… Description: Notice this migrant's white outer tail feathers flash as it flits through the vegetation on the Dixon Prairie. …
Type: Birding
… Lemon yellow flowers are free of markings or spots and carry the classic fragrance of the traditional corsage orchid. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… flowers featuring a bright orange cup are produced on a shortened spike are produced near the base of the plant. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… leaves and spiraling rows of spines. Small white male or female flowers emerge near the apex of the stem and are more of a 'plant geek' interest than ornamentally showy. The grayish-white stem is relatively thick. If plants of both sexes are present a crop of small …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This bulb can reach a height of 1 foot. It blooms in late spring with golf ball-sized umbels of white florets. It prefers moist, well-drained loams in partial shade. Alliums are deer resistant. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: This is a fairly common large tern most often seen flying over the lakes or standing on mudflats south of the Dixon Prairie. …
Type: Birding
… A show and sale presented by the Cactus and Succulent Society of Greater Chicago featuring plants grown by members of the society. Location: Burnstein Hall …
Type: Event for Calendar
… of July. This will produce denser and more compact plants. It can be divided every 2-3 years in spring. It prefers full sun in average, well-drained soil. It work well as a border or mixed-in other garden locations. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This heirloom bulb can reach a height of 24 inches. It flowers in late spring with softball-sized, flattened globes of white florets. It prefers average, well-drained soil in full sun. Alliums are deer resistant. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This bulb can reach a height of ½ feet. It blooms in summer with airy umbels of white florets. Its foliage is also edible. It prefers moist, well-drained loams in partial shade. Alliums are deer resistant. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
