… Q. I would like to enrich my garden soil this spring and wonder about using manure on my flower beds. A. …
Type: Plant Info
… a "determinate" and an "indeterminate" variety of tomato. A. A determinate tomato plant grows to a certain size, then produces its fruit all at once and generally does not grow much larger …
Type: Plant Info
… in North America as a special type of American garden that signals how Americans have wanted to interpret Japanese culture. More information on the North American Japanese Garden Association …
Type: Event for Calendar
… Trees are integral to landscape design and help create an enduring sense of place. How can we ensure their legacy? …
Type: Event for Calendar
… in the arum family resembling cattails or sweet flag iris, with narrow, rigid leaves up to three feet tall. This is a shorter variety, topping out at about two feet. The leaves have …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… green leaves that was found in the jungles of northern Thailand. Thailand Giant can grow to nine feet in height and about 6 feet in width with single leaves reaching five feet long. It …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… green leaves turning a burgundy color in the fall. Bergenias are very hardy perennials native to Siberia and Mongolia. The specific epithet name "cordifolia" describes the large, round …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… in Chicago gardens. This species is widespread from northern Greece and Turkey eastward to the Caucasus region. Across this geographic range, a number of color forms can be found that …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… in cactus. Grown in full sun, extremely well drained soils and restricted watering in winter to avoid root rot. The genus name honors the Ortega family who assisted in the discovery of this …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… on each petal resembles the wing of a butterfly and glows when backlit by the sun. Well suited to hot dry sites, it is ideal as a ground cover, in rock garden, or in containers. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
