… This is the true, ancient pearl onion, but is seldom grown today. Its German name is perlzwiebel. This bulb is composed of many bulblets of varying sizes and compares in size with …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This cultivar is a medium sized deciduous tree that can reach a height and width of 50 feet. It is extremely hardy and tolerant of a wide range of soil and moisture conditions. It is also tolerant of street pollution. It has pointed, lobed leaves which are a "typical" maple …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This plant is suitable for growing indoors. Does not bloom. Propagation by dividing rhizomes, tubers, corms or bulbs (including offsets) It is grown for foliage, is evergreen and smooth textured. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: This state-threatened, migrating species is locally rare, and is associated with old-growth forest that is declining throughout its range. …
Type: Birding
… This Norway Maple cultivar is a medium sized deciduous tree that can reach a height and width of 50 feet. It is extremely hardy and tolerant of a wide range of soil and moisture conditions. It is also tolerant of street pollution. It has pointed, lobed leaves which are a "typical" maple …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This Norway Maple cultivar is a medium sized deciduous tree that can reach a height and width of 40 feet. It is extremely hardy and tolerant of a wide range of soil and moisture conditions. It is also tolerant of street pollution. It has pointed, lobed leaves which are a "typical" maple …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Blue Grosbeak is a richly-colored blue bird with rusty wing bars and a large, wedge-shaped beak. About the size of a cowbird, it is a southern species that is expanding its range. …
Type: Birding
… Cow parsnip is a very conspicuous native plant abundant in McDonald Woods. It is the largest native member of the carrot family in the Chicago area. The plant grows four feet tall or more with foot-long divided leaves along a stout stalk and is topped by a flat white flowerhead that can measure 8 inches across. The scientific name aptly …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Dwarf Feather Reed Grass is a clump-forming upright ornamental grass. It is a low-growing cultivar reaching only about 2 feet high and 3 feet wide with flower spikes about 4 feet high. It is a warm season grass with bright green leaves and golden flower that are visible in summer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This is a tall buckeye (over 90 feet). It is also known as Aesculus x neglecta 'Erythroblastos'. It blooms in May-June with panicles of yellow flowers. This is another buckeye that will hold onto its foliage into the fall and provide a beautiful display …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
