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  • … Fall color is reddish. Tolerant of heavier wet soils, this is a hardy perennial adapted to most Chicago are garden soils. Don't let dry out during periods of drought. The milky sap …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Henderson's Fawn Lily is native to Oregon and northern California.  It blooms with nodding, pink-lavender flowers in mid-spring …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … The flowers are produced at the tips of the stems. This ancient family is most closely related to palms and cycads. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … known as Geum coccineum ‘Borisii Strain’. It stands 20 inches high and blooms from early May to early June with bright orange-red flowers that have overlapping petals and orange-yellow …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … dry-ish soils. Plant 'Pink' in spring after the danger of late frosts has passed, and water it to establish the root system. Songbirds love the small seeds that are produced in fall. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … some of the petals tipped in yellow. This cultivar will reach 36 inches in height and spread to 20 inches if grown in full sun and moist soils. It was hybridized by Bob Brown on the Isle of …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … This Brazilian native features large pale green to cream exotically patterned petals with veins and shading in burgundy. This is a parent of many …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … across the country. These popular style homes are appealing because they were often designed to be in harmony with nature and outdoor living. Discover how plants, hardscape, and other …
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  • … can be beautiful and informative—but not everyone can read plans. This class prepares students to illustrate landscape design concepts in section and elevation view. Students will learn …
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  • … re-creations take the viewer on a journey of prairie landscapes from the Wisconsin border to the southern end of Illinois. …
    Type: Event for Ongoing