… Blue Bonnet false indigo is a dwarf variety is a clone selected from seeds collected in Texas. It features blue flower spikes that emerge … as wild or false indigo due to their use by early Americans as a blue dye. Although "indigo" is in the common name, the blooms of native species may be blue, yellow or white and the blooms …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… survival in the Chicago region, where they don’t do well in heavy clay soil in winter. This is a butterfly and bee magnet when in flower from mid-summer through fall. Insect and disease resistant, the fragrant foliage is also a turn-off to rabbits and deer. This cultivar is a classic example of "what’s in a name." Arthur Simmonds was a gardener in Clandon near …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Viva Vita Pride Month is a time to honor the history and voices of the LGBTQIA+ community—which makes me, a plant … time. Vita Sackville-West (Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons ) Sackville-West (1892-1962) is well-known for her close relationship with writer Virginia Woolf; she was also a dedicated … self-assurance, she retreated to her garden and built herself a library within a tower on the site. This space was her private refuge, where she would lock herself away for hours to write …
Type: Blog
… Thomas English Walled Garden’s six distinct rooms, all of which demonstrate unique styles, is a walk through the history of English gardening. It is also an ideal opportunity for visitors to fill their own gardening dreams with beautifully … The garden can be accessed through any number of entrances or doorways, but the most popular is the doorway beside the long border lining the western wall of the garden, where a delightfully …
Type: Walks
… Description: Although once only a summer visitor from the south, the northern cardinal is now a year-round resident of our area and can be found anywhere at the Garden. …
Type: Birding
… Description: This tiny, long-tailed bird is usually found in wooded areas of the Garden, where it occasionally builds its small …
Type: Birding
… Description: One of the earliest nesting species in our region, this grassland species is most often seen flying over in spring, but occasionally lands in the Dixon Prairie. …
Type: Birding
… Description: This swallow is most often seen flying over the lakes, close to the bridges, looking for insects. Look for …
Type: Birding
… Description: This swallow is often seen flying over the lakes or closer to the bridges where it nest in old cliff swallow …
Type: Birding
… The plant material and stone needed to do your own root over rock technique is an optional add on purchase for the Root Over Rock Bonsai Workshop . …
Type: Item Detail
