the whimsical displays, February 10 to March 24. …
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… Large white are decorated with red speckles and marks surrounding the lime green throat. Like other amaryllis, an ideal selection to purchase dormant and bring into flowering six weeks or so after watering the bulb to bring it out of dormancy. Place in bright light as the flowering stalk begins to grow and stake if it begins to lean. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… produce a distinctive star shape. Force like other amaryllis to come into flower by watering the dormant bulbs about six weeks before flowers are desired and grow in the brightest light possible to keep the flowering stalks upright. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… plant, features attractive silvery-gray foliage topped by small bouquets of pink flowers in the winter. Like many other native Southern Hemisphere plants, it continues to bloom in the summer of the Southern Hemisphere (our winters) even though it was introduced to northern gardeners as …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
