… Description: Once threatened in Illinois, this now commonly seen raptor may be spotted anywhere in the Garden. Note: This is an image of a juvenile bird and not an adult. …
Type: Birding
… This hybrid lily is marginally hardy in the Chicagoland area. It can reach a height of 2’ with a spread of 4’. It blooms in late summer/early fall with a cluster of fragrant pink, trumpet-shaped flowers. It prefers …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This perennial bulb blooms in early- to midspring with luminous red buds with a yellow base that open to dark red-purple. It has a citrus scent and will grow to a height of 12”. It should be planted …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… perennial that attains a height of about 6 inches. Its simple, elliptic leaves are arranged in a rosette. These attractive leaves are dark green with light green, irregular bands that run across the leaf’s width. The flowers of this plant are green and white and occur periodically throughout the year. Small …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Aquilegia Songbird Bluebird Free-flowering, medium-compact plants have eye-catching, 1.5 to 3.5-in./4 to 9-cm pale blue and white blooms in true, nonfading colors in late Spring and early Summer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… velvety violet purple flags and falls are lightly accentuated with white nectar guides near the throat. Siberian irises are tough, thriving in dry and wet soils in full sun. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The lion's tongue Photo ©Eric Hunt and orchidphotos.org The species name translates as “lion’s tongue,” and this orchid ranges not far from home: species can be found from Colombia and Ecuador. This one was grown by the Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco. …
Type: Plant Info
… Long thin white spaths are hidden beneath the foliage - but what foliage! Sharply arrow-shaped leaves point skywards while the light and dark green banded leaf petioles provide beauty throughout the year. Grow in a shaded location, high humidity, warm temperatures and plenty of moisture. Not frost hardy. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… flowers are produced on long, sturdy stems on this dahlia cultivar that performs well in the garden, as a cut flower and in flower shows. Plant this dahlia after danger of late frosts has passed, in full sun and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… From the colder higher elevations of southern Brazil comes this distinctive terrestrial bromeliad found growing in rock crevices. Long silver tinted green leaves are edged in white spines surrounding a flowering spike that can reach 8' in height with orange flowers. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
