… Gabriela Rocha Alvarez is the plant recorder at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Gabriela started working at the Garden as a … she learned everything about labeling and tagging the plant collection and created a schedule for the Integrated Pest Management scouting program that assisted Production staff in … and translator in All-Staff meetings. She enjoys facilitating and mediating groups. This value connected her to the American Public Garden Association network, where now she is part …
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… This aster blooms in late summer-early fall with masses of fine-petaled blue flowers. It can … more flowers. It should be planted in full sun and well-drained soil. Once established, it is both heat and drought tolerant. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… This aster blooms in late summer-early fall with masses of fine-petaled lavender-pink flowers. It … more flowers. It should be planted in full sun and well-drained soil. Once established, it is both heat and drought tolerant. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… This clump-forming evergreen perennial grows to a height of 3 feet in full sun to partial shade and moist soil conditions. It is a specimen in a border or a ground cover and is attractive to birds. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This perennial grows to a height of 8 inches with partial to full shade and moist soil conditions. It has pink blooms from March through October. It is a ground cover and is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'White Beauty' is a vigorous plant with rust-red basal ring in each white flower. Leaves have wavy margins. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… The fourth of July is upon us, and while many beautiful flowers can be found in patriotic shades of red and white, … to have a problem with them. Scientists have been investigating the origins of blue flowers for a long time, and it was not until recently that they came up with a result. Blue sea holly ( … is difficult to achieve blue pigments in plants, the ones that did are certainly successful in this world. The word perseverance comes to mind, which just so happens to be what the blue within …
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… Female plants produce red, fleshy, single-seeded fruit instead of cones (these are poisonous). This is a cross between Japanese yews and English yews T. baccata. ; It prefers average, medium moist, … soil in full sun to part shade, but can tolerate a wide range of soils as long as drainage is good. It can also tolerate full shade and considerable pruning. Archived Copy: This content …
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… This bulb can form a clump of 1½ feet high and 2 feet wide. It blooms in late summer to early fall with fragrant, airy umbels of white florets. Its foliage is also fragrant and edible. It prefers well-drained loams in full sun. Alliums are deer resistant. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… This clump-forming perennial grows to a height of 10 inches with full sun to partial shade and … blooms that attract butterflies in May and June. It belongs in a border or a ground cover and is resistant to deer. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
