… each flower of this new tropical waterlily. Handsome green leaf pads are striped with maroon to provide ornamental interest even when not in flower. Plant outdoors after water temperatures …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This non-hardy sage produces dark blue flowers on black stems in contrast to the deep green leaves throughout the summer with a riotous season's flourish just before the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This perennial bulb blooms in early- to midspring with bright yellow, star-shaped flowers on 6” stems. It should be planted in full …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Sanchez joined the Grounds Department in 1987 as a seasonal employee. He was soon promoted to assistant heavy equipment operator with the Construction and Maintenance department. From there, he worked as an assistant electrician for many years. In 1994, he was promoted to foreman in the Grounds department. He also works as a lead heavy equipment operator and on the landscape waste program. Under the program, all of the Garden's landscape waste is recycled, along with 6,000 cubic yards of fall leaves from the village of Glencoe. In other …
Type: Staff bio
… To most people, the word “pollinator” is synonymous with the word “bee,” but only a fraction of plants are pollinated by bees. In … pollinators—bats, birds, beetles, moths, and more. As part of National Moth Week , we wanted to highlight our work on a very special group of moths: the Sphingidae, or hawkmoths, which …
Type: Blog
… spread of adaptive traits, disrupting gene complexes, and maintaining species cohesion. This is particularly the case for floral traits where long-distance pollinators act as agents of … and Bureau of Land Management). We use a combination of field, greenhouse, and molecular tools to assess long-distance pollination events via hawkmoths versus shorter distance dispersal by bees. To date, our work has found high rates of gene flow and limited population genetic …
Type: Research
… David Murray is the horticulturist for the Shida Evaluation Garden. Our new Shida Evaluation Garden allows us to expand our acclaimed plant evaluation program, which began in 1982. The landscape plan by … interest the outdoors began as a broad curiosity of the natural world, where he was encouraged to spend much of his time as a child. As a teen while adventuring out west, he saw his first …
Type: Staff bio
… preparation in this hands-on cooking class. Practice knife skills of mincing and dicing. Learn to make and serve vegetable-focused appetizers such as savory mushroom toasts, jalapeño cheddar …
Type: Item Detail
… and provocative uses of color in the garden and cover how the gardener can approach decisions to use different color combinations. Many examples of interesting color combinations from gardens …
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… New! Charcoal gives you the opportunity to work large, bold, and loose, or keep the fine detail of traditional botanical art. Several …
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