… Spring Grove Ginkgo is a dwarf tree with an upright pyramidal shape. It will mature to a height of 6 feet and width of 4 feet in 15 years and has a dense compact form. The leaves of … trees and works well in the city. Ginkgo is sometimes called the maidenhair tree due to its beautiful fan shaped leaves that resemble a maidenhair fern frond. The Ginkgo is an …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… sold under this name. In climates with shorter winters, Lenten roses bloom more closely to their namesake date on the calendar; in the Chicago area, they usually begin to flower in April and frequently continue into early May. This specimen is one of a number of …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The American elderberry is an attractive and useful plant whose only vice is the tendency to send out runners and pop up where you didn't plant it. This is a large shrub, 8-10' tall, with … mountainous regions of the west where the red elderberry is more common. It is closely related to the European elderberry. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… foxtail lily produces one of the most dramatic flowering displays at the Garden, according to Boyce Tankersley, director of living plant documentation. See it this summer in the English …
Type: Plant Info
… The itsy bitsy spider Photo by Lois Cinert DNA testing is helping to sort out some of the more crowded and confusing orchid genera, like Pleurothallis . This …
Type: Plant Info
… ©Lachaussetterouge, via lachaussetterouge.net Some orchids are huge, with plants weighing up to two tons, but some are truly tiny; the flower of this species is just .1 inch in size—a whole …
Type: Plant Info
… turn rose-purple. It prefers average, well-drained soil in full sun. It should be deadheaded to minimize self-seeding. Alliums are deer resistant. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… like unruly hair. It prefers average, well-drained soil in full sun and should be deadheaded to minimize self-seeding. Alliums are deer resistant. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… One of the smaller species of columbine, it has nodding blue to violet flowers. Granny's bonnet works well in most gardens. This columbine has spurs that …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… nootka cypress ( Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula') is a statuesque evergreen addition to the Chicago landscape. Its graceful, pendulous lateral branches fold out from a central trunk. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
