… The double orange flowers shade from red orange through peach from mid-June up to the first hard frost on this disease-resistant shrub rose. The colors intensify in warmer …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… chartreuse leaves are topped by dense, rich brown flowering spikes from late spring up to frost. This cultivar produces no pollen, eliminating the possibility of reseeding in the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… old flowers removed before they set seeds), this upright, hardy sage cultivar has been known to reflower. Plant May Night sage in average garden soil and in full sun, and provide …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This diminutive plant spreads in the garden and grows to under 12" tall. Use Allegheny foamflower as a ground cover in a shaded area of the garden. The …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… in pink with the edges of the petals typically solid pink. Among the earliest of tulips to flower, this species has stems that are relatively short above the broad greenish-gray …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Simone Gore is an assistant grower for outdoor floriculture in the Plant Production department. Her job … garden. Also, growing up near the Chain O'Lakes, she visited local nature preserves and grew to love the outdoors. …
Type: Staff bio
… Chicago Botanic Garden scientists received a grant from the National Science Foundation to collect and study fossil plants from Mongolia and Inner Mongolia, China. The three-year grant to Patrick Herendeen, Ph.D., and Fabiany Herrera, Ph.D., funds an international team of … known for their diverse dinosaurs and early mammals during the Mesozoic era, but very little is known about the plants that constitute habitats that supported all terrestrial life in this …
Type: Research
… Scientists at the Chicago Botanic Garden are investigating a new approach to improve degraded landscapes for pollinators and other wildlife. In 2018, the Donnelley Foundation awarded $66,000 to investigate how well seed collected from native plants along roadsides and other tough … sites on the road to recovery.” Havens, with Jacob Zeldin and other Garden colleagues, is using the grant to test this novel restoration method in the Forest Preserves of Cook County, …
Type: Research
… Bill Shores will offer an overview of techniques to produce food organically in small urban or suburban spaces. Through photos and garden planting …
Type: Item Detail
… these winning recipes and get ready for a football party or any sports occasion. Learn how to make a vinaigrette, practice hands-on vegetable dice cuts, and explore techniques for cooking …
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