… Description: This rather rare southern visitor is most likely found in the McDonald Woods. …
Type: Birding
… Description: This is a medium-to-large shorebird often spotted on the shoreline or the mudflats south of the Dixon Prairie. …
Type: Birding
… color are all hallmarks of this remarkably rare hybrid between Paeonia tenuifolia (Caucasus to Ukraine) and Paeonia veitchii var. woodwardia (China). Easily among the earliest of the herbaceous perennial peonies to flower. Full sun and moderately fertile, well-drained soils …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Armenia and is commonly known as Grape Hyacinth. It grows 6 – 9 inches high and blooms in spring, slightly later than other Muscari, with mildly fragrant sky blue flowers. Each scape … densely packed in a cone that resembles an upside down bunch of grapes. Plant it in full sun to part shade. It is resistant to deer and hardy in zones 4 – 9. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Large white flowers open at night (bat pollinated) on this long stemmed epiphytic cactus native to Guatemala in early summer. "Dragon fruit" in red, orange, pink, and yellow in early winter and are very … as well as edible. Requires bright light, periodic watering, and a support plant or trellis to clamber over. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This bulb grows to a height of 3 feet with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has pink and red blooms in May and June and belongs in a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This mat-forming perennial grows to a height of 4 inches with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has pink blooms in May and June and belongs in a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This reblooming variety forms a clump 6 inches high and 12 inches wide. It blooms in spring, producing 15-inch stems densely packed with pale pink blossoms. It has deeply cut, compact foliage with black markings along the midrib. 'Spring Symphony' can be used as a groundcover or edger in a shady border or woodland garden. It prefers cool, moist, humus-rich soil in deep or partial …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Clusters at the tips of stem can carry as many as 15 dark blue-purple upward facing flowers from late spring through late summer. Plant in sunny locations in average, well drained soils. Deer and rabbit resistant but attracts butterflies and moths. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Variety’ is also known as Water Avens. It grows 18 inches high and blooms from mid May to mid June with flared, semi double pink to orange flowers that are held on wiry reddish brown stems above a clump of lobed basal leaves 10 inches high. Plant it in full sun to partial shade. It is hardy in zones 3 to 7. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
