… their green color throughout most winters are 'Wintergreen', 'Green Velvet', 'Green Mountain', and 'Glencoe'. For more in-depth information, please refer to Plant Evaluation Notes Issue 6, …
Type: Plant Info
… tender annuals or tropicals (e.g., hibiscus, gardenia, geranium) may be pruned, fertilized, and taken outside once night temperatures reach 40 degrees. Amaryllis bulbs (in their pots) can …
Type: Plant Info
… this plant on Spider Island, testing its hardiness. Other common names include “deer foot” and “sweet-after-death” - a name we would prefer not to use. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Wing has large semi-ruffled white blooms with flared falls. It stands 30 to 36 inches high and blooms in mid to late spring, while the thin, grass-like foliage remains a highlight …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… the incredibly long flowering spikes. Bright to full sun, warm temperatures, high humidity, and dilute applications of liquid fertilizer are key to success for this orchid. Stake it as the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… of multi-stemmed shrubs that are well suited to the home landscape due to their range of sizes and cultural adaptability. Some viburnums are noted for their fragrant flowers; most bear small …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… of multi-stemmed shrubs that are well suited to the home landscape due to their range of sizes and cultural adaptability. Some viburnums are noted for their fragrant flowers; most bear small …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Chester Jankowski, Jr., is the senior horticulturist for the Grunsfeld Children’s Growing Garden and the Kleinman Family Cove at the Chicago Botanic Garden. He is responsible for designing and maintaining the gardens, and working with the education staff to make all the annual displays …
Type: Staff bio
… just because. You may have seen kindness stones around your neighborhood. After my daughter and I recently painted some rocks, I was putting them around a flower bed in our front yard when … a woman walked by. She said, “I love those—every time I see one on my walk, I take a picture and post it. Do you mind?” Kindness stones make people smile and are small enough to put on a … will enjoy a chance to express themselves with this easy craft. Supplies Rocks—fist size is a good place to start * Paint Permanent marker Newspaper or work surface * Any paint will …
Type: Blog
… England to Chicago in the late 1950s, she’d never heard of a prairie. In England, a grassland is called a meadow. But every kid in the neighborhood near Chicago’s Midway Airport called the empty, overgrown lots between buildings, and the grassy areas in the giant railroad yard, “the prairie.” And that’s where we played, tracking tadpoles in the spring, collecting bunches of wildflowers, …
Type: Blog
