… or other ornamental flowering trees. If necessary, boxwood and yews can be lightly pruned to maintain geometric form. Avoid overpruning, especially in very sunny, hot weather. …
Type: Plant Info
… the stem joins the leaf. The leaves are about 18 inches wide and provide a big splash of color to any planting or pot and contrast well with darker colored plants. Overall the plant can reach …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… moist soil but can tolerate either partial shade or full sun. Butterflies are attracted to the flowers, but deer are repelled by the flavor of the leaves. In trials of fall-blooming …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… (76 cm) long and 4 inches (10 cm) wide at their widest point. The flowers are very attractive to insect pollinators, and within a few days the colorful florets lose their beauty. They are …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ornamental. Plant in full sun and provide consistent moisture throughout the growing season to maintain full leaf cover. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… prefers a partially shaded location and well-drained, moisture-retentive soils with a neutral to acid pH. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… joys of spring. Under the calm and creative eye of Field & Florist’s Heidi Joynt, we learned to turn those branches into lovely, living wreaths in a perfectly timed class at the Chicago … or curly willow wreath (purchased or handmade). That’s how surprisingly simple the process is. As everyone clipped and pondered and designed, Joynt offered helpful wreath-making and … them into the wreath. Yes, silk flowers are an option. Joynt recommends www.shopterrain.com for extremely realistic flowering branches. …
Type: Blog
… into a game. We paired unusual plant containers with plants that had some relationship to those planters and asked teachers to guess the connections. We provided an easy example to start. You can duplicate this game using … A pitcher plant growing inside a beverage pitcher was a favorite table display. (This pitcher is a species of Nepenthes.) Here are a few practical tips for doing this at home: Since these …
Type: Blog
… Canal Nature Preserve. Pitcher’s thistle ( Cirsium pitcheri) , federally listed as threatened, is both a critical nectar source for migrating monarchs and supports a rich diversity of insect …
Type: Research
… before summer turns fall. Bonus tip: Seek out the monarch butterflies before they travel to Mexico! They’ve been spotted in the Heritage Garden and the Helen and Richard Thomas English …
Type: Blog
